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The Department of LinguisticsWe 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…
Read MoreKuniko Nielsen (Ph.D. 2008) was awarded tenure at Oakland University, Michigan, over the summer! Congratulations Kuniko!
Read MoreUCLA linguists and alumni of the department will be giving a number of presentations at the annual Boston University Conference on Language Development this weekend. Talks: 18-month-olds compensate for a…
Read MoreSun-Ah Jun writes: In Oct. 18, 2014, I gave a talk, titled “Prosodic Typology”, at Hunan University in Changsha, China, as one of the four keynote speakers on phonetics. The…
Read MoreJianjing Kuang (Ph.D. 2013, now at UPenn) and Pat Keating’s paper Vocal fold vibratory patterns in tense versus lax phonation contrasts just appeared in this month’s issue of the Journal of the…
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