From left, Kalynda Thayer, Rasmia Shraim, Michelle O’Malley, An Nguyen, Mark Sakach, and Georgia Curran
The Ohio Language & Culture Project, created and directed by Ohio University Linguistics faculty member Dr. Michelle O’Malley, comprises both undergraduate and graduate student members from various disciplines across the university with a common interest in sociolinguistic study.
The lab supports the continued study and documentation of regional language variation (the Ohio Voices Project), as well as efforts to connect with the larger community of users through collaborative data-gathering efforts (the Ohio Language Use Survey), and information sharing through a podcast series in development.
With the hope of connecting the lab’s work to the larger communities of Southeastern Ohio and Ohio in general, the Ohio Language Use Survey has been relaunched.
“If you are an Ohio resident and would like to have your say in how Ohioans from all across the state use English, check it out!” says O’Malley.
Upcoming activities for lab members include several research presentations. During Ohio University’s Spring Break, O’Malley, Kalynda Thayer and Rasmia Shraim will present work on local language awareness campaign as well as empirical work in perceptual dialectology at the 2020 Appalachian Studies Conference in Lexington, KY. The larger lab membership will also present at a Linguistics Colloquium on Southern Ohio Language Project: Where We Are Today on Friday, March 20.
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