Linguistics Department research helps preserve endangered languages

November 28, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

Professor John Boyles works with students and a language consultant in a field methods class.

Faculty and students in the Department of Linguistics are involved in crucial research and work to preserve endangered native languages.

NEW FACES: Linguistics welcomes Dr. Jaydene Elvin

September 27, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Assistant professor Jaydene Elvin joins the Department of Linguistics

Dr. Jaydene Elvin joins the Department of Linguistics as an assistant professor, coming to Fresno State from Western Sydney University in Sydney, Australia.

Helping Revitalize Endangered Native Languages

August 20, 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.

Pictured above: Brian Moran, right, with Martha Birdbear, one of the Hidatsa speakers in North Dakota. UPDATE, Aug. 20, 2016: From KVPR’s “Valley Edition”: Linguistics professors and students at Fresno State are hard at work on a mammoth task – saving the language of the Chukchansi tribe of Mono Indians. One thing makes their task especially […]