Maggie Gemmel, Graduate Student with the TGDP, graduates with her Ph.D. from UT Austin. The topic of her dissertation is “Semantic role alignment to metaphor: A frame semantic approach to metaphoric meaning.” Congratulations Maggie! We will miss you.
Presentation on how to use the Texas German Dialect Archive materials for teaching in the classroom, at the 21st Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference in Provo, UT: “Texas German, a whodunit: A modern application for the classroom.” (Tyson Brown and Larissa Kranewitter, Brigham Young University). To view the poster, click here.
TGDP presentation at the 21st Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference in Provo, UT: “A constructional approach to Texas German mit (”with”).” (Hans C. Boas)
TGDP poster presentation at the 21st Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference in Provo, UT: “The unbroken Treaty: Learning language through role-play.” (Adams LaBorde and David Huenlich)
New book publication by Dr. James Kearney: “Journey to Texas 1833”, University of Texas Press. The first English translation of the earliest German book about Texas, Journey to Texas, 1833 offers a unique portrait of colonial Texas on the eve of revolution and of the nascent German communities in Austin’s Colony. – See more at: Journey to Texas 1833