Photos courtesy of Rachyl Hietpas and Charlotte Vanhecke Several members of Lang Sci were fortunate enough to travel to beautiful Banff, Canada for the Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference this spring! Multiple UW-Madison linguists presented research …
Year: 2023
Spring 2023 Senior Capstone course: Topics in Menominee
Photo credits: Miranda Vescio The focus of our Capstone in Linguistics course this semester was “Topics in Menominee Grammar.” Menominee is an Algonquian language indigenous to the areas now known as the States of Wisconsin, …
New ASL program featured in Cap Times article
A recent Cap Times news article discusses our new American Sign Language program.
Linguistics Senior Profile Page 2023
Visit to the Wisconsin Indigenous Languages Lab
by Miranda Vescio | Language Sciences Multi-Media Intern Introduction The geographical region where the state of Wisconsin now lies is and has been home to a number of diverse indigenous peoples since ancient times. Tragically, …
Linguistics students at the Undergraduate Symposium
We were extremely proud to have multiple Linguistics majors and students participate in the Undergraduate Symposium this year! The annual symposium allows undergraduates from across the university to share and celebrate the creative, original research …
Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) 17 wrapup
Photos by Language Sciences Multimedia intern Miranda Vescio, unless otherwise noted The 17th annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) was back again in 2023 after several years of pandemic-related hiatus, and it was probably our …
New American Sign Language class!
Language Sciences is very excited to launch our new American Sign Language (ASL) course this summer! ASL is one of the world’s many signed languages used by Deaf and other individuals as their primary means …