Christina Laree Newhall

NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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About Christina Laree Newhall

Linguistics Ph.D. student, Revitalization track

I am a member of the Native Village of Unga, AK, a learner of my heritage language, Unangam Tunuu, and a linguistic anthropologist.

Areas of Study

Native American Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Syntax, Langauge Documentation, Langauge Reclamation/Revitalization

Research Interests

Cultural and linguistic revitalization and maintenance, the effects of globalization on Indigenous populations especially language shift, community building through decolonization practices, language documentation, links between traditional cultural practices and health and wellbeing, language ideologies, and constructs of identity.

Areas of Study

Native American Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Syntax, Langauge Documentation, Langauge Reclamation/Revitalization

Selected Publications

Newhall, Christina Laree (2021): Poster Presentation for "Revealing Morphosyntactic Correlates of Force and Grammatical Mood in Unangam Tunuu for Language Reclamation". University of Arizona Research Data Repository. Poster. https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.14481201.v1

Newhall, C.L., Gilmore P. (2020) “Keep talking” film review. Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal. University of Minnesota Press. Vol. 7; Issue 1.

Newhall, C. (2016) Mood Marking in Unangam Tunuu. ProQuest, 1-62

Newhall, C. (2015). “That’s So Gay”: Exploring Complications of Semantic Variability. Rogue Journal of Undergraduate Research, 86-99.

Newhall, C. (2014). A case for cultural genocide: Taking a closer look at China’s language policy in the TAR. Rogue Journal of Undergraduate Research, 3-16.