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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 28, 2006 10:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fw: language</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Jimm</DIV>
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<DIV>The following notice appeared in my Arts and Sciences bulletin from OU. You
may have already heard about it. It seems they are a bit late in doing this, but
perhaps there will be some good come from it.</DIV>
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<DIV>New Master's Degree May Save Native Languages</DIV>
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<DIV>The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education recently approved OU's
request to offer a master's degree in applied linguistic anthropology. The
program, expected to be available in the fall of 2007, will give students the
opportunity to research endangered languages and understand the importance of
keeping them alive. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>"This program will train a new generation of scholars to continue the
documentation of these languages, especially native languages in our own
backyard," Chancellor Paul G. Risser said. "Oklahoma's American Indian heritage
is a state treasure and we must do whatever we can to preserve it." </DIV>
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<DIV>OU is the first university in the state to offer such a program. Currently,
students in the college also can learn Cherokee, Cheyenne, Choctaw, Creek and
Kiowa. According to Morris Foster, acting chair of the Department of
Anthropology, a total of 462 students enrolled in these native languages during
the 2005-2006 academic year. </DIV>
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