Megan Gotowski Joined William & Mary
Congratulations to Megan Gotowski for joining William & Mary as a visiting assistant teaching professor. Meg was here at Rutgers Linguistics from 2017 to 2022 as a PhD student. With … Read More
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Kristen Syrett Published in Language Learning and Development
An article by Prof. Kristen Syrett “Variation by Context: The Importance of Pragmatics and the Discourse”, was published on Language Learning and Development on Feb 06, 2024. Abstract: I argue … Read More
Kristen Syrett Published in Glossa
Prof. Kristen Syrett has a new article published in Glossa Psycholinguistics, with two co-authors from Rutgers! The article, “Perceptual Benefits of Linguistic Diversity and Language Background: Evidence from Auditory Free Classification … Read More
Kristen Syrett Presents Talk and Poster at ELM
Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) is a conference dedicated to the experimental study of linguistic meaning, with a focus on theoretical issues in semantics and pragmatics, their interplay with other … Read More
Troy Messick gives an invited talk at Princeton University
On September 19, Troy Messick gave a talk at Princeton University, titled “The Mechanics of Reciprocal Shift.” There he presented his ongoing work on the structure of complex reciprocals cross-linguistically. … Read More
Quartz Colvin Attends CoLang Summer Institute
In June, Quartz Colvin, a current graduate student, attended The Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang). This institute brings together the world’s leading academics, community scholars, and Indigenous language activists … Read More
Rutgers’ Presence at African Linguistics School (ALS7)
The seventh African Linguistics School (ALS7), a two-week institute that brings the latest in Linguistic Theory and African Linguistics to graduate students from all over Africa and other parts of … Read More
Jiaxing Yu Presents Poster at Sinn und Bedeutung (SUB29)
Jiaxing Yu presented a poster titled “Mandarin Sentence-Final Particle + Double Negation = Single Negation” at SUB29 on Wednesday, September 18. The conference is organized by the University of Messina (Department … Read More
Adam Jardine Awarded Collaborative Research Grant
Prof. Adam Jardine has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for collaborative research with Prof. Jane Chandlee (Haverford College) and Prof. Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook University) … Read More
Chaoyi Chen Successfully Passed His Dissertation Defense
We’re really pleased to announce that Chaoyi Chen successfully defended his dissertation on September 10th, 2024! Title: The syntax and semantics of headless relative clauses Committee: Mark Baker (co-advisor), Yimei … Read More