Department of Linguistics

Block Reference
Read article: Join us for our Year-End Awards Ceremony and Celebration for Peter Lasersohn
Join us for our Year-End Awards Ceremony and Celebration for Peter Lasersohn
We cordially invite you to the Department of Linguistics Year-End Graduation, & Awards Ceremony along with a Retirement Celebration for Professor Peter Lasersohn! This event will take place in the Heritage Room of the ACES Library on Wednesday, May 7, from  4pm - 5:30pm.Join us in...
Read article: Cassandra Rosado joins LAS Academy for Educational Excellence
Cassandra Rosado joins LAS Academy for Educational Excellence
The LAS Academy for Educational Excellence is a new initiative from the College of Liberal Arts & Science, set to launch in Fall 2025.This past January,  our own Cassandra Rosado  started a new part-time role as the LAS Dean's Fellow for the Academy for Educational Excellence. She...
Block Reference
Read article: PhD Candidates Huiying Cai and Joshua Dees awarded 2025 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowships
PhD Candidates Huiying Cai and Joshua Dees awarded 2025 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowships
We are pleased to announce that Linguistics PhD candidates Huiying Cai and Joshua Dees are recipients of the 2025 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations.  Joshua Dees...
Read article: UIUC Linguistics is Seeking a Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor in Semantics/Pragmatics
UIUC Linguistics is Seeking a Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor in Semantics/Pragmatics
The department of Linguistics is hiring an Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor in Semantics/Pragmatics for AY 25-26, with possibility of renewal. See position details and how to apply at link below. Application deadline is April 25th, 2025....
Read article: UIUC Students and Faculty Shine at ITBE Conference
UIUC Students and Faculty Shine at ITBE Conference
This year, the 50th annual Illinois TESOL-Bilingual Education (ITBE) conference took place with the theme "Innovate to Educate: New Horizons in Language Teaching." Many students, faculty, and alumni from UIUC's Linguistics, MATESOL, and ESL programs played a role in the conference. UIUC's own...
Block Reference
Walther

Walther Glödstaf: Grad Student Spotlight

My current research focuses on understanding the psycholinguistic foundations of L1-attrition and modeling it in communities via agent-based simulations, to understand the importance of variation within and across speaker groups. I have also done research on Finnish syntax and economical and political analyses of European minority language protection policy, and the sociolinguistics of online study abroad communities.

Block Reference
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.

Calendar

Featured Courses Fall 2024

EIL 445 Card

Practical application, research, and theory of second language reading and writing

EIL 445

LING 413 Card

Learn the computational skills necessary to build, validate, and analyze corpora with the goal of exploring linguistic phenomena and testing linguistic theories.6

Ling 591

LING 403 Card

Hands-on learning experience to analyze an unfamiliar language and work to build a language archive

Ling 591

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