UMD Language Science Center
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Thank you to @alexusgramirez.bsky.social for an insightful Language Science Lunch Talk on how language practices, beliefs, and context shape children’s pathways to school readiness 📚🗣️
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thank you to @alexusgramirez.bsky.social for an insightful Language Science Lunch Talk on how language practices, beliefs, and context shape children’s pathways to school readiness 📚🗣️
Join us this Thursday, November 6th at 12:30 PM (lunch served at 12:15!) at 2130 HJ Patterson Hall for a continued discussion led by Samer Nour Eddine (LSC) on “Evaluating the neurophysiological evidence for predictive processing as a model of perception.” 🧠
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join us this Thursday, November 6th at 12:30 PM (lunch served at 12:15!) at 2130 HJ Patterson Hall for a continued discussion led by Samer Nour Eddine (LSC) on “Evaluating the neurophysiological evidence for predictive processing as a model of perception.” 🧠
Join us on October 30th for our latest LSLT: Language Practices, Beliefs, and Contexts: Pathways to School Readiness with Alexus Ramirez.
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Join us on October 30th for our latest LSLT: Language Practices, Beliefs, and Contexts: Pathways to School Readiness with Alexus Ramirez.
We had such a fantastic time at Rebel with a Clause! 📚✨ From Ellen Jovin’s Grammar Table in Stamp to the screening and Q&A at Hoff Theater, it was a day full of language fun, curiosity, and great conversations. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the event so special!
October 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We had such a fantastic time at Rebel with a Clause! 📚✨ From Ellen Jovin’s Grammar Table in Stamp to the screening and Q&A at Hoff Theater, it was a day full of language fun, curiosity, and great conversations. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the event so special!
We captured so many great moments from Language Science Day, thanks to Andrea Zukowski! We wish we could share them all here, but you can see the full gallery on our Flickr page. Click here to check them out: flickr.com/photos/umd-l...
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We captured so many great moments from Language Science Day, thanks to Andrea Zukowski! We wish we could share them all here, but you can see the full gallery on our Flickr page. Click here to check them out: flickr.com/photos/umd-l...
Photos from the National Book Festival are finally here! Big thanks again to our volunteers and everyone who visited us at the STEM District 📚📖
October 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Photos from the National Book Festival are finally here! Big thanks again to our volunteers and everyone who visited us at the STEM District 📚📖
Register now!🚨📣 Join us on October 6th at UMD’s Hoff Theater for a screening of Rebel with a Clause and a live Q&A with author Ellen Jovin. Follow her 50-state grammar road trip, proof that even comma debates can bring us together. 🔗 Click here to register on Eventbrite: go.umd.edu/rwac
September 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Register now!🚨📣 Join us on October 6th at UMD’s Hoff Theater for a screening of Rebel with a Clause and a live Q&A with author Ellen Jovin. Follow her 50-state grammar road trip, proof that even comma debates can bring us together. 🔗 Click here to register on Eventbrite: go.umd.edu/rwac
We didn’t have an LSLT today, but here are some great shots from Sanshiroh Ogawa’s talk last week to make up for it!
September 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We didn’t have an LSLT today, but here are some great shots from Sanshiroh Ogawa’s talk last week to make up for it!
Language Science Day is right around the corner! Register by THIS MONDAY, September 15th, for our signature annual event: go.umd.edu/lsd25
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Language Science Day is right around the corner! Register by THIS MONDAY, September 15th, for our signature annual event: go.umd.edu/lsd25
Yesterday, linguist Kate Mooney kicked off this semester’s Language Science Lunch Talk series with her presentation, Limits of Gestural Displacement. Click the link in our bio to read her abstract on the events calendar.
September 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yesterday, linguist Kate Mooney kicked off this semester’s Language Science Lunch Talk series with her presentation, Limits of Gestural Displacement. Click the link in our bio to read her abstract on the events calendar.
THREAD 1/2 Join us on September 6th at the @librarycongress.bsky.social #NationalBookFestival, our 2nd year as a Featured STEM District Organization! 🎉
Details in the thread below 👇🚨
Details in the thread below 👇🚨
August 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
THREAD 1/2 Join us on September 6th at the @librarycongress.bsky.social #NationalBookFestival, our 2nd year as a Featured STEM District Organization! 🎉
Details in the thread below 👇🚨
Details in the thread below 👇🚨
Language scientists filled the seats in our summer stats workshop quickly 🏃 This week's topic: Data Simulation & Hierarchical Models: Foundations with Dr. Scott Jackson 📈
Read about the workshop and next week's topic, Bayesian Modelling & Advanced Simulation: go.umd.edu/lsc-summer-ws
Read about the workshop and next week's topic, Bayesian Modelling & Advanced Simulation: go.umd.edu/lsc-summer-ws
August 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Language scientists filled the seats in our summer stats workshop quickly 🏃 This week's topic: Data Simulation & Hierarchical Models: Foundations with Dr. Scott Jackson 📈
Read about the workshop and next week's topic, Bayesian Modelling & Advanced Simulation: go.umd.edu/lsc-summer-ws
Read about the workshop and next week's topic, Bayesian Modelling & Advanced Simulation: go.umd.edu/lsc-summer-ws
Recordings from the Conference on Human Sentence Processing are officially on our YouTube channel. Watch them all here: www.youtube.com/@umd_lsc
June 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Recordings from the Conference on Human Sentence Processing are officially on our YouTube channel. Watch them all here: www.youtube.com/@umd_lsc
LSC Coffee Hours are back! Stop by on Tuesdays from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM for ✨free✨ coffee and pastries 🥐☕️ Come get some work done!
May 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
LSC Coffee Hours are back! Stop by on Tuesdays from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM for ✨free✨ coffee and pastries 🥐☕️ Come get some work done!
We're kicking off May with our next LSLT, "Understand child sentence processing in reading: computational and experimental approaches" with Kuan-Jung Huang 🗣️📚
April 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We're kicking off May with our next LSLT, "Understand child sentence processing in reading: computational and experimental approaches" with Kuan-Jung Huang 🗣️📚
LSC member @rachelromeo.bsky.social received the Graduate Mentor of the Year Award, awarded by the UMD Graduate School! Congratulations Rachel 🥳
April 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
LSC member @rachelromeo.bsky.social received the Graduate Mentor of the Year Award, awarded by the UMD Graduate School! Congratulations Rachel 🥳
We're back! Join us this week for our latest LSLT with Susannah Paletz 🎉 Click the link to read her full abstract on our events calendar 📅
🔗 Learn more: languagescience.umd.edu/events/langu...
🔗 Learn more: languagescience.umd.edu/events/langu...
April 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We're back! Join us this week for our latest LSLT with Susannah Paletz 🎉 Click the link to read her full abstract on our events calendar 📅
🔗 Learn more: languagescience.umd.edu/events/langu...
🔗 Learn more: languagescience.umd.edu/events/langu...
🚨Reminder🚨 This week's LSLT has been canceled, but here's a Minecraft movie meme to make you feel better. See everyone next week!
April 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🚨Reminder🚨 This week's LSLT has been canceled, but here's a Minecraft movie meme to make you feel better. See everyone next week!
Who doesn't love stickers? Here's a sneak peek at some of the ✨exclusive✨ freebies the LCC team has created for the 11th Language Creation Conference (LCC11), happening April 11–13 at UMD! Visit conlang.org to learn more about LCC11.
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Who doesn't love stickers? Here's a sneak peek at some of the ✨exclusive✨ freebies the LCC team has created for the 11th Language Creation Conference (LCC11), happening April 11–13 at UMD! Visit conlang.org to learn more about LCC11.
It was a privilege to host Julie Sedivy, author of Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love, at our most recent Language Science Lunch Talk. Until next time!
📸 Beautiful photo by Andrea Zukowski
📸 Beautiful photo by Andrea Zukowski
April 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It was a privilege to host Julie Sedivy, author of Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love, at our most recent Language Science Lunch Talk. Until next time!
📸 Beautiful photo by Andrea Zukowski
📸 Beautiful photo by Andrea Zukowski
Highlights from #HSP2025 💛 Check out all the details on our website: tinyurl.com/23h79zho
March 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Highlights from #HSP2025 💛 Check out all the details on our website: tinyurl.com/23h79zho
COSSA Advocacy Day was a blast! 🙌🏼 Shevaun Lewis, MLSC Assistant Director, was joined by an Albert Einstein Fellow in Glenn Ivey’s office, as well as language scientists Tara Mease, Jessica Nolasco, Alex Emmert, and Garv Khandelwal. They met with staffers to advocate for social science support! 🧠💡
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
COSSA Advocacy Day was a blast! 🙌🏼 Shevaun Lewis, MLSC Assistant Director, was joined by an Albert Einstein Fellow in Glenn Ivey’s office, as well as language scientists Tara Mease, Jessica Nolasco, Alex Emmert, and Garv Khandelwal. They met with staffers to advocate for social science support! 🧠💡
The 38th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing is coming to UMD this month! Register and check out the program: hsp2025.github.io
March 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The 38th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing is coming to UMD this month! Register and check out the program: hsp2025.github.io
Our next LSLT is... 🥁🥁🥁 Orla Putnam! Check out her abstract and bio on our website: go.umd.edu/orlaputnamlslt
March 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our next LSLT is... 🥁🥁🥁 Orla Putnam! Check out her abstract and bio on our website: go.umd.edu/orlaputnamlslt
"I had a great, and more importantly, enlightening time giving two talks to this community. To both my academic presentation and my more public-facing one, I experienced a truly curious audience and incisive questions. The Hotel is swell, too." - John McWhorter on his experience speaking at UMD 👏
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"I had a great, and more importantly, enlightening time giving two talks to this community. To both my academic presentation and my more public-facing one, I experienced a truly curious audience and incisive questions. The Hotel is swell, too." - John McWhorter on his experience speaking at UMD 👏