Month: September 2020

LangSci at the Algonquian Conference

A number of Language Sciences students and faculty will be presenting their work at the upcoming 52nd Algonquian Conference, hosted online this year from October 23-25 at UW–Madison. Ryan Henke (LangSci faculty) – Marking number and obviation for possessors: Child and child-directed speech in Northern East Cree Liz Vaala (Linguistics undergraduate student) – Numeral Classifiers …

Linguistic Discrimination Working Group

A group of us are starting a working group on Language ideology and linguistic discrimination. We’ll read some articles and discuss issues, but the ultimate goal is to figure out how to communicate better with the public about language ideology and linguistic discrimination. We’re planning to meet every two weeks, virtually of course. The first …

Linguistics Fridays are back

Fridays @ 4:00 We continue our tradition of coming together each week for some stimulating linguistic discussion on Friday afternoons. Linguistics Fridays will be online this semester, but they will still be happening! As in previous years, the program will include a mixture of colloquium talks and reading groups. Here is the schedule that has …

COVID update: LangSci office closed

Reminder that the upper floors of Van Hise Hall are closed to students and the public at this time. Only pre-authorized essential personnel may enter floors 6 and up. The LangSci physical spaces on the 11th floor are all closed, including the Language Sciences administrative office (1168), our conference/seminar room (1151), the academic advisor’s office …