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UT Arlington to host international conference on Native American language, research and documentation

Fri, May 23, 2014 19:48 CET

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Some of the world’s leading experts in language research and documentation, language activists, students and indigenous community members will gather to discuss Native American languages and indigenous communities at CoLang 2014: Institute on Collaborative Language Research June 16-27 at The University of Texas at Arlington. The institute is funded by a National Science Foundation grant to Colleen Fitzgerald, professor of linguistics and director of CoLang 2014. The Linguistic Society of America and various units of UT Arlington also provided support. “For most of

UT Arlington researchers’ study of language samples could lead to earlier diagnosis of language impairment

Fri, Feb 07, 2014 16:04 CET

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A new study by University of Texas at Arlington researchers could lead to better language assessments and timelier treatment for children with language learning difficulties. Jodi Tommerdahl, an associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education and Health Professions , and Cynthia Kilpatrick, an assistant professor of linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts , found that language concerns among children could be reliably diagnosed by analyzing samples about 100

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UT Arlington to host international conference on Native American language, research and documentation

UT Arlington researchers’ study of language samples could lead to earlier diagnosis of language impairment

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