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Linguistics

Olivia La Fiandra, Dean's Senior Scholar

Distinguished academic performance, leadership and community involvement.

June 30, 2024 Linguistics

New Chair

Jeff Lidz takes the helm.

May 21, 2023 Linguistics

Premvanti Patel featured in Washington Post

Linguistics major highlighted in relation to computer science and humanities.

February 16, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Linguistics, American Studies, Communication, Philosophy, School of Music, English, History, National Foreign Language Center

ARHU Faculty Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

The grants fund $30 million to UMD faculty focused on groundbreaking, impactful research that will shape the future of our community, state, nation and world.

February 16, 2022 Linguistics

NSF support for Hanna and Yu'an

Dissertation improvement grants on comprehension illusions and the acquisition of question marking.

November 15, 2021 Linguistics

Researcher Studies What’s Behind Baby Talk

A new study by linguistics Professor Jeffrey Lidz shows children grasp syntax earlier than you might think.

October 08, 2021 Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center

NSF Grant Funds Research at Planet Word Museum

$440K award will put scholars on D.C. site, support new course for students to learn to conduct studies in real-world settings.

October 04, 2021 Linguistics

Laurel in PNAS with Jeff

Evidence that 18-month olds already represent filler-gap dependencies.

August 09, 2021 Linguistics

New jobs for alumni

New positions and homecomings for several recent graduates.

May 24, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, American Studies

Three ARHU Faculty Members Named Graduate Faculty Mentors of the Year

Melissa Blanco Borelli of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Naomi Feldman of the Department of Linguistics and Nancy Raquel Mirabal of the Department of American Studies are recognized.

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Omer teaching in St Petersburg, virtually

January 13, 2021 Linguistics

A virtual and hibernal course on what needs to be listed in a grammar.

Sol Lago *14 profiled in Goethe University news

January 08, 2021 Linguistics

On the use of eye-tracking to study language processing in the bilingual brain

Hanna wins Outstanding Teaching Assistant award

December 30, 2020 Linguistics

Graduate School recognizes Hanna's exceptional contributions to students and instructors.

Paulina and Rodrigo at SSILA

December 30, 2020 Linguistics

On vowel harmony in Santiago Tzu'tujil

Terps at virtual LSA

December 26, 2020 Linguistics

Maryland syntax, semantics, language acquisition and phonology at the annual meeting.

‘Learning it by doing it’: Marisa Fried ’20 Finds Her Calling in Linguistics Research

December 18, 2020 Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Fried graduates with a double major, a minor, a certificate—and a bedrock of research and cultural experiences.

Linguist Phillips Named AAAS Fellow

December 17, 2020 Linguistics

Prestigious honor recognizes professor’s research, mentorship and long-term influence on the field of linguistics education.

Language Science Student Wins Marshall Scholarship, Headed to Edinburgh

December 11, 2020 Maryland Language Science Center, Linguistics

Nataliya Stepanova -- a Math and CS double degree student and Linguistics minor, and an alum of LSC’s PULSAR undergraduate research program -- has become the University’s sixth (ever) recipient of a Marshall Scholarship.

Guatemala Winter School course on K'iche'

December 09, 2020 Linguistics

Two weeks of intensive K'iche' to be offered online during Winter Session.

Five Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

December 08, 2020 Linguistics

Professor of Linguistics Colin Phillips named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.