Penn Linguistics
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News and announcements from the University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics.
A touching piece by Rolf Noyer in memory of our colleague and friend Gene Buckley, who died in June and will be very deeply missed.
www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2025/07...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A touching piece by Rolf Noyer in memory of our colleague and friend Gene Buckley, who died in June and will be very deeply missed.
www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2025/07...
www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2025/07...
Huge congratulations to our graduating majors (here pictured with our Undergraduate Chair Florian Schwarz)! We're proud but we'll miss you!
May 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Huge congratulations to our graduating majors (here pictured with our Undergraduate Chair Florian Schwarz)! We're proud but we'll miss you!
On Wednesday, May 14, Gareth Roberts was the featured speaker at the Penn Club of Metro NJ’s Wesley A. Stanger, Jr. Annual Spring Dinner, with a talk entitled "Unlocking the Secrets of Language”.
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On Wednesday, May 14, Gareth Roberts was the featured speaker at the Penn Club of Metro NJ’s Wesley A. Stanger, Jr. Annual Spring Dinner, with a talk entitled "Unlocking the Secrets of Language”.
Current and former Penn linguists at WCCFL 43 in Seattle!
From left to right: Thomas McFadden (PhD 2004), Matthew Hewett (Assistant Professor 2025), Lefteris Paparounas (PhD 2023), Luke James Adamson (PhD 2019)
From left to right: Thomas McFadden (PhD 2004), Matthew Hewett (Assistant Professor 2025), Lefteris Paparounas (PhD 2023), Luke James Adamson (PhD 2019)
April 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Current and former Penn linguists at WCCFL 43 in Seattle!
From left to right: Thomas McFadden (PhD 2004), Matthew Hewett (Assistant Professor 2025), Lefteris Paparounas (PhD 2023), Luke James Adamson (PhD 2019)
From left to right: Thomas McFadden (PhD 2004), Matthew Hewett (Assistant Professor 2025), Lefteris Paparounas (PhD 2023), Luke James Adamson (PhD 2019)
Congratulations to Eric Tao, Linguistics major and 2025 Dean's Scholar!
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Congratulations to Eric Tao, Linguistics major and 2025 Dean's Scholar!
Huge congratulations to former Penn Linguistics PhD Milena Šereikaitė, who has been hired as a tenure-track assistant professor at Cornell!
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April 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Huge congratulations to former Penn Linguistics PhD Milena Šereikaitė, who has been hired as a tenure-track assistant professor at Cornell!
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Postdoc opportunity in syntax at Penn!
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January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Postdoc opportunity in syntax at Penn!
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We are delighted to report that Gillian Sankoff was honored on Saturday, January 11, with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. A very well-deserved recognition of her long and influential career!
January 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We are delighted to report that Gillian Sankoff was honored on Saturday, January 11, with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. A very well-deserved recognition of her long and influential career!
A memorial was held for Bill Labov on the evening of Thursday, January 9, at the 2025 LSA Meeting in Philadelphia. There were many laughs as well as tears.
January 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A memorial was held for Bill Labov on the evening of Thursday, January 9, at the 2025 LSA Meeting in Philadelphia. There were many laughs as well as tears.
Gillian Sankoff has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. The award will be presented at 3:15 today (Sat, Jan 11) at the #LSA, in conference rooms 407-408 of the conference Marriott. Please join us to help celebrate her lifetime of achievements!
January 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Gillian Sankoff has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. The award will be presented at 3:15 today (Sat, Jan 11) at the #LSA, in conference rooms 407-408 of the conference Marriott. Please join us to help celebrate her lifetime of achievements!
#CallForPapers open for the 49th Penn Linguistics Conference, to be held from April 5 to 6, 2025, with keynotes from Jessica Coon and Annette D'Onofrio!
Abstract deadline is November 18, 2024
More details here: sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Abstract deadline is November 18, 2024
More details here: sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
October 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
#CallForPapers open for the 49th Penn Linguistics Conference, to be held from April 5 to 6, 2025, with keynotes from Jessica Coon and Annette D'Onofrio!
Abstract deadline is November 18, 2024
More details here: sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Abstract deadline is November 18, 2024
More details here: sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Congratulations and good luck to our graduating students!
May 31, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Congratulations and good luck to our graduating students!
Abstracts for the 48th Penn Linguistics Conference are due Nov 17!
PLC is run by Penn Ling grad students and we welcome a wide variety of submissions from faculty, students (graduate and undergraduate), and independent researchers.
More details here: www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/p...
PLC is run by Penn Ling grad students and we welcome a wide variety of submissions from faculty, students (graduate and undergraduate), and independent researchers.
More details here: www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/p...
November 9, 2023 at 8:48 PM
Abstracts for the 48th Penn Linguistics Conference are due Nov 17!
PLC is run by Penn Ling grad students and we welcome a wide variety of submissions from faculty, students (graduate and undergraduate), and independent researchers.
More details here: www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/p...
PLC is run by Penn Ling grad students and we welcome a wide variety of submissions from faculty, students (graduate and undergraduate), and independent researchers.
More details here: www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/p...