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...designed to be an enjoyable introduction to one type of linguistic research," says Bert R. Vaux, assistant professor of linguistics, a course for students looking for "something interesting rather than something technical and obscure...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Shopping Around | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...Instead of letting students get bogged down in technicalities, Linguistics 80 approaches language with a heavy emphasis on listening--both to native speakers who come to nearly every course meeting to demonstrate different dialects and to language variance in the pop culture Vaux frequently references in his course...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Shopping Around | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...culture is a useful reference, Vaux notes, because shows like "The Simpsons" and "South Park" tend to feature more language play and language variance that can be analyzed in class...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Shopping Around | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...record a lot of TV and weed through it to see which language variances I can use," Vaux says...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Shopping Around | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...Vaux does teach with humor, often making sarcastic remarks during his lectures...

Author: By Andrew J. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Spoonful of Humor Makes the Lesson Go Down | 12/7/2000 | See Source »

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