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Language Science and Exploration Group

LSEG is an engaging way to see linguists in practice, have fun exploring language, and develop as a scientist
Technology in Language Science

Analytical Inferences from Data as Evidence

Language Description and Data Creation

Language Information Collection

Presentation for and Contribution to Scholarly Communities

Public Engagement with Non-Linguists

Professional Development

Monthly Research Topics
Meets every Tuesday at 3:00pm-4:00pm in the JFSB 4056
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January and February

Mocking
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May

Wao Tededo
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March

Slang, Taboo, and Subversive Language
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September

Language Shift in Linguistic Ecologies
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November and December

Returned Missionary
Elders Quorum
Relief Society
Speaking Patterns
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April

Information Packaging
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October

Acoustic Phonetics of Political Debate
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Topics of Each Week:

Week 1: Presentation of the month’s topic from published academic sources and development of an information collection plan.

Week 2: Open discussion about information collection and development of descriptive models.

Week 3: Presentations of inferences based on previous academic literature and development for public engagement initiatives.

Week 4: Public engagement initiatives.

Week 5: (if one occurs) Professional development open discussion.

Chris Rogers

Associate Linguistics Professor at BYU
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Research Interests

Endangered Languages, Language Documentation, Language Description, Linguistic Fieldwork, Linguistic Typology, Theoretical Implications of Lesser-Known Languages
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Joey Stanley

Assistant Linguistics Professor at BYU
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Research Interests

English in the Western and Southern United States, Vowel Formant Trajectories, Sociophonetic Methodology
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