A paper by Jieun Lee (UWM PhD 2022), Dong Jin Kim, and Hanyong Park entitled “Native listeners’ perceptual assessments of native and foreign-accented speech and their associations with various speech properties” has been accepted for publication in the journal Linguistic … Continue Reading »
Doctoral students to present at UW Madison
Three of our doctoral students will be presenting at the Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) to be held April 12-13, 2024 at UW Madison. Arabic Heritage Speakers’ Perception of Arabic Emphatic-Plain Contrasts Maaly Al Omary Be Reasonable! Relating Logical Models … Continue Reading »
Fuddah wins award for Best Student Abstract
At the 37th Symposium on Arabic Linguistics at Long Island University, doctoral student Aisha Fuddah wont the Best Student Abstract Award for her abstract “Hijazi Arabic muu: beyond mere negation.” The award came with a prize of $300. Congratulations, Aisha!… 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 »
UWM linguists presenting at LSA 2024
UWM will have two presentations at the 2024 Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting to take place in New York City, January 409, 2024. Congrats all! Pseudo-Sluicing in Hijazi Arabic: A Hybrid Account, by Aisha Fuddah and Hamid Ouali Real … Continue Reading »