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Laura Mahalingappa, Ph.D.Assistant Professor |
Courses Taught
GESL 508 Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners
GESL 515 Sociolinguistics in the ESL Classroom
LTEL 201 Meeting Needs of English Language Learners
Education
Ph.D. Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin
Honors/Awards
Duquesne University ALOA Mini-Grant (2010)
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2006)
Foreign Language Area Scholarship (2002-2004)
Research Interests
Bilingual Language Acquisition
Language Socialization
Acquisition of Socio-pragmatic features in a Second Language
Language Identity and Ideology
Language Planning and Policy
Gender and Language Learning/Socialization
Learning in Minority Communities
L2 teacher education
Current Projects
Social factors in bilingual language acquisition in minority communities.
Professional Affiliations
Linguistics Society of America (LSA)
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
American Educational Research Association (AREA)
Recent Publications
Polat, N., & Mahalingappa, L. (2010 ). Gender Differences in Identity and Acculturation Patterns and L2 Accent Attainment. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 9, 17-35.
Mahalingappa, L. (2009). Acquisition of Split-Ergativity in Kurmanji Kurdish. In Chandlee, J., Franchini, M., Lord, S., and Rheiner, G-M (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Vol. 2. Cascadilla Press: Somerville, MA. 333-342.
Recent Speaking Engagements
Mahalingappa, L. (2010, November). Language Acquisition from “Non-Native” Speakers: The Case of Kurds in Turkey. Paper to be presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 39, San Antonio, TX.
Mahalingappa, L. (2010, March). Using Social Network Theory to Examine L2 Socialization Patterns. Paper presented at the 2010 Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA.
Mahalingappa, L. (2008, December). Language Acquisition and Socialization by Kurds in Turkey. Invited talk at Northwestern University, Department of Linguistics, Chicago, IL.
Mahalingappa, L. (2008, October). Acquisition of Split-Ergativity in Kurmanji Kurdish. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Mahalingappa, L. (2007, October). Acquisition of Split-Ergativity in Kurmanji Kurdish: Variability and Language Change. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 36, Philadelphia, PA.
Mahalingappa, L. (2007, January). Variability in the Acquisition of Split-Ergativity in Kurmanji Kurdish. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Anaheim, CA.
Recent Professional Experience & Service
Reviewer, Journal of Pragmatics, 2006-present
Board member, Language-Concentrated Charter School Initiative, 2010
