Two papers by Nick Fleisher were published recently: On Referential Parallelism and Compulsory Binding, published in the fall 2023 issue of Linguistic Inquiry Semifactives in Comparatives, published in the Proceedings of SALT 33… Continue Reading »
New publication by Pycha, Culleton, and Song
Anne Pycha, Tessa Culleton (Linguistics BA 2022), and Jae Yung Song (Chung-Ang University and UWM) have just published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, The Role of Speech Style, Frequency, and Density in Recognition Memory for Spoken Words. … Continue Reading »
Park and Ruh receive SURF for Spring 2024
Professor Hanyong Park and undergraduate Preston Ruh have received a SURF (Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows) award for Spring 2024 from the Office of Undergraduate Research. Congrats, Dr. Park and Preston!… Continue Reading »
UWM at Linguistics Society of America
UWM was represented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of America, which took place January 3-7, 2024 in New York City. Aisha Fuddah presented joint work with Hamid Ouali, “Pseudo-sluicing in Hijazi Arabic: A Hybrid Account.” Anne … Continue Reading »
Al Ghamdi defends dissertation proposal
Doctoral student Rozan Al Ghamdi successfully defended her dissertation proposal, “Evolution of Phonological and Morphological Features in the Ghamdi Arabic Dialect: A Contemporary Analysis of Vowel Harmony and Gender Distinction.” Congratulations, Rozan!… Continue Reading »
UWM linguists to present at Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
Research by UWM linguists has been accepted for presentation at the 37th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, to be held in New York City on February 23-25, 2023. When Prosody Meets Syntax in Hijazi Arabic Gapping, by Aisha Fuddah, Hammad … Continue Reading »
Essence Burks-Burtin presents internship, graduates with honors
At an expo hosted by UWM’s Center for Student Experience and Talent (SET), Linguistics undergraduate Essence Burks-Burtin presented her work as an intern for Milwaukee’s Black Holocaust Museum, where she curated news articles from Black and mainstream news outlets. She … Continue Reading »
Fuddah receives COGEL Honorable Mention
The LSA Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics (COGEL) has selected Aisha Fuddah to receive a COGEL Travel Awards 2024 Honorable Mention. Congratulations, Aisha!… Continue Reading »
Ouali as keynote speaker for Berber Linguistics Conference
Professor Hamid Ouali will be a featured keynote speaker at the conference Journées de Linguistique Berbère IV to take place February 7-8, 2024 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Félicitations, Dr. Ouali!… Continue Reading »
Pycha and co-authors in Journal of Laboratory Phonology
Anne Pycha and co-authors had a new article accepted for publication: Zellou, G., Pycha, A., and Chitoran, I. (in press, 2023). Use of gradient anticipatory nasal coarticulatory cues for lexical perception in French. Journal of Laboratory Phonology.… Continue Reading »