Faculty

 Emily Tummons

Lecturer

rhoda@ku.edu

 
 
   
Current Research & Projects

Founder and Director of NGO, "Wuqu' Kawoq," which provides disaster relief and aid to survivors of Tropical Storm Agatha in Guatemala . Director of Kaqchikel Maya language field school called "Kab'lajuj Ey," organized by Wuqu' Kawoq in Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala , June 7--June 18, 2010.

 
Research Interests

Linguistics; Mayan languages; Morphology; Revitalizing endangered languages

 
Selected Publications

“So that we don't lose words": Reconstructing a Kaqchikel medical lexicon (papers from Symposium on Teaching Indigenous Languages of Latin America, 2009.)

 
Courses Taught

LAA 302/602
LING 491/575
Kaqchikel Maya' I
Kaqchikel Maya' II
Kaqchikel Maya' III
 
Education

B.A. MidAmerica Nazarene University (1999); M.A. Linguistics, University of Kansas (2010)
   
Language Competence Spanish (4); Kaqchikel Maya' (4); Tz'utujil, Uspanteco, K'iche' (3)
   
   
   
   

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