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October 17, 2014

Calques 2.9

Awesomeness | Welcome | Talks | Conference abstract deadlines | Grant deadlines | Participation deadlines

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October 10, 2014

Calques 2.8

Breath of Life deadline | Talks | So many conference abstract deadlines | Grant deadlines

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October 3, 2014

Calques 2.7

Awesomeness | Talks | Conference abstract deadlines | Grant deadlines

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September 27, 2014

Calques 2.6

Personalia | Talks | Conference deadlines | Grant deadlines

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September 19, 2014

Calques 2.5

Awesomeness | Talks | Conference deadlines | Grant deadlines

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September 12, 2014

Calques 2.4

Conference travel | Deadlines for conference abstracts | Forthcoming talks | Grant deadlines

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September 5, 2014

Calques 2.3

Awesomeness | Conference abstract deadlines | Grant deadlines | Upcoming talks

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Awesomeness

Congratulations

September 3, 2014

Welcome to Amy Rose Deal, new faculty member
The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley welcomes new faculty member, Prof. Amy Rose Deal

August 29, 2014

Calques 2.2

Christine gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday morning.

Classes | Congratulations | Deadlines | Talks

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Classes

Upper-division electives that are not yet full (for undergraduates and graduate students):

August 23, 2014

Calques 2.1

Abstract deadlines | Classes | Conferences and workshops | Congratulations | Festivities | Talks

August 15, 2014

Prof. Lev Michael to receive LSA Early Career Award
Prof. Lev Michael has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Early Career Award from the Linguistic Society of America.

April 22, 2014

Yurok language revitalization and Berkeley linguists in the news
New York Times features Yurok language, Berkeley linguists

February 14, 2014

In Memory of Charles J. Fillmore

The Department of Linguistics mourns the passing and celebrates the life and career of Chuck Fillmore (August 9, 1929 – February 13, 2014), a beloved teacher and colleague. A web page in his memory (with appreciations, biography, and photos) has been set up at http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/charles-j-fillmore-1929-2014

August 9, 2013

The Neural Theory of Language project

George Lakoff and Eve Sweetser's Neural Theory of Language (NTL) project is an interdisciplinary research effort to answer the question: How does the brain compute the mind? Specific research questions include: How can the brain -- a highly structured network of neurons -- support thought and language? How do the specific neural structures of the human brain shape the nature of thought and language?

Phonetics and Phonology Forum

Phorum is a lively weekly talk and discussion series, coordinated by graduate students and attended by students, visitors and faculty. Phorum features presentations on all aspects of phonology and phonetics by Berkeley linguists and out-of-town visitors. Go to this semester's schedule

The Yurok Language Project

Andrew Garrett's Yurok Language Project combines active fieldwork with Yurok elders with philological analysis of earlier fieldnotes and recordings to develop a Yurok documentary corpus. The Yurok materials are organized into a single digital archive, publicly available on the project web site, which incorporates information from as early as 1850 to the present day.

Phonology Laboratory

Flowers photographed on a Phonology Lab hikeThe Phonology Laboratory (Keith Johnson, Director; John Ohala, emeritus Director) is a research and teaching laboratory within the Linguistics Department.

Survey of California and Other Indian Languages

The Survey of California and Other Indian Languages has three main activities: language documentation; archiving; and community service and public outreach. The Survey was founded by Mary Haas and Murray Emeneau in 1952, a year before the present Department of Linguistics, and it continues the linguistic work of the Archaeological and Ethnographic Survey of California, established by A. L. Kroeber in 1901.

Cross linguistic studies on spoken language processing

The long-term objective of Keith Johnson's NIH-funded research project is to understand human spoken language processing (particularly speech perception and auditory word recognition) in linguistic context. Speech signals are unique in human experience because they are highly familiar, and have great practical significance in daily life. Therefore, it is not too surprising to find that people develop optimized processing strategies tuned specifically for speech.

Xtone

Update January 17, 2020: The Xtone database is no longer available.