About Us

The UCLA Linguistics Department focuses on the scientific study of language in all aspects. The fields represented include phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics, as well as the interdisciplinary areas of psycholinguistics, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and mathematical linguistics. The department has a strong emphasis on linguistic theory as well as on fieldwork and experimental study. Three laboratories are housed in...

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Latest News

  1. Faculty, General, Talks

    Jessica Rett featured on Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

    Dec 6, 2018 - Associate Professor Jessica Rett was recently featured on a popular podcast, Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. The episode dealt with the question of how we know...

  2. Conferences, Graduate Students

    Iara Mantenuto at EILN 2018

    Nov 27, 2018 - Iara Mantenuto presented her work entitled "The double nature of additive ga in San Sebastián del Monte Mixtec" at the Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste (EILN 2018)...

  3. Conferences, Faculty, Graduate Students, Talks

    UCLA at BUCLD 49

    Nov 15, 2018 - Victoria Mateu & Nina Hyams; Megha Sundara & Connor Mayer; and Jesse Harris & Sun-Ah Jun (among other non-UCLA members) presented their work at the 43rd annual...

  4. Conferences, Faculty, Talks

    Pat Keating at PCC-2018

    Nov 15, 2018 - Pat Keating, President of the IPA, was an invited speaker at Jinan University in Guangzhou China, Nov. 10-11, for the 13th Phonetic Conference of China. She helped...

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Upcoming Events

  1. Faculty Meeting

    Faculty Meeting – Phonology search committee report

    January 11, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  2. Faculty Meeting

    Faculty Meeting – Syntax search committee report

    January 18, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  3. Faculty Meeting

    Faculty Meeting – Merit case

    January 25, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
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