Congratulations to Language Sciences Professor Jenny Saffran, who has been named the 2020 recipient of the Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building. Professor Saffran is the first to receive the new prize, which is administered jointly by the University of California-San Diego and the Cognitive Science Society. Prize recipients are honored …

Professors Joe Salmons (UW–Madison Language Sciences) and David Natvig (University of Oslo) will be giving a talk on the Abralimo virtual linguistic lecture platform this weekend. Sunday 6/21/20 12:00 pm (Central time – note that the time given in the poster is Brazil time) Title: Sound Change Sound change is one of the oldest areas …

Wisconsin Public Radio’s Tim Peterson conducted an interview on the native origins of some Wisconsin place names with UW–Madison Professors Monica Macaulay (Language Sciences) and Brian McInnes (Civil Society and Community Studies Department, School of Human Ecology). This was part of WPR’s WHYsconsin project, which focuses on questions about our state generated by listeners. Tim …

Congratulations to our graduating seniors! We had a great bunch of graduates this year. We definitely miss being able to come together and share the joy of this moment – hopefully you are all celebrating with those nearest and dearest to you. We have created a special Senior Profile page to celebrate the amazing accomplishments …

Due to the necessity of reducing social interactions during this period, all remaining in-person events for this Spring are canceled. This includes the Linguistics Fridays colloquia series, and the LSO’s Workshop in General Linguistics. We may be able to host some talks online via streaming, or to reschedule them for a later date. Further updates …

The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) held its annual meeting this year in New Orleans from January 2-5, 2020. The annual meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) was held concurrently. Several UW–Madison students and faculty participated in this massive linguistic shindig. The following UW–Madison linguists presented …

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Linguistics Student Organization invites submissions for papers to be presented at the 17th annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WIGL 17), to be held Saturday-Sunday, April 4-5, 2020 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The invited speaker for the workshop is Dr. Jacee Cho, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. …

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce a faculty hiring cluster – Opening Doors Through Language: Access and Equity. Three new tenure-track positions will be filled with a start date of August, 2020, with one full-time specialist in each of the following areas: The cluster hire is a collaborative effort across multiple departments, and …

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 across the nation and the world who present innovative research in these fields. Presenters from UW–Madison this year included: Sarah …

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 Mentor Award. This award recognizes outstanding commitment to mentoring fellow linguists. Monica was recognized by the society for valuable contributions …