Past Events
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Mar 12Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) 206191 and 7191 Helen C. White and online
WiGL 20 will be held on the UW–Madison campus Friday-Saturday March 13-14, 2026, with additional online presentations on Thursday March 12 and the morning of Friday March 13. See the WiGL homepage for more information about the history of this student-run conference. The deadline for abstract submission is January 16, 2026. See the Call for …
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Mar 5LSO Pizza + Study Event
1418 Van Hise
Come de-stress and get some studying done with the LSO before midterms. This study event will include pizza and other snacks, on Thursday, March 5 from 5:45-7:30pm in 1418 Van Hise. If you are planning to attend, please fill out the very brief registration form here so that the LSO can order food.
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Feb 27Ling Fridays: Davis on Salish cliticsOnline
Three Ways of Looking at a Salish Clitic Henry Davis, University of British Columbia presenting joint work with Marianne Huijsmans of the University of Alberta Salish languages are known for their extensive inventory of clause-level clitics, including force markers, subject agreement, modals, tense, and discourse particles. In the Central and Northern Interior branches of the …
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Feb 25Badgers Sign Meeting578 Van Hise
General Meeting of the ASL student org, Badgers Sign UW. A voice-off event
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Feb 20Ling Fridays: Abtahian on language shift1335 Sterling Hall
Language shift and speakerhood Maya Abtahian, University of Rochester In this talk I will examine different scenarios of language shift and consider what it means to be a speaker and the concept of speakerhood in these different scenarios. While the notion of the ‘native speaker’ has been critiqued on many fronts (Davies 2003), not least …
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Feb 6Ling Fridays: Royer on quantification in ChujOnline
Quantifiers, wh-questions, and predication in Chuj Justin Royer, University of Montreal (joint work with Cristina Buenrostro and Rodrigo Ranero) This paper examines the syntax of quantificational expressions and wh-questions in Chuj, a Mayan language spoken primarily in Guatemala and Mexico. Building on previous related work (Royer, Buenrostro & Jenks to appear), we argue that Chuj …
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Feb 2LSO Spring kickoff
1151 Van Hise
First meeting of the Linguistics Student Org for the Spring semester. Over winter break, nine members of the LSO took a trip (funded by a grant from ASM) to the Linguistics Society of America conference. Some participants will briefly present about their experiences on the trip.
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Jan 30
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Dec 11LSO Finals Study Night1418 Van Hise
The Linguistics Student Org is having a finals study night 5:15-6:30 pm on Thursday (12/11) in Van Hise 1418. There will be snacks! And you can pick up an apparel order, if you placed one : ) We look forward to seeing you there!
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Dec 5Ling Fridays: Hietpas on Language Shift254 Van Hise
Verticalization and Language Shift in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin Rachyl Hietpas, Language Sciences In my talk, I examine the shift from Dutch to English in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin, an area which received extensive Dutch immigration from 1848 through the 1960s (Swierenga & Krabbendam 2012; Brown & Hietpas 2019). I utilize …