Language Sciences Professors Macaulay and Salmons are seeking a 50% Project Assistant for the 2020-2021 academic year (12 months) to serve as editorial assistant for the book series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory and the …
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Welcome to New Faculty Member Ryan Henke
Language Sciences is happy to announce the addition of new tenure-track faculty member Ryan Henke to our program! Professor Henke joins us from the University of Hawaiʻi, where he recently defended his thesis The first …
Interview with Professor Wanner in Alumni Magazine
Professor Anja Wanner, Language Sciences faculty member and Chair of the Department of English, was featured in a recent story in On Wisconsin, UW-Madison’s alumni magazine. In her interview “We Are Not the Grammar Police,” …
Forthcoming Faculty Publications
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. Spanish Phonetics and …
Student Prizes and Honors
Congratulations are in order to several Linguistics majors who were awarded scholarships, prizes, and honor society memberships in 2020. Special merit scholarships: Elena Groves was awarded the Ralph B. Abrams Scholarship for academic excellence Michelle …
Saffran honored with Elman Prize
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 …
Salmons & Natvig online lecture
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 …
WPR Interview: Why Is There A ‘Wau’ In So Many Wisconsin Place Names?
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 …
Congratulations Class of 2020!
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 …
COVID-19 Event Update
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 …