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The Department of LinguisticsThe Linguistics Department is delighted to announce that Harold Torrence will be joining the faculty as of July 2015. Prof. Torrence specializes in the syntax and morphology of African and…
Read MoreAs of this year, international students will be eligible to apply for the Graduate Division’s summer research stipends. This is a very welcome expansion of the kinds of summer support available…
Read MoreThe department’s admissions committee has made its recommendations for acceptance to the Ph.D. program for Fall 2015, and admissions and waitlist notifications are going out this week. Prospective students will be invited…
Read More4th year student Victoria Mateu has been awarded an NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant for her dissertation work: Intervention Effects in Raising and Control: Evidence from Spanish-speaking children This award will fund…
Read MoreWe are currently reviewing over 180 applications, with the goal of a class of about 7. We do not conduct preliminary interviews in order to make our decisions. Emails to…
Read MoreKie Zuraw reports on some good news: Our Ph.D. alum Andy Martin (Ph.D. 2007), currently a researcher at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute Laboratory for Language Development Research, has accepted a…
Read MoreUCLA linguists had a mini reunion at the recent meeting of the LSA in Portland. The get-together was organized by Pat Keating and Bruce Hayes. Here are some candid shots…
Read MoreUCLA was incredibly well-represented by both past and present faculty and students at the recent annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Portland. Highlights include Pat Keating being…
Read MoreCongratulations to Jessica Rett and Russ Schuh on the publication of their new books. Jessica’s book, The Semantics of Evaluativity, is published by Oxford University Press and was acclaimed by many…
Read MorePam Munro has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! The AAAS wrote an announcement that recognized Pam’s contribution to advancing science. She joins UCLA colleague, Ed…
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