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 …
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WIGL 17 – Call for Papers
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics Student Organization invites submissions for papers to be presented at the 17th annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WIGL 17), to be held Saturday-Sunday, April 4-5, 2020 at the University of …
Language Science Cluster Hire
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce a faculty hiring cluster – Opening Doors Through Language: Access and Equity. Three new tenure-track positions will be filled with a start date of August, 2020, with …
MidPhon 2019
A number of UW faculty and students attended the annual MidPhon conference again this year. MidPhon 24 was held at UW-Milwaukee on October 4-5, 2019. MidPhon is a specialized phonetics/phonology conference that attracts researchers from …
Macaulay receives 2019 Mentor Award
The accolades keep (deservedly) raining in for Professor Macaulay this year! The Linguistic Society of America just announced their slate of awards for this year, and Monica is the first recipient of the LSA’s new …
Linguistics Fridays – Fall 2019
The schedule is out for our Linguistics Fridays series for the Fall! Come join us (almost) every Friday at 3:30 in 155 Van Hise* for colloquium talks and reading group discussions on various talks. Students …
Sawmill Sign Language on the Menominee Reservation
WisconsinLife.org produced a wonderful video about “Mill Talk” – the sign language that is used for communication among workers in the Menominee Reservation sawmill. As the video explains, this sign language is not based on …
Professor Macaulay a 2020 LSA Fellow
Professor Monica Macaulay has been elected as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America for 2020. This is an honor that recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of linguistics, including scholarly excellence, and service …
Finnish in Northern Wisconsin
The article “The Shift from Finnish to English in Northern Wisconsin” describes the history of Finnish immigration and language use in our state. The article appeared on the Wisconsin Englishes Project website and was written …
Hoocąk Language Classes
Hoocąk (sometimes spelled Ho-Chunk) language classes will continue at UW-Madison’s American Indian Student and Cultural Center this Fall. These are non-credit classes that are open to both students and community members. Hoocąk is a Siouan …