MARC OKRAND TO SPEAK AT UCSC

Marc Okrand is another undergraduate alumnus of the UCSC program. From UCSC, Marc went on to the PhD program at UC Berkeley, where in 1977 he completed a dissertation on the grammar of Mutsun, which is a dialect of the Ohlone language (sometimes known as Southern Costanoan). He is probably now best known for his work on the Klingon language, a language that he developed originally for the Star Trek franchise. His commitment to Amerindian linguistics has never waned however, and it is in that capacity that he will give a lecture at UCSC on Saturday November 9th at 2pm. The lecture is sponsored by the American Indian Resource Center, the Amah Mutsun Band of Ohlone Indians, and the Office of the Dean of Humanities. Marc’s title is From Mutsun to Klingon: How Helping Bring Back One Language Gave Rise to Another.