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The #lingstitute2019 co-directors sat down to ask each other four questions that will help us get to know them better.

In this interview, J. Michael Terry (UNC) tells us about getting into Linguistics late in his academic career. It somewhat started with a question on semantics he posted in an …

Olga Batiukova (Autonomous University of Madrid) will teach the “Lexicon in Linguistic Theory” course with James Pustejovsky at the #lingstitute2019. Olga looks forward to meeting her students and sharing her …

“Don’t fall in love with a particular theory or method. They change and the changes might break your heart… Fall in love with a language or language family or a …

Corrine Occhino (Rochester Institute of Technology) knows how it feels like to be a gradstudent on a tight budget. Thus, we are certain that Corrine and co-instructor, Ryan Lepic, will …

In line with the 2019 U.N. Year of Indigenous Languages, we are excited to have Neil Alexander Walker teaching the “Introduction to the Southern Pomo language” course at #lingstitute2019. In …

In line with our theme, “Linguistics in the Digital Era,” Marisa Brook and Emily Blamire (U of Toronto) will teach the “Topics in Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication” course at #lingstitute2019. …

  While many of us are aware that Dennis Preston (Oklahoma State) has contributed greatly to the field of sociolinguistics and dialectology, but not all of us know that the …

Anne Bezuidenhout (University of South Carolina) is teaching the Introduction to Pragmatics course at the #lingstitute2019. The class starts with a discussion of several general frameworks (neo-Gricean “Manichean” and Relevance …

With 2019 being the international year of Indigenous Languages, the Institute at Davis is offering a course on The Structure of Tashlhiyt Berber taught by Mohamed Lahrouchi (CNRS). Read our …