Congratulations to English and Language Sciences professor Jacee Cho, who was awarded a prestigious Vilas Associates award for 2023-2024! The Vilas Associates award supports faculty research at UW–Madison in a wide variety of disciplines. Awardees are chosen from a pool of applicants based on a detailed research proposal. The grant provides funding that faculty can …

In this recent article by Aaron Conklin, Dianna Murphy (The Language Institute) and Professors Joe Salmons (Language Sciences) and Tom Purnell (English and Language Sciences) discuss the efforts of the new Language Ideologies and Language Discrimination working group. The group hopes to combat language discrimination on campus by educating and raising awareness about language and …

Photo credits: Miranda Vescio The focus of our Capstone in Linguistics course this semester was “Development of Wisconsin English.” The course was taught by Professor Joseph Salmons. The capstone course is an opportunity for undergraduate Linguistics majors to synthesize information they have been learning throughout their undergraduate degree, including deep content knowledge of linguistics, academic …

One of the things we are most proud of in our program is the impressive number of undergraduate students who go beyond the classroom and conduct original research in language sciences. Participating in research is a valuable and enriching experience for our students, and we are fortunate to have a wide variety of language science …

Two of our Linguistics PhD students presented their research at the annual MidPhon conference last weekend. MidPhon 27 took place October 7-8, 2022 at Washington University in St. Louis. Jae Weller presented joint work on the laryngeal phonology of Mixtec, and Rachyl Hietpas shared a poster about voicing in heritage Dutch. “Interactions of tone, glottalization, …

An interview by Miranda Vescio, Language Sciences undergraduate student media intern Language Sciences is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Laura Horton! Dr. Horton completed her PhD at the University of Chicago, and previously held a post-doc at Stony Brook University and the University of Texas. We are especially excited to have …

See here for more information about the Indigenous Language Table, to be held every Wednesday from 1:00-2:00 in the Discovery Building. The goals of the table include building community and providing space to speak indigenous languages outside of the classroom. Students and community members welcome to attend! Language Table Flyer F2022

Most of our alumni go into areas outside of academia, but some do end up taking their love for Linguistics to a higher level! Here is a story featuring an alum who went on to the PhD and became a professor at Northern Illinois University.

Language Sciences Professor Joe Salmons was recently appointed Parliamentarian of the Linguistic Society of America. A parliamentarian provides guidance on rules and procedures, and the scope of this officer’s role in the LSA has been recently expanded.

Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors this year! Read more about the memories and aspirations of these amazing Linguistics majors on our Class of 2022 Senior Profile Page. The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change. —Maya Angelou