The Student News Site of Stony Brook University

The Statesman

48° Stony Brook, NY
The Student News Site of Stony Brook University

The Statesman

The Student News Site of Stony Brook University

The Statesman

Flag for the country of Hungary. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Hungary’s neo-nationalism poses dangerous threat to social order

Fanni Frankl December 8, 2019
Nationalism is common among many nations today and is often perceived as the driving force that allows people to unite under a shared identity of a common culture and/or language.
Read Story
Inappropriate appropriation and the misuse of language

Inappropriate appropriation and the misuse of language

Genie Ruzicka September 14, 2016
I would tell them not to listen to me, but instead listen to the people whose words you are stealing.
Read Story
Stony Brook, NY; Stony Brook University: Members of the Multilingual and Intercultural Communication Center (L-R) Agnes He (Professor of Asian Studies), Jiwon Hwang (Research Assistant Professor in Psychology and Lecturer in Asian & Asian-American Studies), Marie Huffman (Professor of Linguistics), and Ellen Broselow (Professor of Linguistics)

Study addresses understanding non-native English speaking instructors

Taylor Ha September 25, 2015
A study conducted at SBU will tackle the challenge of communication between native English-speaking undergraduates and their non-native English-speaking instructors.
Read Story
Darwin Day lecture demonstrates natural selections effects on language

Darwin Day lecture demonstrates natural selection’s effects on language

Jakub Lewkowicz February 15, 2015
Science and the humanities were brought together on Friday night in a lecture titled “The Evolution of Human Languages,” given by Mark Pagel.
Read Story
(PHOTO CREDIT: MCT CAMPUS)

Learning languages opens up doors to new worlds

Jonathon Kline October 21, 2014
A regret that seems to be almost universal among many people is their regret that they did not study a second language while they went to college.
Read Story
Load More Stories
Donate to The Statesman