Linguistics

Spring 2022
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Chasing Language

Five alumni at Merriam-Webster reveal how dictionaries evolve

Summer 2017

Licensed to Translate

Jenny McKeon ’13 illustrates her journey from UMass Amherst to a career as a manga translator.

Spring 2017
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Why is this linguist #talmbout Twitter?

A case study on Twitter dialect. Plus, a video profile of the UMass linguist.