tablishing an enduring record of Atayal that could potentially be utilized by scientists or even descendants of the speakers who may one day want to learn more about the language and culture.
“Getting the opportunity to do field work as an undergrad is very difficult if you don’t have much experience,” Kim said. “It was life-changing. I know that sounds extreme, but it just opened my eyes to so much.”
Iskarous was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation in the amount of $973,963 over three years. His research will investigate the relation between the muscular movements involved in human language and the muscular movements of the octopus arm and a 1-millimeter worm. These latter two species have muscular systems related to those of the human tongue.
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