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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 MoreMany congratulations to Ph.D. candidate János Egressy, who was awarded a prize for best student presentation at GLOW 48! His talk was titled “Williams Cycle effects and successive cyclicity unified“….
Read MoreFrom April 28 through April 29, 2026 at 9 p.m. PDT, the UCLA community is joining together to make a difference through the power of philanthropy. During the campus-wide giving…
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 MoreWe’re pleased to share that Professor Jessica Rett’s work with Dr. Eggener was referenced in an episode of Medically Speaking, UCLA Health’s official podcast focused on patient care, research, and…
Read MoreCongratulations to Prof. Ben Eischens for receiving an award from the UCHRI’s 2026-2027 Engaging Humanities Grant competition. The project is titled, “UCLA-CBDIO Collaborative Mixtec Curriculum Development”. Prof. Eischens will be…
Read MoreCongratulations to Dr. Giusi Silvestri for receiving a UC-AFT Council on Professional Development award for the project, “Syntax and semantics of expletive negation in Romance languages.”
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