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Linguistics

Research and Activities

 

Collaborative Language Planning Project

The Collaborative Language Planning Project (CLPP) aims to enhance communication among language activists, language teachers, students, and researchers from Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in the state of Montana. Collaborative partners include representatives from tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) in Montana as well as language activists, teachers and researchers from independent community language programs. CLPP enriches language revitalization efforts among Indigenous communities, enhances teachers' and activists’ training experiences, and encourages collaboration among partners. CLPP also organizes the Conference on Indigenous Science and Languages (CISL) in May. Contact Mizuki Miyashita for more information.

 

Indigenous Language, Linguistics, and Applied Science

Indigenous Language, Linguistics, and Applied Science (ILLAS) is a research lab monitored by Mizuki Miyashita. 
  • Aaniiih Dictionary Digitization Project: This project began in Summer 2025. The project aims to created a searchable version of the existing dictionary compiled by Allan Taylor (1994).
  • The Blackfoot Language Group was established in Fall 2007. The goal of the group is to create and archive language materials that can be used for linguistic research and language teaching.

For more information, contact Mizuki Miyashita. 

Montana CoLang

The University of Montana, in collaboration with Chief Dull Knife College, hosted the Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) in June 13-July 8, 2022.

Montana Dialect Study

The Montana Dialects of English Project focuses on the documentation and analysis of dialects of English spoken in Montana. For more information, contact Leora Bar-el.

Linguistics Lab

The Linguistics Lab is located on the second floor of the Social Sciences Building. The use of computers and equipment is open to linguistics graduate students and undergraduate students who are taking linguistics classes.

For more information, contact Leora Bar-el.

Thesis Research by our MA students

Our MA students have written theses on a variety of topics. Electronic copies are available via ScholarWorks managed by the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana.