Students enrolled in the Field Methods course will present their final research projects during a mini-conference open to members of the department and interested members of the community. A weekly meeting group to discuss practical and the…
Jessica Rett uses logical frameworks to model how people understand meaning in real time. Jessica Rett, whose research combines formal semantics, pragmatics and the philosophy of language, has been named the inaugural Thomas Bye and David B…
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Daria Bahtina on receiving the 2026 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award in Undergraduate Mentorship! This well-deserved honor is UCLA’s highest recognition for teaching excellence. The award recognizes and…
The 44th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 44) took place in Mexico City on May 6–8, 2026, hosted by UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). The following current… The 4th International Conference “Prominence in Lan…
From April 28 through April 29, 2026 at 9 p.m. PDT, the UCLA community is joining together to make a difference through the power of philanthropy. During the campus-wide giving challenge, consider a contribution to the Department of Linguis…
The 48th Generative Linguistics in the Old World conference (GLOW 48) took place Apr. 21-23, 2026, at the University of Siena. The following current and former members of the department presented: The Department of Linguistics is part of th…
Congratulations to Dr. Giusi Silvestri for receiving a UC-AFT Council on Professional Development award for the project, “Syntax and semantics of expletive negation in Romance languages.” The Department of Linguistics is part of the Humanit…
Congratulations to Dr. Giusi Silvestri for receiving a UC-AFT Council on Professional Development award for the project, “Syntax and semantics of expletive negation in Romance languages.” Our 2023 Ph.D. Hironori Katsuda has accepted a postd…
Our 2023 Ph.D. Hironori Katsuda has accepted a postdoctoral position at a prestigious laboratory, the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, under the direction of Prof. Jen Hay…. Emma Montilla, who graduated in June 2025 g…
Emma Montilla, who graduated in June 2025 graduate with a bachelor’s in applied linguistics, is among 12 UCLA students and recent graduates selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in 2025–26. As an undergraduate, Montilla was deeply…
The gift will establish the Thomas Bye and David Bohne Term Chair in Linguistics. UCLA Linguistics holds a successful Inaugural Patricia Keating Distinguished Lecture. Feb 4, 2026 - Congratulations to 5th-year PhD candidate János Egressy fo…
The 2026 LSA Annual Meeting took place in New Orleans, LA from Jan. 8-11. 2026. The following current and very recent members of our department presented: The Department of Linguistics is part of the Humanities Division within UCLA College