Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Linguistics http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/440/linguistics/ USC Dornsife students win top prizes at the 15th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. In humanities, Vellore Adithi placed first for research.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:35:00 -0500 Speaking on Tongues]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 15:20:00 -0500 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:40:00 -0500 The Middle East Studies Program, launched Fall 2011, gives students an opportunity to move beyond headlines and gain a deeper understanding of the region.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:24:00 -0500 Whether it’s Joshua Greenberger’s study on infant language acquisition, Marco Mendoza’s wheelchair propulsion research or Maureen McCarthy’s look at chimpanzees and their vanishing habitats, students and faculty in two new USC Dornsife programs are exploring what it means to be human in mind and body.]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:05:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Jennifer Do swapped a lab coat for a traditional Vietnamese gown when she participated in the 2012 Miss Vietnam of Southern California Pageant. An assignment in Professor Andrew Simpson’s class compelled her to study her Vietnamese culture.]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:58:00 -0500 Graduate students in USC Dornsife’s Department of Linguistics organize a workshop in honor of their late professor Jean-Roger Vergnaud, a pioneer in syntax and phonology.]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 14:59:00 -0500 A linguistics professor in USC College, Vergnaud made major contributions to syntax and phonology. “His work was inspired by a penetrating vision of what the study of language should strive to become,” said Noam Chomsky, Vergnaud's adviser at MIT.]]> Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:39:00 -0500 Using Bruce Zuckerman's technology and software, a click of the mouse on a Dead Sea Scrolls image acts like a flashlight, revealing the tiniest of details — even a fleck of ink scraped off the top of a character.]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0500 Two undergraduates from USC College's School of International Relations have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) enabling them to study Arabic in the Middle East.]]> Tue, 25 May 2010 12:40:00 -0500 From harmony (meoauniaea) to brainworm (eltungawng), Paul Frommer Ph.D. ’81 creates a brand new language for the film Avatar.]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:25:00 -0500 In the film Avatar, director James Cameron creates a futuristic tribal culture complete with its own language, rituals and religion.]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500 Linguist pursues interdisciplinary research with support of Mellon Foundation advanced training grant.]]> Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:02:00 -0500