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Jean Costa Silva - Ph.D. Candidate

Linguistics Ph.D. Candidate Receives Graduate Research Award

This past week, Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant Jean Costa-Silva received a Graduate Research Award from the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Advisory Board.

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Linguistics Department Head Keith Langston named University Professor

Dr. Keith Langston was honored this week for his "influential vision and leadership" and "significant impact on UGA" with the title of 2023-2024 University Professor alongside Dr. Paula Lemons, Professor and Associate Dean of Franklin College. 

LCUGA 2024: Modeling Language. Plenary Speakers: Luis Ulloa, Ph.D. Candidate, SUNY Buffalo; Dr. Sashank Varma, Professor, Georgia Tech. Special Sessions: "Bridging the Gap: Integrating Second Language Acquisition Research into Effective Language Instruction"; "An Exploration of Tense and Aspect in Minoritized Varieties"

Linguistics Conference at UGA: February 17th-18th 2024

The Linguistics Society at UGA will be hosting the Linguistics Conference at University of Georgia (LCUGA 2024) on February 17-18th (in-person) in Athens, GA.

Colorful abstract portrait of four indigenous family members with strings connected to each other's mouths.

Event Series Announcement: Indigenous Languages Initiative

We are excited to announce our first series of events related to the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, a global initiative to emphasize the value and importance of preserving and re

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Call for applications for the 2024 SPARK Undergrad Research Award

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