Quartz Colvin & Dr. Dorothy Ahn Present at RED 2026
At the end of May this year, Dr. Dorothy Ahn and graduate student Quartz Colvin both gave talks at Referential Expressions in Discourse (RED2026), held at the Transilvania University of … Read More
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Dr. Dorothy Ahn Gives Plenary Talk at The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
From August 7-9, the 33rd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference was held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Professor Dorothy Ahn gave an invited plenary talk at the conference, titled “Fake nouns: … Read More
Rutgers Linguistics at ELM 4
This past June, Rutgers Linguistics was well-represented at Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM 4) at UPenn. The large group of Rutgers-affiliated presenters (both past and present!) and attendees included Dr. … Read More
Dr. Ryan Walter Smith Gives Invited Talk at Stanford University
In June, Dr. Ryan Walter Smith gave an invited talk at the Construction of Meaning speaker series at Stanford University, titled “Memory and Motion: a path-based semantics for predicates of remembering … Read More
Rutgers Presence at ACAL57
On May 20-23 this year, Rutgers linguists gave three presentations at the 57th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 57) in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Ryan Walter Smith and Dr. Maria … Read More
RU Linguists at SULA-TripleA 2026
This May, at the first joint SULA and TripleA conference, held at the University of British Columbia, several Rutgers linguists gave presentations. The full group of presenters from our department … Read More
Aidan Sharma & Dr. Maria Kouneli at GLOW48
Back in April of this year, Dr. Maria Kouneli and graduate student Aidan Sharma presented at Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW48) at the University of Siena. Aidan presented … Read More
Lab for Developmental Language Studies’ Outreach at Rutgers Day
The Rutgers Laboratory for Developmental Language Studies, led by Dr. Kristen Syrett, engaged in community outreach at Rutgers Day as a member of Cognitive Kids. Cognitive Kids is a joint … Read More
Ryan Walter Smith Presents at CLS 62
Professor Ryan Walter Smith presented a poster at the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 62). His poster was titled “What it means to deserve: a gradable semantics for merit claims.” The full … Read More
Dr. Dorothy Ahn Receives Research Council Award
Professor Dorothy Ahn’s research proposal, “Identifying pronouns across languages,” has been selected for a Research Council Award for AY 2026–2027. The award will support cross-linguistic research on pronouns and involve … Read More