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 »
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 »
Crouch receives Eckman Scholarship
Undergraduate student Declan Crouch has received the Eckman Scholarship from the UWM Department of Linguistics. This scholarship is based on academic merit in linguistics classes and includes a monetary award. The faculty commends Declan for his outstanding intellectual engagement. Congratulations, … Continue Reading »
Two Linguistics SURF awards
Two Linguistics projects have been awarded funding to support undergraduate research as part of UWM’s SURF program for fall 2022: Preston Ruh and Hanyong Park: “Foreign Accent in Consonant Clusters” Sean Weaver and Glenn Starr: “L2 Learner Receptivity to Scalar … Continue Reading »
Dong Jin Kim accepted to UWM Dissertation Completion Support program
Doctoral student Dong Jin Kim has been accepted to the UWM Dissertation Completion Support program. This program, run by the Graduate School, provides financial incentives for timely completion of doctoral dissertations. Congratulations, Dong Jin!… Continue Reading »
Robin Fritche receives Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship (GSEF) Award.
Doctoral student Robin Fritche has been selected to receive the Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship (GSEF) Award. This award, given by the Graduate School, recognizes and applauds academic performance and potential. Congratulations, Robin!… Continue Reading »
Jieun Lee defends dissertation
On Thursday May 5, Jieun Lee successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Individual differences in non-native phonological contrast learning: the role of perceptual sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation in native categories”. Congratulations, Dr. Lee!… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Tessa Culleton
At the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 29, Tessa Culleton earned the Outstanding Presentation Award for her work “Low Density and Clear Speech Make Words More Memorable,” in collaboration with Drs. Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha. Congratulations, Tessa!… Continue Reading »
Students present at Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations to Annika Huber, Preston Ruh, and Tessa Culleton! These undergraduates, in collaboration with their faculty advisors, presented their research on April 29 at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium.… Continue Reading »
Okgi Kim defends doctoral dissertation
Doctoral student Okgi Kim successfully defended his dissertation, “The syntax and semantics of non-standard wh-constructions in Korean.” Congratulations, Dr. Kim!… Continue Reading »