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Language Variety in the South V & Southeastern Conference of Linguistics XXXII

The University of Georgia will be hosting the fifth annual Language Varieties in the South (LAVIS) conference in conjunction with the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) in April of 2024. The conferences, held from April 4th to April 7th, will feature three plenary speakers: Allison Burkette, professor of Linguistics University of Kentucky; Edgar Schneider, Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at Regensburg University; and Laura…

Graduate students Ryan Hearn, left, and Joseph Rhyne hold the grammar guide and dictionary for the Torfan language and a poster for "Captain Marvel."
Former UGA Linguistics students create language for ground-breaking Marvel movie

Two former UGA Linguistics graduate students, Ryan Hearn,M.A.'14 and Joseph Rhyne,M.A.'17 were recently credited with creating an alien language Torfan for the "Captain Marvel" film released this year. While focusing on historical linguistics in the  Ph.D. program at Cornell University, Hearn and Rhyne were presented with the opportunity from their advisor, Michael Weiss, who was contacted by Marvel Studies about the…
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