On October 30, Professor Yimei Xiang gave an invited talk at the Linguistics Speaker Series at the University of Pennsylvania. Her talk was titled “From ‘also’ to ‘even’: Function alternations of … Read More
Several Rutgers linguistics students (and faculty member Dr. Ryan Walter Smith) participated in the 57th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society (NELS 57), which was held on October … Read More
This year, Rutgers University hosted the 12th Meeting of the Northeast Conference on Linguistics and Language Acquisition (MACSIM). The conference brought together researchers to discuss topics in linguistics and language … Read More
Nicole Nelson, a graduate alumna, will release her debut novel, Family Language, through Melville House on November 10, 2026. The novel follows Dr. Mona Melamed, a linguist and university professor … Read More
In late September, Dr. Ryan Walter Smith published a new paper in a special issue of Philosophical Studies on Semantics and Memory. His paper is titled “Memory reports as state descriptions: … Read More
Rutgers faculty member Dr. Kristen Syrett, along with co-authors Premvanti Patel (Yale University) and Athulya Aravind (Yale University, MIT), recently published a study examining how children and adults understand language … Read More
Professor Ryan Walter Smith recently presented a joint project at Sinn und Bedeutung 31, an international conference in semantics and pragmatics held at Nantes Université in Nantes, France. Dr. Smith … Read More
Rutgers Linguistics alum Lydia Newkirk (graduated in 2022) recently got hired as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin for the 2026-2027 academic year. After she finished … Read More
During the summer, graduate student Vincent Czarnecki taught two sessions for a mini-course titled “Introduction to Subregular Linguistics: Syntax” at The Africa Computational Linguistics Summer School (Africomplings). This is a … Read More
In June, current graduate students Gérard Avelino and Quartz Colvin gave several presentations at the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA33). This year, the conference was held in Wellington, New Zealand, … Read More