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Audio from Talks

The department is gathering recordings of past talks to post on this page. (If you happen to have recordings, please let us know!) We will also be posting recordings of talks as they are given (with the permission of the speakers, of course).

Brown Bag Discussion (22 April 2009)

"Varieties of Linguistic Data Gathering"

At this Lingua-sponsored Brown Bag, PhD students Heather Beal, Mary Ann Dziugis, and Amanda Linerode talk about the ways that they have been collecting language data for their dissertation work. Read more about the three presenters at the Varieties of Linguistic Data Gathering page.

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To accompany the audio, Mary Ann's handout can be downloaded here (Excel spreadsheet).

(The audio from the prepared presentations was edited to remove pauses and transitions, but the audio from the question-answer time is presented here without much editing.)

Faculty Panel (6 March 2009)

"'So How Many Languages do You Speak?': Finding a Job With a Degree in Linguistics"

As part of the program for UTASCILT 16, panelists Dr. Laurel Smith Stvan (UT Arlington Linguistics & TESOL), Dr. Randall Gess (Carleton U Linguistics & Applied Studies), Dr. Sonia Kania (UT Arlington Modern Languages), and Dr. Jerold Edmondson (UT Arlington Linguistics & TESOL) answer questions about the sorts of jobs available for linguists and strategies for successfully getting a job, with a focus on linguistics positions in academia.

(Because of the panel's distance from the recording device, some portions of the audio may require you to adjust the volume.)

Dr. Colleen Fitzgerald (5 March 2009)

"Language Activism and Revitalization in the Tohono O'odham Community"

For her UTASCILT 16 keynote address, Dr. Colleen Fitagerald talked about her own work and the work of others with the Tohono O'odham - not simply doing research on a language community, but actively and creatively engaging with the community so as to facilitate projects and activities desired by the community itself. (The entire audio is about 2 hr. 10 min.; the first 1 hr. 30 min. is the talk, and the remaining time is question-and-answer.)

To accompany the audio, you can download the presentation slides (PDF).

(This presentation included an audio recording of a song performance. That performance has been radically truncated to protect the original creative work of the artists.)

Dr. Jerold Edmondson (5 March 2009)

Phylogenetic Methods for Determining Tai-Kadai Subgroupings

During UTASCILT 16, Dr. Jerold Edmondson presented some of his research (conducted with Shreyas Krishnan of UT Arlington's Biology department) into Tai-Kadai subgroupings using phylogenetic methods. The talk lasts 25 minutes, and another 18 minutes of question-and-answer follows, with both Edmondson and Krishnan fielding questions.

To accompany the audio, you can download the presentation slides (PDF).

Dr. David Silva (10 October 2008)

"Communities Divided, Communities Connected: How Emigration Creates New Ways of Speaking"

Dr. David Silva, a Professor in UT Arlington's Department of Linguistics & TESOL and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, gave this talk as part of the OneBook Conversations series. (OneBook and Dr. Silva graciously gave us permission to post this audio.)

A modified version of the PowerPoint that accompanied the talk is available for download here.