Linguistics

When traveling through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, a request for chile on a cheeseburger will yield three different types of flavors. In the same way, a UNM graduate student is doing trailblazing research showing dialectic varieties of sign language...

The Lobo Language Acquisition Lab at The University of New Mexico will present Trisha Moquino of Keres Children's Learning Center (KCLC) describing her quest to create a school that would nurture children in the Keres-speaking community. Her...

Countless people come to the United States in hopes of providing a bright future and equitable opportunities for their children and families. Often this means that many children grow up in the United States unknowingly undocumented and having never...

Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski's life objective was to be self-sufficient and intellectually challenged. They firmly believed that people should be Independent, ambitious, and, most importantly, accountable. Russell worked as a researcher,...

Language matters—spiritually, culturally, emotionally. Written and spoken words are an art form, a way for values and traditions to be passed down for generations. When a language is lost, part of that culture is lost. By the same measure, when language...

A UNM assistant professor of linguistics is studying the Navajo language and Navajo verbs during Native American Heritage Month. Assistant Professor Melvatha Chee studies how children under the age of 10 learn to use the Navajo verb. As the director of...

Dr. Paul Platero, Edge of the Water Clan, died Nov. 16 in an automobile accident. Platero served as director of the Navajo Language Program at The University of New Mexico from 2007 – 2014. Platero grew up in Canoncito, now Tohajiilee, about 30 miles...

Women in STEM researchers from The University of New Mexico's Linguistics department have recently created the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab (LLA LLA), a new research lab focused on child minority language acquisition at The University of New...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics Naomi Shin has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.  “This award is a tremendous honor to me. I care so deeply about teaching...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway and Health Sciences Center Chancellor Dr. Paul Roth recently announced the promotion of seven UNM faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank...