We are excited to show the substantial representation of our faculty and alumni among those invited and selected to offer courses at the prestigious biennial 2015 Linguistic Summer Institute, a premier gathering of linguists from around the world to be held at the University of Chicago. The institute theme will be 'Linguistic Theory in a World of Big Data.' Teaching at the Institute is a mark of distinction in the field, and a recognition of the instructors' expertise as truly world-class. Course contributions from our faculty will include:

Victor Friedman (U Chicago) and Brian Joseph
Topics in Balkan Linguistics

Sun-Ah Jun (UCLA)
Intonational Phonology and Prosodic Typology

Yusuke Kobota and Bob Levine
Empirical Applications of Type-Logical Categorial Grammar

Craige Roberts
Introduction to Pragmatics

Elizabeth Allyn Smith (U Quebec Montreal)
The Relationship between Social Meaning and Formal Semantics/Pragmatics

Judith Tonhauser
Semantic Fieldwork

Donald Winford
Theoretical Approaches to Contact-induced Change