On November 27, 2018, UWM linguistics graduate student Yahya Aldholmi successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation “Segmental Contributions to Speech Intelligibility in Nonconcatenative vs. Concatenative Languages”. Congratulations, Dr. Aldholmi!… Continue Reading »
Pattillo in volume on Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies
Kelsie Pattillo has a paper in a forthcoming volume on crosslinguistic studies of embodiment in language: Pattillo, Kelsie. Forthcoming. From head to toe: How languages extend the head to name body parts. In Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies: The ‘Head’, ed. … Continue Reading »
Albaty and Ouali in Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics
Yasser Albaty and Hamid Ouali’s paper entitled “Restructuring and Control in Arabic” has been accepted for publication Brill’s Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics.… Continue Reading »
UWM linguists at MidPhon23
We will have two conference presentations at the 23rd Annual Mid-Continental Phonetics & Phonology (MidPhon23) Conference at Northwestern University from October 5 to 6, 2018. “Perceived talker similarity in perceptual training of Korean laryngeal contrasts” – Hanyong Park “Some candidates … Continue Reading »
UWM linguists at PSLLT
We will have two conference presentations at the 10th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) conference at Iowa State University from September 6 to 8, 2018. “Vowel epenthesis in Korean English learners’ pronunciation: at the crossroads of perception, … Continue Reading »
Reham Alhammad defends dissertation
On Thursday, July 26, 2018, Reham Alhammad successfully defended her Ph.D dissertation entitled, “The Role of the Syllable Contact Law-Semisyllable (SCL-Semi) in the Coda Clusters of Najdi Arabic and Other Languages.” Congratulations, Dr. Alhammad! &nbs… Continue Reading »
Abbey Palmer ’18 featured in UWM Report
A great video of Abbey Palmer (B.A. & TESOL certificate ’18) was featured in the UWM Report. View it here. &nbs… Continue Reading »
Welcome to Sharon Geibel
The Linguistics Department has a new Academic Department Associate! Sharon Geibel comes to us from UW Whitewater, where she was responsible for the First Year Experience. We are very pleased to have her. Welcome, Sharon!… Continue Reading »
Photos from Undergraduate Research Symposium
Abbey Palmer to Oxford
UWM linguistics major Abbey Palmer has accepted an offer to attend the Master’s program in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at University of Oxford. Congratulations, Abbey!… Continue Reading »