Blogging to Investigate the Linguistic, Social and Historical Aspects of African Languages
Presenter:
Michelle Johnson, Ph. D Candidate, Linguistics, CUNY Graduate School
Abstract:
For African Languages (AAS/LNG 338), students are developing individual websites on wordpress.com, applying tools learned in class to analyze languages they have chosen. Students employ internet tools such as databases (Ethnologue), dictionaries and archives (CBOLD), investigating linguistic, social and historical aspects of their languages and the people who speak them.