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Professional linguists work in several fields such as teaching (Linguistics, speech, English, world languages), translation/interpretation, voice or speech recognition software development, literacy programming, curriculum development, data analysis, and U.S. intelligence or foreign service.
It is with deep regret and profound sadness that the entire Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics joins together in mourning the loss of Maura Binkley, one of our cherished students. Maura was a German major in our department, who also pursued a second major in English. Her academic performance was consistently excellent, and she also excelled in her extra-curricular and study-abroad initiatives. Complete text here.
González is a native of Spain, and she grew up in Muskiz, a small town near Bilbao, a Basque city in the northern part of the country. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English―called English…
Grace E. Michaels, a third-year student pursing degrees in International Affairs and Russian Language and Literature, is currently working on her honors thesis.
We are pleased to announce the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium at FSU. The Center for Renaissance Studies promotes the use of the Newberry collection in the fields of late medieval…
Robert Romanchuk, Pribic Family Associate Professor of Slavic in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and MLL’s Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies from 2014 to 2018, is on a long…
When Professor Alec Hargreaves was at Florida State University, he would often go with his wife Trish to Appalachicola and stay at the Gibson Inn. Eventually he noticed a discrete monument to a…
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted a Celebration of Philanthropy to thank donors and friends of the college for their generous gifts. This year’s event highlighted some of the undergraduate research that is taking place across the College. Simon Prado, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Culture with an additional major in Russian and a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs with an additional major in Political Science, Spring 2020 and Shaimaa Khanam, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Editing, Writing, and Media and a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs, Spring 2019 represented their disciplines with their work on “Change and Continuity of the Masculine Ideal in the Byzantine and Slavic Epic.” Simon and Shaimaa’s research, conducted under the mentorship of Prof. Robert Romanchuk of Modern Languages and Linguistics, is forthcoming in the online UC Undergraduate Journal of Slavic and East/Central European Studies.
