Prof. Troy Messick Gives Invited Talk at FASAL 16
Dr. Troy Messick was invited to give a talk at Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 16 (FASAL 16). His talk, titled “The domain and structure of reciprocals: Insights from … Read More
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Dr. Ryan Walter Smith Gives Invited Talk on Memory Reports
At the end of March, Professor Ryan Walter Smith gave an invited talk at Memory & Language 2: Simulationist and Causalist Approaches to Reference in Remembering, a conference for philosophers … Read More
Fahad Almalki Gives Talk at ASAL39
On March 27th, current graduate student Fahad Almalki presented a talk at the 39th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (ASAL 39) in Bloomington, Indiana. The talk was about the Person … Read More
Dr. Maria Kouneli Awarded Rutgers Global Seed Grant!
Congratulations to Professor Maria Kouneli, who has been awarded a $10,000 Rutgers Global Seed Grant for the project “The Terik Verb: Documentation of an Endangered Kalenjin Language in Kenya.” This … Read More
Ryan Walter Smith, Josep Ausensi, and Jianrong Yu Published in Isogloss
Congratulations to Ryan Walter Smith, Josep Ausensi (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), and Jianrong Yu on their recent publication in Isogloss. The article, titled “Strong and weak resultatives with result roots … Read More
Rutgers Recap from the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting
Rutgers Linguistics had a very strong presence at the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, with faculty, graduate students, and alumni contributing across multiple sessions. Graduate alum Meg Gotowski … Read More
Kristen Syrett Published New Research on Children’s Counting and Noun Interpretation
Congratulations to Professor Kristen Syrett on her recent publication examining how children interpret count nouns and evaluate quantity when presented with partial objects. The article investigates why children often “over-count” … Read More
Adam McCollum Gives Invited Talk on Vowels to First Graders.
In December, Professor Adam McCollum gave an invited talk on the acoustics of vowels to a highly enthusiastic audience of approximately 80 first graders. The students were introduced to key … Read More
Dr. Ryan Walter Smith & Dorothy Ahn Present at LSA100
On January 9th, Professor Ryan Walter Smith presented a talk at the 100th Annual Meeting of the LSA in New Orleans. His talk was on joint work with Professor Dorothy … Read More
Prof. Troy Messick Presents Two Posters at LSA 2026
Troy Messick presented two posters at The Annual Meeting of the LSA 2026. One poster, co-authored with Merlin Balihaxi, was titled “Indexical and Agreement Shifting in Kazakh,” and was presented … Read More