Linguistics
Modern Languages PhD Program Shows Extraordinary Growth
From the View from Ventress newsletter published by the College of Liberal Arts:
Dr. Christodoulou: Research Grant Studying Language Development in Children with Down Syndrome
Improving Grammatical Standing of Stigmatised Dialects to Help Diagnose and Treat Language Disorders From Cordis EU Research Results: “All over the world, children are stigmatised because of the variety of a standard language they speak: some are misdiagnosed with a language disorder; and other children who may in fact present communication difficulties due to a […]
Socio-Linguistics Lab Year in Review
Director’s Message: Greetings from the SoCIOLing Lab! The Lab was founded in 2013 to provide a mechanism for training undergraduate and graduate students on community-engaged research, as well as a way to connect with scholars at peer institutions. At the same time, the Lab promotes the study of Linguistics and the diversity of languages and […]
UM News: Modern Languages Doctoral Program Enormous Growth
Enrollment in terminal degree program has multiplied 11 times in four years OXFORD, Miss. – Four years ago, the doctoral program in the University of Mississippi‘s Department of Modern Languages began with five full-time students. That enrollment has since multiplied 11 times the original number and counting. The degree is designed to educate professionals who […]
Apply for RA Positions in the SoCIOLing Lab
Are you interested in learning more about Spanish, bilingualism and linguistic variation? Do you want to gain hands-on research experience and analytical skills that can help you in your future career? If so, consider joining the SoCIOLing Lab as a Research Assistant! SoCIOLing Lab: The Study of Communities, Involvement & Outreach and Linguistics (SoCIOLing) Laboratory was established in 2013. The Lab […]
Mod Langs News Briefs: Student Awards March 2021
Congratulations to our 2021 Fulbright Semi-Finalists in Modern Languages: Alana Mitias (Arabic) Charlette Armistead (Arabic) Olivia Myers (International Relations major and Russian minor) Susanna Cassisa (German) Congratulations to Zacheriah Allen (Linguistics and Spanish) for receiving the Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program grant. Zach will conduct research, prepare a publication, and apply to Phd programs under the […]
Graduate Student Colloquium: Saudi Female’s Attitudes to EFL Varieties
Zoom Link to Colloquium 12 February 2021 at 3:00p
Rebecca ‘Becky’ Moreton Donation Supports Linguistics Program
A donation to the linguistics program of the Department of Modern Languages has been made in memory of Rebecca Larche Moreton (1937-2016). Rebecca “Becky” Moreton graduated from the University of Mississippi and earned a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Tulane University in 2001. She was in U.S. Government service as a linguist at the Center for Applied […]
Jimin Kahng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics Office: Howry 204 Email: jkahng@olemiss.edu Phone: 662-915-3110 Education: Ph.D. in Second Language Studies, Michigan State University (2014) M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ELT Materials Development), International Graduate School of English, Seoul, Korea (2005) B.A in English Education, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (2002) Teaching and Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition and Education, Teaching English […]
