Berkeley Linguistics

Congrats to Maksymilian Dąbkowski and @begusgasper on their new @JoLinguistics paper "The blurring history of intervocalic devoicing"! doi.org/10.1017/S00222…

Berkeley Prof. Nicole Holliday among other "grammar geeks" quoted in @nytimes! nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/…

Berkeley Prof. Nicole Holliday in the news! news.berkeley.edu/2024/08/06/a-u…

Now is a good time to read @UCBerkeley Prof. Nicole Holliday's article on Kamala Harris's speech! read.dukeupress.edu/american-speec…

.@UCBerkeley PhD student Maksymilian Dąbkowski's paper "The phonology of A'ingae" has been published in Language and Linguistics Compass 13 (2024) e12512. compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ln…

We're thrilled to announce that @mixedlinguist (Nicole Holliday) will be joining the @BerkeleyLing faculty as of July 1, 2024! nicolerholliday.wordpress.com

Your gift matters! Donate to @BerkeleyLing today during our 10th annual Big Give to help support our amazing students, faculty, and staff! bit.ly/Cal_Lx #CalBigGive #Cal_Lx

Congrats to @UCBerkeley's Maksymilian Dąbkowski & @begusgasper on their new @glossa_oa paper "Complex diachronies of final nasalization in Austronesian and Dakota"! doi.org/10.16995/gloss…

Congrats to @UCBerkeley Prof. Amy Rose Deal, whose paper "Interaction, Satisfaction, and the PCC" has appeared in Linguistic Inquiry. doi.org/10.1162/ling_a…

Congrats to @UCBerkeley PhD student Maksimilian Dąbkowski, whose paper "Rationale and Precautioning Clauses: Insights from A’ingae" (coauthored with Scott AnderBois) has appeared in Journal of Semantics. doi.org/10.1093/jos/ff…

Berkeley Prof. Darya Kavitskaya and alum Alan Yu have coedited a new book, "The Life Cycle of Language: Past, Present, and Future" (OUP), with many contributors from Berkeley Linguistics. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Researchers led by UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor @begusgasper uncovered elements of whale vocalizations that are “on many levels analogous to human vowels and diphthongs.” 🐳 Learn more at the link below⬇️

Congratulations to @UCBerkeley Prof. Hannah Sande, recipient of the @LingSocAm 2024 Morris Halle Memorial Award for Faculty Excellence in Phonology! linguisticsociety.org/content/2024-a…

Congratulations to UC Berkeley's Katie Russell (@katier721), recipient of the Linguistic Society of America's 2024 Victoria Fromkin Memorial Prize for Student Excellence in Phonology! linguisticsociety.org/content/2024-a…

UC Berkeley linguist Y. R. Chao, born 131 years ago!

8. Baichen Du, Alexandra Pfiffner, Keith Johnson, "The role of visible articulatory variation in the Mandarin sibilant contrast and merger" 9. Chelsea Tang, Sansan C. Hien, "STAMP morphs in Lobi: Morphological and Typological Implications" 4/4

6. Sif Voronova-Baker, Alexandra Pfiffner, " “She coughs like a man”: Acoustic cues to gender in non-speech sounds of transgender female voices" 7. Katherine Russell, "Morpheme-specific nasal harmony in Atchan" ... 3/

.#LSA2024 will feature nine panels, papers & posters with Berkeley presenters! 1. Shweta Akolkar (panelist), "Documenting Languages in the Urban Diaspora: Lessons from a New York Non-Profit" 2. Anna Björklund, "Automatic Intonational Contour Clustering in Patwin" ... 1/

Calling future linguists! UC Berkeley Linguistics is participating in the Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair from 10-11am on Oct 31. Learn about our department from Profs. Peter Jenks and Lev Michael. Register at the link below! grad.berkeley.edu/graduate-diver…