The Department of Linguistics

Latest News

1. Faculty, General

   Professor Jessica Rett Op-Ed Published in the LA Times

   Apr 23, 2025 - Professor Jessica Rett has an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, titled “There’s no neutral language to describe horrific actions.” To read the full piece, click...

2. Awards, Celebrations, Conferences, Graduate Students

   Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded the James McCawley Fellowship

   Apr 18, 2025 - Graduate student, Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded the James McCawley Fellowship to attend this year’s LSA Summer Institute at the University of Oregon. Congratulations Jian-Leat!

3. Alumni, Awards, Celebrations, Faculty, Fieldwork

   Alum Travis Major and Harold Torrence have been awarded an NSF grant

   Apr 11, 2025 - Alum Travis Major (now Assistant Professor at USC) and Harold Torrence have been awarded an NSF grant  for the project "The Crosslinguistic Components of Clausal Complementation". Congratulations...

4. General

   ENROLL NOW – LING SUMMER COURSES 2025!

   Apr 8, 2025 - The UCLA Linguistics Department is offering online and in-person summer courses for UCLA and non-UCLA students. Summer Session 2025 enrollment starts on February 1, 2025 for UCLA...

5. Alumni, Celebrations

   Huilei Wang to Göttingen

   Apr 8, 2025 - Huilei Wang has accepted a postdoc position (Humboldt Research Fellowship) in Göttingen, starting May 2025. She will be working with Hedde Zeijlstra on a syntax-semantics interface project....