Dr. Kaplan invited to give talk at UC Santa CruzDepartment of Linguistics Faculty Dr. Aaron Kaplan was invited to give the talk: "Harmonic Bounding in (Noisy) Harmonic Grammar" at UC Santa Cruz where he reconnected with department alumn, Mykel Brinkerhoff.
New Publication from Department Chair Scott JarvisThe Department of Linguistics congratulates Professor Scott Jarvis for his new co-authored Journal article titled “An illusion of understanding: How native and non-native speakers of English understand (and misunderstand) their Miranda rights”
Dr. Aaron Kaplan has been granted a year-long sabbatical Dr. Kaplan will return after the 2020-2021 academic year.
Linguistics Faculty members receive Dee Grant!Congratulations to MaryAnn Christison, Karen Marsh-Shaeffer, Amber Christensen, Melissa Mendelson, and Vicky Wason! These faculty members are the recipients of a Dee Grant from Thomas D. Dee II Endowment.
New Publication from Professor MaryAnn ChristisonThe Department of Linguistics congratulates Professor MaryAnn Christison for her new publication titled, “The Odyssey of Professional Excellence and Quality Assurance in TESOL”
Professors MaryAnn Christison and Scott Jarvis receive Research Incentive Seed Grant The Department of Linguistics congratulates Professors MaryAnn Christison and Scott Jarvis on receiving a Research Incentive Seed Grant from the Office of the Vice President of Research and the College of Humanities for 2020-21.
Academic Advisor Justin Nistler Receives Fall 2019 Stellar Staff Award! This award is given to a staff member who is nominated by any staff in humanities and is then voted upon by the Humanities staff council.
Professor MaryAnn Christison Invited to Lecture at Norwegian UniversityThe Department of Linguistics would like to recognize Professor MaryAnn Christison, who was invited by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway to deliver a lecture for the Teacher Education Department.
Eve Olson Honors Thesis-Based ArticleThe Department of Linguistics is proud to recognize Eve Olson's Honors thesis-based Article
Ph.D. Student Matteo Fiorini to Present at the Western Conference on LInguistics!The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Matteo Fiorini on receiving department travel funding to present at the Western Conference on Linguistics in Fresno, California in November 2019.
MA student Daniel Razo to present at Linguistics Event! The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Graduate Student Daniel Razo for receiving travel funding to present at the 48th Meeting of the Linguistics Association of the Southwest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Linguistics Students Receive Travel Grants to Attend ConferenceThe Department of Linguistics is proud to recognize students Caitlin Hunting, Maison Evensen, Cailey Lloyd, and Julia Vonnessen on being awarded travel grants to attend The Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference in Northern Arizona.
- Linguistics Student Caitlin Hunting receives Travel Grant!
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate student Caitlin Hunting on receiving travel funding from the Office of Undergraduate Research to attend the PSLLT Conference!
New Chapter Publication by Dept. Chair Scott JarvisThe Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Dept. Chair Scott Jarvis for his new publication chapter titled "Native language identification by human judges" in a new book titled Cross-Linguistic Influence: From Empirical Evidence to Classroom Practice.
- New Publication by Professor Scott Jarvis
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Department Chair Scott Jarvis in publishing a chapter titled "Lexical Attrition" in The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition.
Dr. Benjamin Slade Publishes Article The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Faculty Benjamin Slade in publishing article: "Quantifier particle environments"
Professor Ed Rubin Selected for AwardThe Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Professor Rubin in being selected to receive the 2019 Distinguished Service in the Humanities Award!
Students Maison and Cailey Receive Travel GrantsThe Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Maison Evensen and Cailey Lloyd on receiving travel grants from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
New publication by Rachel Hayes-Harb and Shannon BarriosDepartment of Linguistics Faculty publish: Investigating the phonological content of learners’ “fuzzy” lexical representation for new L2 words, in the Proceedings of the 10th PSLLT.
- Ed Rubin Receives Kickstart Grant
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Edward Rubin on being awarded the Kickstart Grant!
- Department Faculty Receive Kickstart Grant
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Faculty members Rachel Hayes-Harb and Shannon Barrios who were awarded the Kickstarted Grant by the College of Humanities!
Department Chair Scott Jarvis Receives Honorary DoctorateThe Linguistics Department would like to congratulate Scott Jarvis on receiving an Honorary Doctorate from University of Jyväskylä in Finland!
- Tavish Hathale Receives the Linguistics Department Scholarship
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Tavish Hathale who has been awarded the Linguistics Department Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year!
- Hallie Allan Receives the Cathy Miller Horiuchi Scholarship
Congratulations to Hallie Allan who was granted the Cathy Miller Horiuchi Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year!
- Linguistics Undergraduate Student Receives Scholarship
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Sarah McDowell on receiving the Nanieve G. Momberger Scholarship. Congratulations, Sarah!
- Linguistics Student Receives Undergraduate Steffensen Cannon Award
Linguistics student, Jarem Saunders, had the honor of receiving one of the Undergraduate Steffensen Cannon Awards this year. The Department of Linguistics is so proud of our undergraduate students and all their hard work!
Research articles and a book chapter published by Professor MaryAnn Christison The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Professor MaryAnn Christison on her recent publications. The first publication is in the Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research.
Article Published by Professor Scott Jarvis in Finnish Journal VirittäjäThe Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Professor Scott Jarvis on his recent publication in the Finnish Journal, Virittäjä!
Linguistics Undergraduate Student Selected to Participate in SPURCongratulations to Billy Finlay who has been selected to participate in the Summer Program of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) 2019!
- Article by Speech Acquisition Lab Published in Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
We would like to congratulate the Speech Acquisition Lab for their recent article which was published in the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation.
- Dr. Benjamin Slade Awarded Research Incentive Seed Grant
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Benjamin Slade for being selected by the College and the VPR Office to be awarded the Research Incentive Seed Grant. Congratulations, Ben!
- Book Chapter by Scott Jarvis Published
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Professor Scott Jarvis on the publication of his book chapter!
- TESOL Team Awarded GLAD Grant
We would like to congratulate our TESOL Team from the Department of Linguistics on being awarded the Global Learning Across the Disciplines (GLAD) Grant for a project titled, "Implementing Global Learning Outcomes into a TESOL Certificate Program." The Principal Investigator for the grant is MaryAnn Christison, and additional team members are, in alphabetical order, Amber Christensen, Karen Marsh-Schaeffer, Melissa Mendelson, and Vicky Wason.
- West High School Student Josephine Holubkov Qualifies for NACLO Invitational Round
West High School student Josephine Holubkov has once again qualified for the invitational round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad that was hosted at the University of Utah on January 24th.
Aaron Kaplan receives 2019 Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the HumanitiesThe Department of Linguistics is extremely pleased to announce that Professor Aaron Kaplan has received the 2019 Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities. The award will be presented at this year's College of Humanities Convocation on Friday, May 3, 2019. Congratulations, Aaron!
- Aaron Kaplan Publishes Paper in the Journal of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Aaron Kaplan and Miranda McCarvel on their paper which was published in the Journal of Linguistics!
- Linguistics Students Chosen for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Congratulations to undergraduate Linguistics majors Julia Vonessen, Billy Finlay, & Tyler Laws who have been selected for participation in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program for the Spring 2019 semester!
Professor Benjamin Slade Receives URC FellowshipThe Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Professor Benjamin Slade on receiving the URC Fellowship Grant for 2019 to pursue his research paper. Congratulations!
- Aaron Kaplan Awarded Travel and Research Grant
The Department of Linguistics is excited to announce that Professor Aaron Kaplan has been awared the International Travel and Research Grant from the College of Humanites. Congratulations!
LCU Meeting with Ruth Watkins a SuccessNewly inaugurated president Ruth Watkins met with linguistic club students to tell them how she went from discovering linguistics in college to becoming the president of the University of Utah. A student asked about studying a major when it doesn’t lead to one specific career and you may not know what path it will take?
- New Publication by Professor Slade
The Department on Linguistics congratulates Professor Benjamin Slade on his new publication in the Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. Below you can find a short description on his publication as well as a link to view more. Congratulations Professor Slade!
- The Speech Acquisition Lab Well Represented at the PSLLT Conference
The Speech Acquisition Lab was well represented at the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference in Ames, Iowa on Sept 8th and 9th.
- Fall 2018 Newsletter Published
The Department of Linguistics is excited to send out the published Fall 2018 Newsletter. We have many great spotlights in this article including two of our recent graduates along with two alumni students. Included is also a message from our Department Chair, Scott Jarvis
New Article Published by Johanna Watzinger-TharpThe Department of Linguistics is proud to announce that Johanna Watzinger-Tharp has published an article titled, "Linguistic performance of dual language immersion students."
Linguistic Student Becomes UROP Scholar this SemesterThe Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Julia Vonessen on becoming the UROP Scholar for the Fall semester 2018. Julia's project is titled, "The impact of listener attitudes on the comprehension of nonnative-accented speech." Below is a short paragraph explaining the current project that she is working on.
- Linguistics Undergrads Present at University of Utah Research Reproducibility Conference
These students presented their replications studies that they developed in Professor Rachel Hayes-Harb's Seminar course.
- Dr. Kaplan Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor
The Department of Linguistics would like to congratulate Dr. Aaron Kaplan on this great success!
- Miranda McCarvel Accepts Position at Smith College
The Department of Linguistics is excited to congratulate Miranda McCarvel on her now position at Smith College at the Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning and the Department of Education and Child Studies.
- Aaron Kaplan publishes paper in the Journal, Phonology
The title of his paper is called, "Positional licensing, asymmetric trade-offs and gradient constraints in Harmonic Grammar".
Cate Showalter, PhD Graduate, accepts position at Northeastern UniversityThe Department of Linguistics is excited to announce that Cate Showalter, recent PhD graduate, has accepted a position as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University.
Amber Christensen Selected to Participate in Global Learning RetreatAmber Christensen was selected to participate in The University of Utah Global Learning Retreat
- Watch the Language and Law Forum Online
If you were unable to attend or watch the live stream of the Language and Law Forum you have another chance to watch it!
Taylor Anne Barriuso Successfully Defends her DissertationThe Department of Linguistics is very proud of her and all the hard work that she has put in over the last several years.
- Braden and Christison publish language socialization research
Professor MaryAnn Christison published a new article featuring language socialization research.
Linguistic Students Present at Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018We are proud of all the Linguistics students who presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium this year!
Taylor Anne Barriuso, Rachel Hayes-Harb Publish New ArticleTaylor Anne Barriuso with Rachel Hayes-Harb published an article titled, "High variability phonetic training as a bridge from research to practice."
Joselyn Rodriguez presents ongoing research at NCUR 2018Linguistics undergraduate and Speech Acquisition Lab member Joselyn Rodriguez presented her undergraduate research project.
Luke Tuttle Presents at NCUR 2018
Ed Rubin awarded International Travel and Research Grant
Karen Marsh, EAS Director, awarded 2018 Excellence in Global Engagement Staff Award- Two students from West High Qualify for NACLO invitational round
- Department of Linguistics faculty members contribute expertise to The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching
Cate Showalter Successfully Defends Dissertation
Linguistics Undergrads Present at UCUR
Publication by Bruce Smith, Rachel Hayes-Harb, and Eric Johnson
Publication by PhD student Cate Showalter
Luke Tuttle, undergrad student, will present at NCUR
New Publications for Professor Christison
Ben Slade Publishes New Journal Article- Linguistic Society of America 2018- Salt Lake City
- Linguistics Professors receive International Travel and Research grants
- Luke Tuttle Receives OUR Small Grant
- Linguistic Student Received Travel Funding to Present at the Second Language Research Forum
Linguistic Undergraduate Awarded Grant
Professor MaryAnn Christison Publishes Research on Online Language Teacher Education- Linguistics Professors present at International Conference on Historical Linguistics
- Linguistics Undergraduate Student Works with Professor Csirmaz
New Publications by Scott Jarvis- Linguistics Professor teams up with Undergraduate Student, Luke Tuttle
- Linguistics Undergraduate Student Analyzes the Language of Two Presidential Executive Orders
- UROP Winners Announced
- Scholarship Winners Announced
- Elizabeth Nakashima successfully completes Honor's Thesis
- Rachel Hayes-Harb received promotion to Full Professor
- Department of Linguistics Professors Receive a Grant from Language Learning
- IES Funds Utah Dual Language Immersion Study
- Joselyn Rodriguez receives UROP Award
- Congratulations to our Ph.D. Students!
Utah High School Student Participates in NACLO Invitational RoundJosephine Holubkov, a student at West High School, placed 23rd out of 160 participants in this year’s North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) invitational round.
New Publication by Taylor Anne Barriuso and Shannon BarriosCongratulations to Taylor Anne Barriuso and Shannon Barrios whose article "The role of phonological distributional information on the acquisition of L2 allophones" has been published in the Proceedings of the 8th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference.
- Congratulations to our Graduate Students!
Congratulations to the graduate students who completed their M.A. degree this year!
- Congratulations to our Undergraduate Students!
Congratulations to the 24 Linguistics Undergraduate Students who completed their B.A. degree this year!
- Luke Tuttle to intern at Ohio State University
Undergraduate student Luke Tuttle will be interning at Ohio State University this summer conducting research on language acquisition and language comprehension.
- Marsh Schaeffer and Mendelson working with Fulbright program
Karen Marsh Schaeffer and Melissa Mendelson were selected to facilitate the 2017 pre-departure orientation workshop for U.S. Fulbright English teaching assistants headed to Europe/Eurasia.
- Join us for an end of the semester celebration!
Take a break from studying and join us in LNCO 2110 on April 20th from 3-5pm!
- Linguistics Students Present
Four undergraduate Linguistics students presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Eve Olson was awarded the 2017 College of Humanities Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher award! Congratulations!
- Congratulations Tyler Laws!
Congratulations to Tyler Laws who was awarded the Hagander Book Award!
- Congratulations Cate Showalter!
Congratulations to Cate Showalter for passing her Dissertation Proposal Defense!
- Dr. Sarah Braden Accepts a Tenure-track Position
Sarah has just accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor of English language learner education in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
High School Student Qualifies for NACLO InvitationalCongratulations to Josephine Holubkov for qualifying for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) invitational round!