Congratulations to the following graduate and undergraduate students, who received fellowships from the Linguistic Society of America to attend the 2013 summer Linguistic Institute!
The last four of these received all-expense paid Rackham undergraduate fellowships, of which only 10 are awarded nationally. Berkeley had the highest total number of fellowship recipients of any institution.
Berkeley linguistics faculty Terry Regier and Keith Johnson have recently published articles in Science and Nature, respectively:
The Linguistics Department's new ASL course, taught by Patrick Boudreault, was featured in a UC Berkeley NewsCenter article. Read the article
The Linguistic Society of America has named Berkeley graduate student John Sylak the winner of the Student Abstract Award for 2013. John's abstract, "The Phonetic Properties of Voiced Stops Descended from Nasals in Ditidaht", was the top-rated student abstract submitted for the LSA's 2013 Annual Meeting.
John will receive a $500 award and will be honored during the Annual Meeting at the Awards Ceremony, which will be held on the evening of January 5, 2013, just before the Presidential address.
Congratulations, John!
Congratulations to John Ohala (Prof. Emeritus), who has been selected as a Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association. His citation is for "contributions to experimental phonology and phonetics, and ethological aspects of communication."
Charles Kemp (CMU) and Terry Regier have published an article in Science entitled "Kinship Categories Across Languages Reflect General Communicative Principles". Read the news coverage in th
The graduate field methods class, led by Prof. Lev Michael and focusing on Garifuna, is featured in an article on UC Berkeley's News Center website. Read the article
Linguistics students have a chance to explore and comment on Journey's multiplayer communication system. Read the Gamespot report on their efforts
Assistant Professor Lev Michael is one of two recipients of the 2011-12 Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Social Sciences. Prof. Michael received his award on February 2, 2012.
Assistant Professor Lev Michael is one of two recipients of the 2011-12 Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Social Sciences. Prof. Michael received his award on February 2, 2012.