A new heritage language project, Multilingual Minnesota, documents the voices, languages, and cultural narratives of Minnesota’s heritage language communities.

PAWS returns to the LC!

New Course Alert! Take LING 5731/8731: Variationist Sociolinguistics Spring 2026, where you’ll finally get academic credit for eavesdropping.

Artificial intelligence can write a sonnet, diagnose a disease, and even pass the bar exam, but can it understand justice? Truth? What it means to be human?

For Amanda Dalola, AI isn’t about replacing real interactions, it's about building bridges and providing a more nuanced sociolinguistic landscape.