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Revitalizing Indigenous Languages Through Community Programs.

Revitalizing Indigenous Languages Through Community Programs: A Hilarious (and Hopeful) Lecture (Imagine a slightly frazzled, but enthusiastic professor standing at a podium, microphone squeaking slightly. They're wearing a t-shirt that…

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Creating Dictionaries for Endangered Languages.

Creating Dictionaries for Endangered Languages: A Linguistic Lifeline (and Maybe a Few Laughs) (Lecture Slides: Projector whirrs to life, displaying a dramatic picture of a lone speaker addressing a crowd…

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Teaching Indigenous Languages in Schools.

Teaching Indigenous Languages in Schools: A Wacky, Wonderful Whirlwind Tour! 🌎🗣️📚 (Welcome, everyone! Buckle up – it's going to be a bumpy, beautiful ride through the world of Indigenous language…

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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Decoding the Babel Fish: A Hilariously Helpful Guide to the CEFR Welcome, language learners, educators, and anyone who's ever felt like they were drowning in a sea of verb conjugations!…

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The Study of Proto-Languages: Reconstructing Ancestral Languages.

The Study of Proto-Languages: Reconstructing Ancestral Tongues 🗣️👴👵 (A Lecture on Linguistic Paleontology) Welcome, aspiring linguistic archaeologists! ⛏️ Today, we're diving headfirst into the fascinating, sometimes frustrating, and always rewarding…

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The Structure of Creole Languages.

The Structure of Creole Languages: A Linguistic Potpourri! 🎉 (Lecture Transcript - Hold onto your hats, folks!) Welcome, welcome, linguaphiles, language nerds, and the generally curious! Today, we’re diving headfirst…

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Exploring Language Isolates: Languages with No Known Relatives.

Exploring Language Isolates: Languages with No Known Relatives - A Linguistic Deep Dive (with Snacks!) 🥨 (Okay, the snacks are metaphorical. Unless you brought your own. Then share.) Welcome, word…

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The Diversity of Human Languages.

The Diversity of Human Languages: A Linguistic Safari 🌍🗣️🐒 (A Lecture for the Inquisitive Mind) Welcome, fellow language enthusiasts, armchair anthropologists, and professional procrastinators! Grab your pith helmets and linguistic…

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Developing Dictionaries and Grammars for Endangered Languages.

Developing Dictionaries and Grammars for Endangered Languages: A Wild Linguistic Safari 🦁 Alright, linguaphiles, word nerds, and grammar gurus! Welcome to this exhilarating lecture on documenting the vibrant voices of…

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Creating Written Materials for Unwritten Languages.

From Grunts to Grammar: Creating Written Materials for Unwritten Languages (A Crash Course!) (Introduction: The Tower of Babel, Rebuilt… With More Coffee!) Alright, gather 'round, linguaphiles and language lovers! Today,…

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