Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fiona McLaughlin Research Group
Led by Fiona McLaughlin · Linguistics
What we study
Dr. McLaughlin studies African languages and writing, including Ajami (Arabic-script) writing and literacy practices across the Sahara in her NEH-funded Trans-Saharan Literacies project. She is one of the faculty overseeing the department's Language Documentation Laboratory.
What working here is like
- Reading, writing & theory
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Trans-Saharan Literacies, Writing across the Desert
Investigating writing systems and cultural practices in the Trans-Saharan region.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Atlantic consonant mutation
2024 · Oxford University Press eBooks
Describes consonant mutation in Atlantic languages, showing how it marks grammatical features.
- Reminiscences of the last 50 years and the way forward
2021 · Studies in African Linguistics
Reflects on 50 years of SAL and future directions.
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