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 …
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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 …
Seidenberg: The Science and Politics of Learning to Read
Professor Mark Seidenberg was invited to give the keynote address at the Science of Reading symposium at MIT on June 4, 2019.
Heritage Languages in Wisconsin: WPR Interview
UW-Madison linguist Cathy Stafford (Spanish, Second Language Acquisition) spoke about Heritage Languages in Wisconsin on the Morning Show with Wisconsin Public Radio. Listen to the full interview here: Heritage Languages in Wisconsin – Interview with …
Digital Ho-Chunk Archive
Recent Linguistics Ph.D. graduate Andrea Cudworth was one of several UW-Madison students who worked on a project to create a digital inventory of existing Ho-Chunk language resources. The resulting catalogue has helped connect teachers and …