Past Events
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Nov 21Ling Fridays: Zeng on L2 vowels254 Van Hise
Harnessing the predictable direction of speech sensorimotor adaptation to improve non-native vowel production and perception Yuyu Zeng, Communication Sciences & Disorders, UW–Madison Speech sensorimotor adaptation—adjusting articulation to counter altered auditory feedback—unfolds in a predictable direction. This talk demonstrates how that property can be leveraged to improve second-language vowel learning. Native Spanish speakers produced English /ɪ/ …
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Nov 14Ling Fridays: Pycha on AI speech tools254 Van Hise
Factors modulating perception and production of speech by AI tools: A test case of Amazon Alexa and Polly Anne Pycha, UW-Milwaukee To develop AI tools that can communicate on par with human speakers and listeners, we need a deeper understanding of the factors that affect their perception and production of spoken language. Thus, the goal …
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Nov 7Ling Fridays: Weller & Raimy on Turkish Reduplication254 Van Hise
Turkish Emphatic Reduplication: Foraging for Loose Ends Jae Weller and Eric Raimy, Language Sciences TER is partial prefixing reduplication deriving an emphatic meaning for a limited number of words. Reduplication is the initial consonant (if present) and first vowel of the base, followed by a linking consonant from the set [p m s r]. …
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Oct 29Badgers Sign UW Game Night486 Van Hise
Play games, eat pizza, and practice signing with Badgers Sign UW! (Note that this is a voice off event.)
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Oct 24Ling Fridays: Annear & Salmons on Consonant Typology250 Van Hise
Stop Consonant Typology: Contrast, Laryngeal Activity, and Enhancement Lucas Annear & Joseph Salmons, Language Sciences How does contrast relate to the realization of voice onset time in stops cross-linguistically? How do languages enhance these contrasts? Various typological surveys of laryngeal features to date rely on a distinction between ‘voiced’ and ‘voiceless’ stops, showing voiceless stops …
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Oct 23LSO Midterm Study Night1418 Van Hise
Are you struggling to actually study in the library by yourself? Or looking for other people in linguistics courses to talk through a study guide with? Or just looking for a place to grab some quick brainfood? Come join LSO on Thursday, October 23rd from 4-6pm in Van Hise 1418 for our Midterm Study Night! All …
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Oct 3Ling Fridays: Gault on Russian SLA254 Van Hise
Student and Instructor Beliefs about L2 Russian Listening Comprehension Difficulties Lidia Gault, Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition, UW–Madison Listening is an integral part of learning second or foreign spoken languages (L2s). L2 listening used to be considered a passive skill; however, this view has shifted toward acknowledgement that L2 listening is a complex physiological …
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Jun 20Corrigan on colonialism and Irish English294 Van Hise
Assessing the Linguistic Impact in Ireland of England’s First Experiment in the ‘Science of Settlement’ Karen P. Corrigan, Newcastle University A major debate that has evolved in research addressing Englishes which potentially arose through contact with Indigenous languages is the extent to which they should be considered ‘Colonial’, ‘Settler Colonial’ or indeed ‘Postcolonial’ varieties (Denis …
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Jun 16Heritage Language Research Institute
313 Pyle Center
The Sixteenth Heritage Language Research Institute will take place on our campus from June 16-19. Registration is free for members of the UW–Madison community. Go here to register.
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May 8Linguistics Graduation Celebration 2025
1418 Van Hise
Celebration for our graduating senior Linguistics majors and their friends and family.