Year: 2020

A couple of our faculty have forthcoming edited volumes in interesting areas of linguistic research: Rajiv Rao (2020) – Spanish Phonetics and Phonology in Contact: Studies from Africa, the Americas, and Spain. Grant Armstrong (2021) (with co-editor J.E. MacDonald) – Unraveling the Complexity of SE. This book makes a novel contribution to our understanding of …

Congratulations are in order to several Linguistics majors who were awarded scholarships, prizes, and honor society memberships in 2020. Special merit scholarships: The following students were inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society: Phi Beta Kappa is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor societies. Approximately 10% of college graduates are invited …

Congratulations to Language Sciences Professor Jenny Saffran, who has been named the 2020 recipient of the Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building. Professor Saffran is the first to receive the new prize, which is administered jointly by the University of California-San Diego and the Cognitive Science Society. Prize recipients are honored …

Professors Joe Salmons (UW–Madison Language Sciences) and David Natvig (University of Oslo) will be giving a talk on the Abralimo virtual linguistic lecture platform this weekend. Sunday 6/21/20 12:00 pm (Central time – note that the time given in the poster is Brazil time) Title: Sound Change Sound change is one of the oldest areas …

Wisconsin Public Radio’s Tim Peterson conducted an interview on the native origins of some Wisconsin place names with UW–Madison Professors Monica Macaulay (Language Sciences) and Brian McInnes (Civil Society and Community Studies Department, School of Human Ecology). This was part of WPR’s WHYsconsin project, which focuses on questions about our state generated by listeners. Tim …

Congratulations to our graduating seniors! We had a great bunch of graduates this year. We definitely miss being able to come together and share the joy of this moment – hopefully you are all celebrating with those nearest and dearest to you. We have created a special Senior Profile page to celebrate the amazing accomplishments …

Due to the necessity of reducing social interactions during this period, all remaining in-person events for this Spring are canceled. This includes the Linguistics Fridays colloquia series, and the LSO’s Workshop in General Linguistics. We may be able to host some talks online via streaming, or to reschedule them for a later date. Further updates …

The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) held its annual meeting this year in New Orleans from January 2-5, 2020. The annual meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) was held concurrently. Several UW–Madison students and faculty participated in this massive linguistic shindig. The following UW–Madison linguists presented …