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The Department of LinguisticsThe 44th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 44) took place in Mexico City on May 6–8, 2026, hosted by UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). The following current…
Read MoreThe 4th International Conference “Prominence in Language” (ICPL IV) took place April 23-24, 2026, hosted by the University of Cologne. The following current and former members of the department presented:…
Read MoreThe 48th Generative Linguistics in the Old World conference (GLOW 48) took place Apr. 21-23, 2026, at the University of Siena. The following current and former members of the department…
Read MoreFormal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16 (FASAL 16) is taking place April 10-11, 2026, and April 18, 2026, hosted by the University of South Carolina. The program features presentations…
Read MoreOur 2022 Ph.D alumus Canaan Breiss has accepted an offer as a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. Congratulations, Canaan!
Read MoreOur 2023 Ph.D. Hironori Katsuda has accepted a postdoctoral position at a prestigious laboratory, the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, under the direction of Prof. Jen Hay….
Read MoreEmma Montilla, who graduated in June 2025 graduate with a bachelor’s in applied linguistics, is among 12 UCLA students and recent graduates selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in…
Read MoreGrace 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 with faculty member…
Read MoreJian-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 at USC) and…
Read MoreAlum 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 Harold and Travis!
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