The Department of Linguistics

Latest News

1. Conferences, Faculty, General, Talks

   UCLA @ BUCLD 2025

   Nov 12, 2025 - The 50th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) took place November 6-9, 2025. The following current and former members of our department presented: Laurel Perkins (faculty):...

2. Alumni, Faculty, General, Journal Publications, Publications

   Linguistics Undergraduate First Author on New Research Article

   Nov 6, 2025 - Grace Shoemaker, who graduated in 2025 from Linguistics at UCLA, is first author on a new paper out in the journal Health Communications. The paper is co-authored...

3. Faculty, General

   Daria Bahtina quoted in this week’s Guardian piece on Gen Alpha slang

   Nov 7, 2025 - Continuing Lecturer Daria Bahtina was interviewed for The Guardian’s feature on Gen Alpha slang, where she discussed the meaning behind the seemingly meaningless “six-seven.” Her comments highlight...

4. Conferences, General

   UCLA at NELS 56

   Oct 20, 2025 - The 56th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society (NELS 56) was held on October 17-19th, 2025, at NYU. The following UCLA linguists presented: Boram Kim...

5. Awards, Conferences, Graduate Students

   Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded the Victoria Fromkin Memorial Prize for Student Excellence in Phonology

   Oct 17, 2025 - Graduate Student Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded the Victoria Fromkin Memorial Prize for Student Excellence in Phonology and will be recognized at the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting next...