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Institute of Linguistics

We explore the human capacity for language. We strive to expand understanding of this domain and to foster learning and research that applies this understanding to the betterment of speech communities.

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Colloquium Fall 2022 Series

The Colloquium series offers weekly events most Fridays in the afternoons. Subscribe to our mailing list for colloquium announcements and links to the events.

Ojibwe Language Revitalization Focus of New NSF/NEH Grant

A team of researchers in Linguistics and American Indian Studies have been awarded an NSF/NEH Dynamic Language Infrastructure grant for their project, “Developing Indigenous…

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Language Center Director & Institute of Linguistics Faculty Announcement

CLA is delighted to announce that Dr. Amanda Dalola will join as Director of the Language Center and Associate Professor in the Institute of Linguistics beginning August 29…

Brendan Kishketon: Revitalizing Ojibwe and Giving Back Identity

Associate Professor Brendan Kishketon (PhD ‘09, linguistics) has been making waves in Ojibwe language revitalization since his years in graduate school. Learn more about his…

Linguistics: Five-Year NSF Grant for Diti Bhadra

The Institute of Linguistics is thrilled to announce that Assistant Professor Diti Bhadra has been awarded an National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant for her project…

Upcoming Events

September 30, 2022

Towards Afrocentric Natural Language Processing (NLP): Where we are and where we can go

Aligning with the theme of language diversity, Ife Adebara will discuss the major linguistic and sociopolitical challenges facing development of Natural Language Processing…