Linguistics 210

Below are some possible topics for research papers:

Bilingual Education in Native American Communities

Comparison/Contrast

Personal Experiences

Current Situation

Language Maintenance

Language Policy

Federal/Tribal Policy

English-Only Movement

Language Preservation

Linguistics in Native American Languages

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Semantics

Native American Sign Language

Historical Linguistics

Historical Reconstruction Through Language

Writing Systems of Native American Language

Development of Orthographies

Alphabets, Hieroglyphs, or Syllabaries

Petroglyphs

Gender Speech

Language and Thought/Linguistic Relativity

Songs/Oral Narratives

Comparisons

Techniques

Specialized Vocabulary

Basketry

Botany

Counting Systems