Scholarly Work - Modern Languages & Literatures

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Modern Languages & Literatures provides undergraduates the opportunity to combine language training with heightened global awareness through the study of culture, history, and languages offered on campus as well as through a distance-learning model. We offer courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. In addition, our dedicated and diverse faculty members design and deliver courses about the languages and cultures of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and more. We believe that the study of other languages and cultures forms an essential part of any undergraduate education. Our programs provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to become successful and enlightened global professionals. Moreover, we actively pursue learning opportunities beyond the conventional classroom setting and make these available to all our students through study abroad, internships, and experiential learning in the Bozeman community and throughout the world.

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Homo alphabeticus, la definición de la escritura y las escrituras mesoamericanas
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2022-09) Mikulska, Katarzyna; Brokaw, Galen
Among researchers who study Mesoamerican communication systems there is a debate about how the term “writing” should be defined. Some limit writing to glottography, i.e., systems that represent linguistic units (e.g., sounds, syllables, or words); others prefer a broader definition that includes semasiography, i.e., the use of signifiers that represent referents without passing through a particular language. We analyze the epistemological position from which writing is discussed and identify several fallacies and biases that inform these discussions. We also review the grammatological approach that has been in vogue in recent years. We propose that other forms of graphic communication call for a reconceptualization of “writing”, and we argue for a broader definition.
Homo Alphabeticus, Glottographic Exceptionalism, and the Ethnocentric Definition of Writing
(Modern Language Association, 2022-03) Brokaw, Galen
Texto y contexto en la Nueva corónica y buen gobierno de Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2020-03) Brokaw, Galen
La naturaleza compleja de la Nueva corónica y buen gobierno de Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala admite diferentes —y aun contradictorias— lecturas. La poca información que tenemos hasta el día de hoy acercade este autor indígena hace difícil una comprensión de la relación entre su obra y su contexto socioeconómico y político. Este ensayo propone esclarecer esta relación al combinar lo que se sabe de Guaman Poma deotras fuentes y un análisis de lo que el autor revela sobre sí mismo en su texto.
Texto y contexto en la Nueva corónica y buen gobierno de Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala / Text and Context in Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's Nueva coronica y buen gobierno
(2020-03) Brokaw, Galen
La naturaleza compleja de la Nueva corónica y buen gobierno de Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala admite diferentes —y aun contradictorias— lecturas. La poca información que tenemos hasta el día de hoy acercade este autor indígena hace difícil una comprensión de la relación entre su obra y su contexto socioeconómico y político. Este ensayo propone esclarecer esta relación al combinar lo que se sabe de Guaman Poma deotras fuentes y un análisis de lo que el autor revela sobre sí mismo en su texto.
Latino Health Perceptions in Rural Montana: Engaging Promotores de Salud Using Photovoice Through Facebook
(2019-04) Nitzinger, Violeta; Held, Suzanne; Kevane, Bridget; Eudave, Yanet
The primary purposes of this study were to use photovoice with Facebook to explore health perceptions and health needs among promotores living in rural Montana and to build community among geographically dispersed promotores. Seven promotores participated in a photovoice project where they uploaded photographs and shared comments in a private Facebook group. Emergent themes based on the promotores' health perceptions, discussions, and interviews were transcribed and coded. Findings of this study will be used to assess health perceptions and needs of the promotores and Latino community in rural Montana.
Asian Literary Voices
(Amsterdam University Press, 2010) Williams, Philip F.
A scholarly, peer-reviewed collection of ten individually authored chapters on Asian literature and art in China, Japan, Korea, and India, along with the editor's introduction, index, and a section with bios about the ten contributors.

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