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The Department of LinguisticsOur great congratulations to Pam Munro, who has been awarded a 2019-20 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award for her many activities since retirement! Read about Pam and the other…
Read MoreCongratulations to Richard Stockwell, who has accepted a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford!
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that Iara Mantenuto has been offered and accepted a tenure-track position in the English department of California State University, Dominguez Hills! Congratulations, Iara!
Read MoreApproved changes to five undergraduate majors within the UCLA Department of Linguistics will open new doors for students. Effective Winter 2020, the changes will extend opportunities for research, scholarships, and…
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that Laurel Perkins (U. Maryland, 2019) has accepted our offer to join our department as an assistant professor. Laurel will begin her appointment after completing…
Read MoreCongratulations to PhD candidate Iara Mantenuto for receiving a Foundation for Endangered Languages Grant! These grants go to “projects that focus on the revitalisation of an endangered language and/or support…
Read MoreThe program for the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 38, hosted by UBC, is out now. The program features an invited talk by Jessica Rett titled Prosodically marked mirativity….
Read MoreThe program for Generative Linguistics in the Old World 43, hosted by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is out now. The following UCLA linguists are presenting: •Travis Major and Harold Torrence: “Say”-chains,…
Read MoreThe department is thrilled to announce a pledge by the Bohne and Bye Trust for a $2,000,000 gift to establish and support a Linguistics Laboratory Program. The eventual gift will…
Read MoreCongratulations to 4th year PhD student Canaan Breiss and Professor Bruce Hayes for having their paper recently accepted to Language. The title of the paper is “Phonological markedness effects in…
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