We are happy to welcome Professor Caroline Niziolek (Communication Sciences & Disorders) to the Language Sciences faculty! Dr. Niziolek conducts research on the Neurolinguistics of speech, focusing on the relationship between auditory processing and motor …
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Linguistics Fridays Colloquia – Spring 2021 Schedule
Our Linguistics Fridays Colloquia series is back this Spring, with a great lineup of diverse and interesting talks. Talks or reading groups are held (almost) every Friday from 4:00-5:00 between February 26-April 30. Linguistics Fridays …
UW-Madison Linguists at MidPhon 2021
Several UW-Madison language science graduate students will be presenting their research at the upcoming MidPhon 25 conference, held in a virtual format this year, and organized by hosts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne. …
Menominee Language Course
We are very excited and proud that one of our alumni, Ota͞eciah Luke Besaw, will be teaching a beginning level Menominee class at UW-Madison in the Spring! This three credit course is offered in the …
Mixtec Digitization Project
The Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (UC-Berkeley) reports that they have successfully digitized several collections of Mixtec fieldwork, including some collections from UW-Madison Language Sciences Professor Monica Macaulay. The digitized materials are available …
52nd Algonquian Conference – Registration Open
Registration is now open for the 52nd Algonquian Conference! 1) CONFERENCE DETAILS The conference will be held October 23–25, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be entirely online via Zoom. …
LangSci at the Algonquian Conference
A number of Language Sciences students and faculty will be presenting their work at the upcoming 52nd Algonquian Conference, hosted online this year from October 23-25 at UW-Madison. Ryan Henke (LangSci faculty) – Marking number …
Linguistic Discrimination Working Group
A group of us are starting a working group on Language ideology and linguistic discrimination. We’ll read some articles and discuss issues, but the ultimate goal is to figure out how to communicate better with …
Linguistics Fridays are back
Fridays @ 4:00 We continue our tradition of coming together each week for some stimulating linguistic discussion on Friday afternoons. Linguistics Fridays will be online this semester, but they will still be happening! As in …
COVID update: LangSci office closed
Reminder that the upper floors of Van Hise Hall are closed to students and the public at this time. Only pre-authorized essential personnel may enter floors 6 and up. The LangSci physical spaces on the …