{"id":7459,"date":"2025-12-23T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:44:10","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/13735-2\/\">Graduate Program Info Session, Nov 3<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-10-28T12:58:11-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">October 28, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The UWM Linguistics Graduate Program will host a Virtual Information Session Tuesday, November 3, 2026 8:00 AM Central Standard Time (UTC -06:00) Join us to learn about Master&#039;s and Doctoral programs in linguistics!Attendees are eligible to receive an application fee waiver.Reserve your\u00a0spot\u00a0at\u00a0this\u00a0link. We hope to see you there.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/uwm-linguists-at-mid-phon-conference\/\">UWM linguists at Mid-Phon conference<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-10-19T16:58:05-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">October 19, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Three doctoral students presented at the Mid-Phon 31 conference held at St. Louis University in October 16-17, 2026. The titles of the talks are: Phonetic evidence for an unordered representation of labiovelar stops: An Experimental view on EweEmmanuel Appiah Gyasi and Anne Pycha An acoustic analysis of affix duration in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)Sara Issa &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/ouali-to-appear-in-the-linguistic-review\/\">Ouali to appear in The Linguistic Review<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-10-16T10:41:09-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">October 16, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Professor Hamid Ouali&#039;s article entitled &quot;On Dative Clitic Doubling as Applicative Morphology: Insights from Tamazight&quot; has been accepted for publication in The Linguistic Review. Congratulations, Hamid!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/uwm-linguists-at-lsa-2027\/\">UWM Linguists at LSA 2027<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-16T16:41:31-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 16, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">UWM Linguistics will be well represented at the 2027 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, taking place Jan 6\u20139 in San Francisco. The following papers have been accepted for presentation: Anthony Amissah and Hamid Ouali: &quot;Subject and Object Markers as Pronominal Clitics in Akan&quot; Mohammed El Fadili: &quot;Ditransitives in Moroccan Arabic: Evidence for &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/kim-defends-dissertation\/\">Kim defends dissertation<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-06-11T21:40:57-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">June 11, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Thursday, June 11, Yunhui Kim successfully defended her dissertation, entitled Why &#039;Way&#039; Is Not &#039;Why&#039;: Word Order and Interpretation of Korean &#039;Way&#039;. Congratulations, Dr. Kim!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/alshammeri-defends-dissertation\/\">Alshammeri defends dissertation<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-08T14:00:54-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 8, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Monday, May 4, Reem Alshammeri successfully defended her dissertation, entitled The syntax of ditransitives in Najdi Arabic. Congratulations, Dr. Alshammeri!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/fuddah-defends-dissertation\/\">Fuddah defends dissertation<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-08T13:57:07-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 8, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Friday, May 1, Aisha Fuddah successfully defended her dissertation, entitled The syntax of yes-no questions and their answers in Hijazi Arabic. Congratulations, Dr. Fuddah!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/important-linguistics-update-for-fall-2026-registration\/\">Important Linguistics Update for Fall 2026 Registration<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T13:25:12-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 24, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Greetings Linguistics undergraduates! Starting in Fall 2026, there are some&nbsp;changes to the requirements&nbsp;for the major. These are designed to make things easier for students and also to introduce some new curricular areas. The good news is that existing majors can choose to complete the major using&nbsp;either&nbsp;the old requirements&nbsp;or&nbsp;the new requirements. The updates are summarized below &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/starr-publishes-chapter-in-new-frontiers-and-connections-in-second-language-acquisition\/\">Starr publishes chapter in &#8220;New Frontiers and Connections in Second Language Acquisition&#8221;<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-23T08:49:15-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 23, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Faculty member Glenn Starr published a chapter in&nbsp;New Frontiers and Connections in Second Language Acquisition: Selected Proceedings of the 17th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17) Conference. The selection focuses on the role that inhibitory control plays in second language learners&#039; sensitivity to context. In particular, the work examines awareness of the &#039;Question Under &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/fleisher-talks-at-uchicago\/\">Fleisher talks at UChicago<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-14T17:15:52-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 14, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Faculty member Nick Fleisher was on the road last week to give a colloquium presentation on his current research at the University of Chicago Department of Linguistics, with a talk entitled &quot;Something all its own: on English own possessives.&quot;<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/uwm-linguistics-will-be-well-represented-at-the-39th-annual-symposium-on-arabic-linguistics-asal-39-indiana-which-will-take-place-at-indiana-university-in-march\/\">UWM Linguistics will be well represented at the 39th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (ASAL 39 Indiana)<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-02-05T15:04:26-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">February 5, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">UWM Linguistics will be well represented at the 39th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (ASAL 39 Indiana), which will take place at Indiana University in March The following doctoral students will present their work: Answering systems and proposition salience: Evidence from Hijazi Arabic, by Aisha Fuddah Arabic Heritage Speakers\u2019 Perception of Emphatic\u2013Plain Contrasts: The Influence &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/linguistics\/glenn-starr-publishes-new-article-in-the-journal-of-memory-and-language\/\">Glenn Starr publishes new article in\u00a0the\u00a0Journal of Memory and Language<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-01-23T10:17:45-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">January 23, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Dr. Glenn Starr together with his colleague Dr. Greta Mazzaggio from the University of Florence recently published the article &quot;The semantics behind the inference: How first language quantifier systems shape scalar reasoning in second language learners&quot; in the\u00a0Journal of Memory and Language. 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