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The 28th Midcontinental Phonetics & Phonology Conference (MidPhon) was held at Purdue University on October 20-21, 2023, and Lang Sci as usual had a strong showing at this annual meeting. *Thank you to Eric Raimy, Charlotte Vanhecke, and Joe Salmons for contributing the photos for this post!* Lang Sci members presenting at this year’s conference …

Language Sciences is hiring a Professor in Linguistics (Syntax) at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, starting Fall 2024. See the job posting for details: Assistant or Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Language Sciences Program – Madison, Wisconsin, United States

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, a group of UW–Madison faculty were honored for prestigious fellowship awards received this year. Language Sciences Professor Monica Macaulay was one of 5 faculty at the celebration to be recognized for a WARF Named Professorship. Macaulay’s professorship is titled the Ada Deer Professor of Language Sciences. In her address to the audience, …

Language Sciences professor Laura Horton is Principle Investigator on a project funded by the Humanities Without Walls Consortium‘s Grand Research Challenge. The award provides $150,000 over a three-year period, and is funded by the Mellon Foundation. Professor Horton’s grant “Maya in the Global Midwest” is a collaboration between scholars and community members at UW–Madison, the …

We are hiring a student Multimedia Intern for the coming year – Linguistics majors with some of the relevant skills are encouraged to apply!   We are looking for a student with strengths in at least some of these areas (not necessarily all): Please submit examples of your work such as photography, graphic media, social …

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) with Ada Deer Professor Monica Macaulay Work as part of the research team on the National Science Foundation grant “Comparative Database of Algonquian Derivational Morphology” Term: Academic year 2023-2024 Two positions available. The REU students will gain valuable research experience and skills, as well as an introduction to the structure …

UW–Madison student and WORT reporter Heewone Lim spoke with Language Sciences’ Rebecca Shields about her efforts to teach the Irish language on campus.

We are incredibly proud that Language Sciences Professor Monica Macaulay was one of five UW–Madison faculty to receive a prestigious WARF Named Professorship in 2023-2024. The award recognizes faculty for their extraordinary contributions to scholarship through research, teaching, and service activities. Macaulay chose to name her professorship after Menominee elder Ada Deer, a long-time passionate …

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 papers at this year’s conference: Although they were certainly kept very busy with networking and other conference activities, the conference …

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, Michigan, and Illinois. The language is spoken by a number of elders and learners on the Menominee Reservation in northern …