The Department of Linguistics

Latest News

1. General, Staff

   ALTERNATE STAFF/MAIN OFFICE SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2025 (June 16-September 19, 2025)

   Jun 13, 2025 - Please note that our staff and main office will be operating on an alternate schedule during the summer. For details on adjusted hours and staff availability, view...

2. Awards, Celebrations, Fieldwork, Graduate Students

   Graduate student Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded the Dissertation Fieldwork Fellowship ($1,800), administered by the UCLA International Institute

   Jun 12, 2025 - Graduate student Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded the Dissertation Fieldwork Fellowship ($1,800), administered by the UCLA International Institute. It will be used to support his fieldwork on Kalabakan Murut,...

3. Celebrations, Undergraduate Students

   Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement

   Jun 9, 2025 - Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement "Katie Cunningham, who will graduate with honors with a degree in linguistics and English, was...

4. Alumni, Awards, Celebrations, Graduate Students

   Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded an NSF scholarship to attend the Abstract and Item-Specific Knowledge Across Domains and Frameworks workshop

   Jun 6, 2025 - Jian-Leat Siah has been awarded an NSF scholarship to attend the workshop “Abstract and Item-Specific Knowledge Across Domains and Frameworks”, organized by our alum Canaan Briess (now...

5. Awards, Celebrations, General, Undergraduate Students

   Dhanya Charan awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research & Creativity for her honors thesis in Linguistics

   Jun 6, 2025 - Dhanya Charan, a third-year Cognitive Science and Linguistics & Psychology double major at UCLA, was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity for her...