This discussion-based seminar features a conversation with one of the co-authors of the 2023 Language journal article, “Linguist is as linguist does: A comparative study on the employment and income of graduates from linguistics programs in Canada.”

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Huge thanks to Rebeca Romero for welcoming our students into her studio and sharing her artistic process, and to Gisselle Girón for helping bring Spanish learning to life in such an inspiring, real-world context!

Through this project, they learned about the Chavín culture of Peru and reflected on the complex ties between the Americas and Europe through contemporary art.

Earlier this term, the students explored Rebeca’s commissioned work for ESCALA (Axis Mundi, 2023), guided by Gisselle Girón, Assistant Curator at ESCALA.

Drawing on two decades of teacher training projects, it showcases transmedia and multimodal strategies that help language educators effectively integrate screen media into curriculum design.

More info: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Abstract: This presentation explores how screen media can shift language education from passive consumption to active, creative engagement.

... These non-iconic instances raise an important question: why repeat? In this talk, I discuss a little-understood verb repetition construction, verb doubling, in the Masana-Gizey continuum (Chad and Cameroon) and sketch a scenario for its emergence.

Abstract: Situations in which a verb is repeated within a sentence are common, and, generally, the process is iconic: more of the same verb is more of its meaning. Sometimes, however, repetition is non-iconic. ...

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In this paper, Llinos examines how certain Chinese classifiers—such as 介 (jiè), 抔 (póu), and 驷 (sì)—survive exclusively within fixed idioms and proverbs. The research highlights how these “linguistic fossils” preserve traces of Classical Chinese within modern expressions.