Kelsie Pattillo has a new article on sociolinguistic variation in Wisconsin, published as part of the Wisconsin Englishes Project. The article, entitled “I bought a bag of bagels,” examines sociolinguistic variation in vowel articulation in the word bag across age … Continue Reading »
UWM linguists at the LSA
UWM Linguistics was well represented at the LSA annual meeting in New Orleans this past weekend, with presentations by Hamideh Sadat Bagherzadeh & Aqil Izadysadr and Okgi Kim. Congratulations all!… Continue Reading »
Patrick Rich to present at BSSL 2020
UWM Linguistics masters student Patrick Rich will present his work, “Macedonian Object Clitics: Replication and Grammaticalization” at the 22nd Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore at Arizona State University in April. Congratulations, Patrick!… Continue Reading »
Alumni update from Tanner LeTourneau (MA 2018)
UWM Linguistics alum (MA 2018) Tanner LeTourneau sent the following update: “I got a job as a business ESL teacher and as a methodologist for my company (James Cook Languages) in Prague, Czech Republic. I had a nice opportunity to … Continue Reading »
Albuhayri defends dissertation
On Tuesday, November 26, Salem Albuhayri successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Information Structure in Standard Arabic Verbal Sentences.” Congratulations, Dr. Albuhayri!… Continue Reading »
Albaty to Qassim University
Yasser Albaty (PhD 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Congratulations, Yasser!… Continue Reading »
Abu Helal to Middle East University
Abdel-Rahman Abu Helal (PhD 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of the English Language and Literature at Middle East University in Amman, Jordan. Congratulations, Abdel-Rahman!… Continue Reading »
Pattillo to appear in Anthropological Linguistics
Kelsie Pattillo’s article, “Limb term naming patterns in South American languages,” has been accepted for publication in Anthropological Linguistics. Congratulations, Kelsie!… Continue Reading »
El Haimeur to Kansas
Amal El Haimeur (PhD 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Teaching Professor and Coordinator of the Arabic Program in the Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. Congratulations, Amal!… Continue Reading »
Moran defends MA thesis
Congratulations to Joseph Moran, who successfully defended his master’s thesis today!… Continue Reading »