Department of Linguistics

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Read article: UIUC Hosts MidPhon 29
UIUC Hosts MidPhon 29
 The University of Illinois just hosted the 29th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference (MidPhon 29)!  The Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference is an annual meeting that...
Read article: UIUC Students, Faculty, and Alumni Shine at MwALT 25
UIUC Students, Faculty, and Alumni Shine at MwALT 25
This year, the 25th MwALT (Midwest Association of Language Testers) Conference was hosted by DuoLingo in Pittsburgh, PA, from October 4th-5th. The MwALT conference focuses on balancing validity, reliability, and practicality in test design. This year's presentations highlight the challenge of...
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Read article: UIUC Speech Accessibility Project: Automatic speech recognition learned to understand people with Parkinson’s disease
UIUC Speech Accessibility Project: Automatic speech recognition learned to understand people with Parkinson’s disease
Learn more about research from Linguistics Affiliate Faculty Mark Hasegawa-Johnson and Research Assistant Professor Heejin Kim with...
Read article: Silvina Montrul named Marjorie Roberts Professor in Liberal Arts & Sciences
Silvina Montrul named Marjorie Roberts Professor in Liberal Arts & Sciences
Congratulations to Silvina Montrul for being named as the Marjorie Roberts Professor in Liberal Arts & Sciences at the U of I. Read the full story from the College...
Read article: Recent Graduate Aylin Coşkun Kunduz Awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship
Recent Graduate Aylin Coşkun Kunduz Awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that recent PhD graduate, Dr. Aylin Coşkun Kunduz has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship. This is an exciting next step in Aylin's accomplished academic career. During her time at UIUC, Aylin published work in Linguistic Approaches to...
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Jennifer Zhang

Dr. Jennifer Zhang: Alumni Spotlight

One of the most important skills I developed is essentially project management. With the research goal in mind and the time/budget/resources constraints: What can reasonably be accomplished, and how can I make sure that it happens? This training helped me define my projects and prioritize tasks more effectively.

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Sid Bhushan

Sid Bhushan: Undergraduate Spotlight

My favorite thing about linguistics is how versatile of a field it is. Language is everywhere and it's possible to study so many different aspects of it.

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Featured Courses Fall 2024

Course Logo for Inner Aspect Course

Inner aspect focuses on how predicates denote events: whether they are linguistically coded as complete or incomplete. This course compares examples from English, Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Hungarian, Russian, Czech, Malagasy, Tagalog, and more!

Ling 591

Gen SLA course card

This course will bring together the theoretically oriented study of second language acquisition (SLA) with classroom and lab-based intervention research about grammar teaching.

Ling 591

Semantics of Non-Declaratives Course Card

Did you ever wonder how a truth-conditional semantic theory could deal with questions, commands, and other sentences that don’t have truth values? Now is your chance to find out!

Ling 591

Course Advertisement EIL 587

This course explores the intersections between language learning, language teaching, and technology. Learn about a variety of TILT tools including Langcaches, Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and a lot more!

EIL 587

ESL 592 and ESL 593

These advanced ESL courses for visiting scholars enhance professional writing and oral presentation skills in your chosen academic discipline.

ESL 592 and ESL 593