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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 …

UW-Madison student and WORT reporter Heewone Lim spoke with Language Sciences’ Rebecca Shields about her efforts to teach the Irish language on campus. Listen to the WORT interview and read the story here

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 …

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 …

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, …

A recent Cap Times news article discusses our new American Sign Language program.

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, …

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 …

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 …