2025-11-23
- The Department of Linguistics bids a fond farewell to Professor Peter Lasersohn, who has served twenty-nine years in this department. The following excerpt is taken from James Yoon's tribute to Dr. Lasersohn that was given at the awards ceremony. Lasersohn’s scholarship can be characterized as deep, transformative and consequential...
2025-11-19 - We are excited to announce that the 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference will be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from August 7 to August 9, with a pre-conference workshop/tutorial planned for August 6, 2026. The invited speakers for the conference will be Dorothy Ahn (Rutgers University)...
2025-11-18 - This is our second annual departmental newsletter. The goal of the newsletter is to celebrate significant milestones among our students, faculty and staff during the past academic year, welcome new members to the department, and share exciting plans for the coming academic year. This year sees a major change to the admin team for the department. I am honored to be...
2025-11-18 - As Peter Lasersohn begins his newest chapter after twenty-nine years of teaching and research, we sat down with him to talk about his journey, and where he is headed. Why did you decide to become a professor?As an undergraduate, I had several professors who I really admired. It seemed like an interesting and worthwhile line of work. Then, after I graduated, I went into a...
2025-11-18 - Get to know our newest faculty member! Scott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. What got you interested in the field of linguistics?When I was learning Spanish in high school, what interested me the most was the structural differences between English and Spanish. Particularly, pro-drop fascinated me. In my first year of college, one of my...
2025-10-31 - We are excited to announce that Huiying Cai has been awarded TIRF's 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Grant. The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) is an international, non-profit organization devoted to English language education. Each year, the foundation offers the Doctoral Dissertation Grant to help researchers complete their dissertations, especially work...
2025-10-29 - Considering taking more Linguistics courses in the upcoming Spring? Check out these options below, and see the full course offerings here.
2025-10-20 - Congratulations to Chae Eun Lee, who has been awarded the Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2025-2026 Academic Year!The Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowships help outstanding Illinois graduate students to complete the doctoral degrees. Chae Eun is receiving this recognition for her research on second language acquisition of Korean plural marking, and...
2025-09-12 - As the new semester starts, we are excited to welcome back so many wonderful reading groups related to Linguistics!If you are considering joining a new reading group, please take a look at the groups below, or learn more on our Reading and Discussion Groups page. Fall 2025 Calendar...
2025-09-08 - We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Jonathan Dunn has been selected to join the 2025–26 Emerging Research Leaders Academy. The Emerging Research Leaders Academy (ERLA) considers the unique needs of mid-career faculty at Illinois to achieve research success. This program...
2025-09-01 - We would like to welcome new faculty members who are joining our department for the first time or taking on a new role in the department for 2025. Let's meet these new additions to the department! Take a look below to find out more about these exciting faculty members: Lydia Newkirk (new Visiting Assistant Professor) My research focuses on the formal...
2025-08-27 - The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that several professors were honored at the LAS Faculty Promotion Ceremony on August 26. Honored professors were Dr. Xun Yan (Professor), Dr. Yan Tang (Associate Professor with tenure), Dr. Eman Saadah (Teaching Professor), and Dr. Suzanne Franks, (Teaching Associate...
2025-08-25 - As we start the new year, the UIUC Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce new leadership for the upcoming term. Dr. Tania Ionin will serve as the Department Head, succeeding Dr. James Yoon, who served as Department Head for the past fifteen years. The department is pleased to announce that Dr. Silvina Montrul will take on the...-
2025-08-15 - The Department of Linguistics invites you to join us to celebrate the new academic year and meet new faculty and students.The reception will take place Wednesday August 27, at 4pm in the Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080 LCLB).We hope to see you all there!
2025-05-16 - This past weekend, UIUC hosted the workshop Nominals and Nominalizations in Korean and Beyond. This conference took place in the LCLB and attracted over 40 registered attendees. This conference showcased research that addresses currently debated issues in the morphology, syntax, and semantics-pragmatics of nominals and...