Aisha Fuddah and Hamid Ouali’s paper entitled “Preposition Stranding in Hijazi Arabic Sluicing” has been accepted for presentation at the 36th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on March 24-26, 2023. More information … Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Kelsie Pattillo (PhD 2014)
Kelsie Pattillo (PhD 2014) has a new volume published, entitled Embodiment in Cross-linguistic Studies: The ‘Face’. Dr. Pattillo co-edited the volume and wrote two chapters for it. Congratulations, Dr. Pattillo!… Continue Reading »
Saad Alshahrani promoted to Assistant Professor
Saad Alshahrani (PhD 2022) has been promoted to Assistant Professor at the English Department of Bisha University in Saudi Arabia. Congratulations, Dr. Alshahrani!… Continue Reading »
Alumna Samantha Beaver (2015) publishes book series
UWM Linguistics alumna Samantha Beaver (2015) has written a series of five books, Idioms for Inclusivity: Fostering Belonging with Language, which will be published by Routledge in February 2023. Wow, congratulations, Samantha! www.routledge.com/9781032293448 www.routledge.com/9781032293400 www.routledge.com/9781032293479 www.routledge.com/9781032293493 www.routledge.com/9781032293516… Continue Reading »
Park and Ruh receive SURF Award for Spring 2023
Associate Professor Hanyong Park and undergraduate student Preston Ruh have received a SURF Award for Spring 2023. SURF awards support undergraduate students who are working on research projects with faculty. Congratulations, Dr. Park and Preston!… Continue Reading »
Abby Jefferson defends master’s paper
Abby Jefferson successfully defended her master’s paper, “To err is human, to repeat a sign: A sentence reproduction task, cognitive load, and errors in L2 ASL production and perception”. Congratulations, Abby!… Continue Reading »
Len Leverson defends master’s paper
Len Leverson has successfully defended his master’s paper for the MA TESOL, “A Course in legal English and U.S. Law for Undergraduate Japanese Law Students.” Congratulations, Len! (And congratulations also to Dr. Glenn Starr, who chaired his first master’s paper!). … Continue Reading »
Ryota Harada to Lancaster University
We are happy to announce that Ryota Harada, an exchange student at UWM, has been accepted to Language and Linguistics MA program of Lancaster University in the UK. Congratulations, Ryota!… Continue Reading »
Aleese Block (UWM 2015) accepts post-doctoral position
We are thrilled to announce that Aleese Block (UWM 2015), who is currently finishing her Ph.D in Linguistics at UC Davis, has just accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, starting in April 2023. Congratulations, Aleese!… Continue Reading »
New and recent majors in Linguistics!
We’ve had many wonderful new students declare the Linguistics major over the past couple of semesters. Here’s a chance to meet a few of them…if you see them in the hallways, please give them a warm hello! Emma Blanchette Kankakee, … Continue Reading »