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SOU professor awakens 'sleeping languages'</h1><div class="bdySubTitle" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Students can learn Native American tongues in an academic setting</div>
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The Southern Oregon University campus was quiet last week, since students have retreated for the holidays, and most faculty and staff stayed home when a snow day was called.</p><p class="articleGraf" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Verdan,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.35em;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
But if you listened closely in Taylor Hall, you may have heard about a Native American language that scholars believe was awakened from sleep, resurrected from implied extinction, with the help of Dr. Wesley Leonard.</p><p class="articleGraf" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Verdan,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.35em;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Leonard, a linguistic anthropologist and associate professor of Native American Studies, arrived on campus only a year ago, but his research is changing the language of linguistics and his classes are transforming the way students perceive and study indigenous cultures and languages.</p>
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