{"id":597,"date":"2024-07-09T20:33:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:39:23","slug":"researchprojects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/studentopportunities\/researchprojects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Project Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Crafting Latinidad in the Age of Social Media: A Digital Exploration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Researcher:<\/strong> Kiara Amezcua, &#8217;26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> How are Latinx people performing their identity on social media?\u00a0 What linguistic features do they display to showcase their identity? This study investigated how Latinxs perform their identity through different linguistic markers (lexical variants, phonological variants, etc.) and visual features (emojis, clothing, captions, etc.) on social media within short-form content, such as TikTok and Instagram Reels.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Kiara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Kiara.jpg 512w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Kiara-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Henry-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-931 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Henry-1024x683.jpeg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Henry-300x200.jpeg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Henry-768x512.jpeg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Henry-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2026\/07\/Henry.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>A Computational Exploration of Variation in White Hmong Tonal Realization: Does Meaning Shape Tone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Researcher:<\/strong> Henry Heyden, &#8217;26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> While prior work has shown that utterance position and preceding tone height affect White Hmong tonal realization, the role of lexical factors such as word type and meaning remains under explored. This study investigated these factors using a read speech corpus of White Hmong. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>An Acoustic Examination of Queer Speech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Researchers:<\/strong> Linguistics, Philosophy, WGSS, and Data Science students, 2023 &#8211; 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Do speakers with various sexual orientations and gender identities pattern together within an identity? Do they differ from participants of other identities? This study collected and analyzed a dataset comprising over 51,897,456 individual statistical measurements. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2024\/06\/IMG_3059-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2024\/06\/IMG_3059-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2024\/06\/IMG_3059-edited-300x225.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2024\/06\/IMG_3059-edited-768x576.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2024\/06\/IMG_3059-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/linguistics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2024\/06\/IMG_3059-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional student\/faculty research collaborations:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>comparing initial consonant mutation behaviour in Welsh and Patagonian Welsh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>analyzing the use of speech and song in Brazilian Tropic\u00e1lia music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>investigating interactive linguistic landscapes in videogames<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>studying the sociophonetics of subversive femininities in anime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>exploring the linguistic construction of waterscapes in manga<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Crafting Latinidad in the Age of Social Media: A Digital Exploration Researcher: Kiara Amezcua, &#8217;26 Abstract: How are Latinx people performing their identity on social media?\u00a0 What linguistic features do they display to showcase their identity? 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