Skip to main content
Skip to main content

University of Maryland Linguistics Home

Handbook of Comparative Syntax

Masha co-edits volume on understanding syntactic variety.

Read More about Masha co-edits Handbook of Comparative Syntax

Mayfest 2025

Constraints on meaning.

Read More about Mayfest 2025

Linguistics Professor Jeffrey Lidz Named AAAS Fellow

Honor recognizes his distinguished contributions to linguistics and language science.

Read More about Linguistics Professor Jeffrey Lidz Named AAAS Fellow

HSP at UMD

Human Sentence Processing, led by Terrapins.

Read More about HSP at UMD!

Syntax in Uncharted Territories

Essays in honor of Maria Polinsky.

Read More about Collection for Masha now published

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland plays a leading role in the largest and most integrated language science research community in North America.

Our top-ranked department combines current theoretical research in phonology, syntax, and semantics with state-of-the-art experimental research in language acquisition, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics.

Our Research

Connections between our core competencies are strong, with theoretical, experimental and computational work typically pursued in tandem. Here new ideas develop in conversation, stimulated by the steady activity of our labs and research groups, frequent student meetings with faculty, regular talks by local and invited scholars and collaborations with the broader language science community. 

Learn More about our Research