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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!

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

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.

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.

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

Hyman coauthors review article

Larry M. Hyman's co-authored review article (with William R. Leben) "Beauty of construction, richness of expression: Paul Newman and the history of Hausa" has appeared in Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics 15 (2023) 433-475. Abstract:

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!
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!

November 2, 2023

Sande publishes chapter in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology

Hannah Sande published a chapter with Taylor L. Miller (SUNY Oswego) on "Recursion in morphology" in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119693604.morphcom070

October 27, 2023

Hyman publishes new chapter on Luganda tone

Larry Hyman and Francis Katamba have published a new chapter on "Tonology of the Luganda noun phrase" In Achiri Blasius (ed.), The Bantu NP: Issues and perspectives: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003254188/bantu-nou...

October 26, 2023

Kavitskaya speaks at UChicago

Darya Kavitskaya gave two talks at UChicago this week:  a colloquium on Oct 26th on "Functional factors in contrast preservation and loss: Evidence from Slavic” and a talk for Language Variation and Change group on Oct 27th on "Dialects of Crimean Tatar: Fieldwork and its challenges”.

Translation event at Cal

Mairi McLaughlin and Timothy Hampton are delighted to announce the first of what we hope to turn into a series of events about translation at UC Berkeley. This first event is called Translation: Literalism, Lateralism, Letteralism and it will involve two round tables featuring 12 speakers representing a wide range of languages and disciplines. The event will be held in the Geballe Room at the Townsend Center from 2-5 on Wednesday 11/1 and it is open to the public.

Beguš presents two talks

Gašper Beguš gave two invited talks this week, one at Stanford NLP Seminar (https://nlp.stanford.edu/seminar/details/gasperbegus_2023.shtml) and the other at the Linguistics Colloquium at UC Davis. 

Linguistics events this week (Oct 27-Nov 3)

In and around the linguistics department in the next week:

  • SSCircle - Friday, Oct 27 - Dwinelle 1303 - 3-4pm: Niko Webster (UC Santa Cruz): "On the argument structure of eventive nominals in Korean"
  • Phorum - Friday, Oct 27- Dwinelle 1303 - 4-5pm: Anna Björklund (UC Berkeley): Automated vs Traditional Approaches to Patwin Intonation
  • SLaB - Tuesday, Oct 31 - Dwinelle 5125 - 3:30-4:30pm: Spooky SocioStudyHall! There'll be Halloween-themed treats to accompany our work session; costumes welcome but not required.
  • Language Revitalization Working Group (LRWG) - Wednesday, Nov 1 - Dwinelle 1303 or  Zoom(link is external) (password: lrwg23) - 3-4pm: Fototeca Tuzik' (México) "Aproximación a la revitalización del maaya t'aan desde la representatividad y las artes." Evento en español.
  • SSCircle - Friday, Nov 3 - Dwinelle 1303 - 3-4pm: Line Mikkelsen (UC Berkeley): Two case puzzles in Kalaallisut
  • Phorum - Friday, Nov 3 - Dwinelle 1303 - 4-5pm: Emily Grabowski (UC Berkeley): Acoustic Measurement in Phonetics: Current Practices and Future Directions