Professor Maziar Toosarvandani joins the department

We are delighted to announce that Maziar Toosarvandani will join our department as of July 2013.

Matt Wagers and Sandy Chung Receive $300,000 NSF Grant

Grant is to investigate language comprehension in the Mariana Islands.

Sandy Chung elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAAS Fellow award is a distinguished honor.

Ryan Bennett and Robert Henderson accept positions at Yale, McGill

Two of our most recent PhDs will take prestigious academic positions this Fall.

IHR Awards for Grant McGuire, CrISP, and Graduate Students

Seven awards will support department research in 2012-13.

We invite applications for a tenure-track position in formal syntax at the Asst. Professor level

2012- 13 Faculty Recruitment

Grad students present impressive array of research projects at symposium

Graduate students from across the divisions presented their work at the 8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium.

Five Linguistics Graduate Students Will Present Their Research May 11th

Friday, May 11th from 1:30 - 4:30 PM at the University Center

Matthew Tucker: IHR Graduate Fellow Presentation

Friday, May 4th, 2012, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in the Stevenson Fireside Lounge

Pranav Anand gives Stevenson Faculty Lecture

"All I Want is Some Honest Answers to My Questions: Tracking Argumentation and Stance in Online Political Debate."

Linguistics Undergraduates Win HUGRAs!

The Institute for Humanities Research has announced the recipients of the Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRAs) for academic year 2011-2012. Out of 10 recipients, three were from our department! Congratulations to Shawna Mattison, Matilda Morrison, Nataliya Munishkina, and to their advisors!

WCCFL 30 at UCSC, April 13-15, 2012

The Linguistics Department, with logistical support from the Linguistics Research Center, is hosting the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 30) April 13-15, 2012.

Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) Conference Saturday 3/10

The department’s annual Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) conference took place on March 10th.

Grant McGuire receives fellowship from the Institute for Humanities Research

Grant McGuire is one of three faculty at UCSC to receive a fellowship for next year from the UCSC IHR.

Sandy Chung finishes term as president of the LSA

At this year's Linguistic Society of America conference, Sandy Chung gave the first ever collaborative presidential address by an outgoing president.

Announcing the Department's Language, Logic, & Cognition Lab

The Corpus Linguistics Group (CLG) has evolved into the Language, Logic & Cognition (LaLoCo) lab.

Professor Amy Rose Deal joins the department

We are delighted that Amy Rose Deal has joined our department as of January 2012.

Representing Language: Essays in Honor of Judith Aissen

The Linguistics Research Center presents Representing Language: Essays in Honor of Judith Aissen, edited by Rodrigo Guitérrez-Bravo, Line Mikkelsen, and Eric Potsdam.

Morphology at Santa Cruz (MASC): Papers in Honor of Jorge Hankamer

Over the summer, the Linguistics Research Center released the first-ever Morphology at Santa Cruz (MASC): Papers in Honor of Jorge Hankamer.

Jorge Hankamer elected Fellow of Linguistic Society of America

Congratulations to Jorge Hankamer, who was just named a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.

New WHASC Design for 2011-12

WHASC Co-editor Oliver Northrup has made changes to our newsletter that significantly improve its look and functionality.

Call for Papers: WCCFL 30 at UCSC, April 13-15, 2012

Call for Papers: The Department of Linguistics and the Linguistics Research Center at UC Santa Cruz are pleased to invite abstracts for submission to the thirtieth instantiation of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics.

Bill Ladusaw and Jim McCloskey elected fellows of Linguistic Society of America