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Read more about the article Learning Mandarin from Birds
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Learning Mandarin from Birds

March 16, 2016

Catherine Ryu, associate professor of Japanese literature and culture, has received a patent for the technology behind her languagelearning game, Picky Birds. Scholars of the Mandarin Chinese language can learn a…

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A Passion For Bridging Cultures

March 3, 2016

Tyler Karty, BA ’16 Arabic, Crop and Soil Sciences Tyler Karty is used to the puzzled look he receives when he tells people he’s studying Arabic and Crop and Soil…

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Read more about the article 2016 Linguistics and Languages Department Alumni Reunion
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2016 Linguistics and Languages Department Alumni Reunion

February 4, 2016

The MSU Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages in the College of Arts & Letters will host its 2016 Alumni Reunion, Saturday April 9. MSU Linguistics…

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MSU Graduate Students Named 2016 HWW Pre-Doctoral Workshop Fellows

February 3, 2016

Philosophy PhD student Sophia Pavlos MSU College of Arts & Letters (CAL) graduate students Jennifer Gohlke, German Studies, and Sophia Pavlos, Philosophy, have been named Humanities Without Walls (HWW) 2016…

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Impacting Childhood Research

December 2, 2015

After taking the Children’s Language Acquisition course taught by Cristina Schmitt, Honors College and linguistics and neuroscience major Mina Hirzel found something she was truly interested in pursuing. “Cristina invited…

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German Program Celebrates 25 Years of German Unity

September 29, 2015

During the Fall semester 2015 the German Program in the Department of Linguistics and Languages will offer a semester-long series of events on the legacy of unification. These events, which…

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$100,000 Gift Fosters Creativity and Learning for Students

May 12, 2015

Peter Stougaard, former Hollywood studio executive May 12, 2015 - As part of the MSU Empower Extraordinary campaign, the College of Arts & Letters (CAL) at Michigan State University has received an in-kind…

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Read more about the article Wurst publishes book on JMR Lenz
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Wurst publishes book on JMR Lenz

December 10, 2014

Professor Karin Wurst has published the book Das Schlaraffenland verwildeter Ideen. Narrative Strategien in J.M.R. Lenz' Erzählwerk with Königshausen Neumann. It explores Lenz's contributions to modern narrative theory. From the…

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Read more about the article Alan Beretta: Leading Brain and Language Connectivity
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Alan Beretta: Leading Brain and Language Connectivity

September 4, 2014

by Mike Jenkins | September 2014 Stop by the EEG Lab in B418 Wells Hall on the MSU campus, most any day, and you’re likely to find Professor Alan Beretta, a grad…

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In Memoriam: George Peters

August 1, 2014

Professor Peters It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor George Peters on July 8, 2014 in Oregon.  George was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years…

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