Paper by Linguistics Alumnus to Be Presented at CAWL 2024

Congratulations to Linguistics BA alumnus Rayyan Merchant, whose paper titled, “ParsText: A Digraphic Corpus for Tajik-Farsi Transliteration” will be presented at the Association for Computational Linguistics’ Second Workshop on Computation and Written Language (CAWL 2024) in Turin, Italy. This paper is based on his Honors Thesis (under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Tang). During his […]

Wilermine Previlon Wins CLAS Excellence Award

Congratulations to graduating senior Wilermine Previlon for winning one of four 2024 CLAS Student Excellence Awards. This award, “recognizes students who embody and embrace the spirit and mission of a liberal arts and sciences education, who excel in and out of the classroom, and who both aspire beyond their reach and inspire those in their […]

Linguistics Undergraduates Named 2024 Grass Scholars

Congratulations to two undergraduate Linguistics majors, Melanie Delgado and Rachel Nuyten, who were recently named Alexander Grass Scholars for 2024. Hosted by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, this program offers funding for undergraduate students pursuing research projects in areas such as the humanities, public engagement, local research, and partnerships with community […]

Linguistics Alumnus Named Recipient of an NSF Fellowship

Congratulations to Linguistics alumnus Jeffrey Kunath (graduated in 2021), who was recently named the recipient of an National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. He is one of five recipients nationwide and will go on to pursue a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Congratulations, Jeffrey!

A new translation of the oldest Native American letter

George Aaron Broadwell and his colleague Alejandra Dubcovsky have just published a translation of a 1651 letter written in Timucua, the Native language of most of North Florida. This is the oldest letter written in a Native American language of the United States, and understanding it is important to our knowledge of the language and […]

New Paper by Grace deMeurisse and Edith Kaan Published

Congratulations to PhD student Grace deMeurisse and Professor Edith Kaan on the recent publication of the article titled, “Bilingual attentional control: Evidence from the Partial Repetition Cost paradigm”. It was published online in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. The abstract is below and the link is here. Way to go Grace and Edith! “The effects of […]

UF Linguistics Open House: November 17

Interested in getting an MA or PhD in Linguistics? Join us on November 17th from 10:00 am to 3:00pm for our Open House. Hear from different professors in our department about all you can study with us. E-mail our Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Steffi Wulff (swulff@ufl.edu), for zoom links for the sessions.

New Paper by Dr Broadwell Published

Congratulations to Dr George Aaron Broadwell and his coauthor Alejandra Dubcovsky (of University of California–Riverside) for their recent publication: Dubcovsky, A., & Broadwell, G.A. (2023). “Anohebasisiro Nimanibota / We Want to Talk to the Honored One”: Timucua Language and its Uses, Silences, and Protests. Native American and Indigenous Studies 10(2), 69-100. doi:10.1353/nai.2023.a904183.

Drs. Kaan and Rossi Featured in UF Research Video

Congratulations to Drs. Edith Kaan and Eleonora Rossi for being featured in a UF research video on Bilingualism and the Brain that is part of the permanent video wall at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Watch it below!

Kirthana Sane Named AI Scholar

Congratulations Kirthana Sane (Health Sciences) for being awarded a UF undergraduate AI Research Scholarship. Kirthana, who is working under the mentorship of Dr. Edith Kaan, was one of the 35 recipients selected from a pool of over 140 applicants.

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