News
Charles J. Fillmore (1929 - 2014)
We regret to announce the death of Charles Fillmore, a founding member of the department. Excellent commentaries on his contributions to Linguistics can be found here:
Language Log
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Marie-Catherine de Marneffe Wins Google Research Award
Congratulations are due to Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, whose proposal, 'Universal dependencies' has won $41,869 for a one-year project from the highly competitive Google Research Awards program.…
High School Camp
The Department of Linguistics is offering two sessions of the Summer Linguistics Institute for Youth Scholars, a week-long event designed for high school students interested in the study…
Adam Royer accepted into UCLA grad program
Congratulations to Linguistics major Adam Royer, who has been accepted into the graduate program in Linguistics at the University of California Los Angeles, his top choice. Terrific news, Adam!
Michael DeMatto wins Undergraduate Research Small Grant
Congratulations are due to Michael DeMatto (advisor Andrea Sims), who has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Small Grant and an award from the Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment for…
Emily Clem wins Undergraduate Research Small Grant
Congratulations are due to undergraduate Emily Clem (advisor Becca Morley), who has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Small Grant in the amount of $500 for her research project, "Lexical and…
Cathy Callaghan publishes Proto Utian Grammar
Congratulations are due to Professor Emeritus Cathy Callaghan, who has recently published her book, Proto Utian Grammar and Dictionary with Notes on Yokuts (http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/…
Congratulations to Dr. Plummer
Congratulations are due to Andy Plummer, who filed his dissertation onThe acquisition of vowel normalization during early Infancy: Theory and computational framework on Friday.
Congratulations to Dr. Lesho
Congratulations are due to Marivic Lesho, who filed her dissertation on The sociophonetics and phonology of the Cavite Chabacano vowel system on Tuesday.