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The University of Chicago Hong Kong Campus
Episode 25 - Alan Yu: "Language is everywhere."
20 minutes Posted Aug 8, 2022 at 10:00 pm.
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Alan Yu is the Professor of Linguistics and the College from the Department of Linguistics. Professor Yu also directs the UChicago Phonology Laboratory as well as the Washo Documentation Project. Professor Yu talked about being an immigrant, being interested in astronomy, and as a linguist working on preserving the Washo language, culture, and stories. Here's his career story to becoming a University of Chicago professor.