Emma Mafi
Humanities Communications Writer
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ASL: A Language Ready for Translation
Graduate student Nathan Browne dedicated his thesis to creating an AI model that translates ASL by looking at eyebrows. Now, he hopes his findings can shine a light on similar technologies to come.
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Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse
Media often portrays zombies with a limp, and sometimes a growl, stalking toward their prey. Dennis Cutchins, on the other hand, believes they look much more mundane—they look just like you and me.
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Writing for the Child Within
Ann Dee Ellis has published six books so far, with more in the making. She read excerpts from her pieces at an English Reading Series, sharing the stories behind them that made her into the author she is today.
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Phantom at the WILK
In honor of Halloween, the French Club hosted an event framed by a classic novel and world-renowned musical: The Phantom of the Opera.
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Poetry from the Heart
Writing has the potential to empower both readers and writers. The process of creating a personal piece can bring old and new memories to rest, just as they did for BYU professor Lance Larsen.
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Listen While You Read
Not all reading is created equal—take it from Jeff Peterson, a Japanese professor who values consistent reading of easy material over tedious and difficult reading passages.
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Festivals of Friends, Food, and Family
In the autumn, Americans look forward to Halloween and Thanksgiving; but many BYU students celebrate two important Chinese holidays too: The Mid-Autumn Festival and Taiwan National Day.
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Case Markers: The Key to Korean
Case markers differentiate parts of speech in many Korean sentences, and they may also be the key difference between novice and advanced language abilities.
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Context—The Crux of Comprehension
Graduate student Alyssa Crezee studied sentence processing with the hopes of contributing to one field that’s too often forgotten: autism research.
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