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April 12, 2024

Wang receives Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Sciences

Berkeley Prof. (emeritus) William Shiyuan Wang is one of two recipients of the first Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Sciences, organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and named in honor of the late Yuen Ren Chao, often regarded as the founder of linguistics in China and also later a founding member of Berkeley's Department of Linguistics.

Dąbkowski publishes on A'ingae phonology

Maksymilian Dąbkowski's paper "The phonology of A'ingae" has been published in Language and Linguistics Compass 13 (2024) e12512. Abstract:

April 4, 2024

Nichols publishes on language history and areas

Johanna Nichols has three new articles:

Sande publishes on onomatopoeia in Guébie

Hannah Sande's chapter "Onomatopoeia in Guébie (Kru)" has been published in a new handbook, Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages: A Comparative Handbook, edited by Lívia Körtvélyessy and Pavol Štekauer (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2024), pp. 223-235.

March 28, 2024

Holliday to join Berkeley Linguistics

We're thrilled to announce that Prof. Nicole Holliday will be joining the UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics faculty as of July 1, 2024.

March 21, 2024

Jenks receives Distinguished Teaching Award

Prof. Peter Jenks will receive UC Berkeley's 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award. Given annually to a handful of faculty, this is the highest campus honor in recognition of sustained excellence in teaching.

March 12, 2024

Skilton accepts position at Edinburgh

Berkeley alumna Dr. Amalia Skilton (PhD 2019) has accepted a tenure-track position as a Chancellor's Fellow in the Department of Linguistics & English Language at the University of Edinburgh. Congratulations, Amalia!

Beguš featured in Harvard GSAS News

February 23, 2024

Dąbkowski and Beguš publish in Glossa

Maksymilian Dąbkowski and Gašper Beguš have published a new paper, "Complex diachronies of final nasalization in Austronesian and Dakota", in Glossa 9/1 (2024). Abstract:

February 2, 2024

Dąbkowski coauthors paper in Journal of Semantics

Maksimilian Dąbkowski and Scott AnderBois's paper "Rationale and Precautioning Clauses: Insights from A’ingae" has appeared in Journal of Semantics. Abstract:

Deal publishes article in Linguistic Inquiry

Amy Rose Deal's paper "Interaction, Satisfaction, and the PCC" has appeared in Linguistic Inquiry 55 (2024) 39-94. Abstract:

January 26, 2024

Proto-Algonquian Mini-Conference (March 2)
The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce a one-day conference on the UC Berkeley campus on Saturday, March 2, 2024, honoring the late David Pentland on the occasion of the posthumous publication of his Proto-Algonquian Dictionary. The speakers will be: Kevin Brousseau, David Costa, Rose-Marie Déchaine & Chris Wolfart, Ives Goddard, Will Oxford, and Richard A. Rhodes. More details may be found here.

January 11, 2024

Sande coauthors article in Phonological Data and Analysis

Hannah Sande and Madeleine Oakley's article "A typological survey of the phonological behavior of implosives: Implications for feature theories" has been published in Phonological Data and Analysis 5 (2023) 1-46. Abstract:

December 20, 2023

Garrett, Mikkelsen, et al. publish book chapter

A new chapter, "Karuk", co-authored by Andrew Garrett, Susan Gehr, Erik Hans Maier, Line Mikkelsen, Crystal Richardson, and Clare S.

Drummond files dissertation

Congratulations to Emily Drummond, who has filed her dissertation, Clause structure and ergativity in Nukuoro. Emily is a Language Data Project Manager with IntelliPro in New York and also continues to manage the Nukuoro Documentation Project.

December 6, 2023

Beier, Hyman, and Michael at "Theory of Tone" workshop
Several Berkeley colleagues and past students took part in the "Theory of Tone" workshop at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), Paris, on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. This project is supported by a European Research Council grant (Valentin Vydrin, Principal Investigator). Its goal is to provide a Tonal Density Index for 250 tone languages over the next five years.

December 3, 2023

New book: "The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall" by Andrew Garrett

Andrew Garrett's new book, The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California, has been published by MIT Press. From the publisher's website:

November 30, 2023

Kavitskaya and Yu coedit book, "The Life Cycle of Language"

Darya Kavitskaya and Alan C. L. Yu (Berkeley PhD 2003) have coedited a new book, The Life Cycle of Language: Past, Present, and Future (Oxford University Press), dedicated to Andrew Garrett and with numerous Berkeley contributors (among others):

November 24, 2023

Hannah Sande to receive 2024 Halle Award for Phonology

Berkeley linguistics Prof. Hannah Sande will receive the Linguistic Society of America's 2024 Morris Halle Memorial Award for Faculty Excellence in Phonology! Congratulations, Hannah!

Katie Russell to receive 2024 Fromkin Prize for Phonology
Berkeley linguistics graduate student Katherine Russell will receive the Linguistic Society of America's 2024 Victoria Fromkin Memorial Prize for Student Excellence in Phonology. Congratulations, Katie!