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UF Linguistics 50th anniversary celebration

November 7, 2019
The department will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the Austin Cary Forest Campus, Saturday, November 9, 2019, from 5-9pm. Please join us for food, music, ...

UF Linguistics celebrates 50 years!

November 7, 2019
Linguistics at the University of Florida started in 1969, with an interdisciplinary faculty and MA and PhD degrees. We will celebrate this milestone in 2019-2020 ...

UF hosts 6th Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting 2020

November 6, 2019
The 6th Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting will be held March 13-14, 2020 at the University of Florida. Visit the conference website for more information. Read more ...

D. Gary Miller (1942-2019)

October 9, 2019
D. Gary Miller (1942–2019), renowned Indo-Europeanist and theoretical linguist, has died at the age of 76. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Gary Miller attended Moravian College ...

Beverly Cotter completes SURF program

August 14, 2019
CalPoly Pomona undergraduate Beverly Cotter completed UF’s Summer Research at Florida (SURF) program, under the supervision of Dr. Eleonora Rossi and Linguistics graduate student Megan ...

Dr. Miller’s new Gothic grammar

June 11, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Emeritus D. Gary Miller on the publication of The Oxford Gothic Grammar (Oxford University Press, 2019). The grammar is the most comprehensive since the ...

The Linguistics of “Arrival”

March 31, 2019
Dr. Jessica Coon (McGill University) will talk about fieldwork, Universal Grammar, and her consulting work for the movie “Arrival”. The talk takes place in Turlington ...

UF hosts 5th Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting 2019

March 31, 2019
The 5th Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting will be held April 5-6, 2019 at the University of Florida. Talks take place from 1-6pm on Friday and ...

Fiona McLaughlin awarded NEH Fellowship

January 15, 2019
Dr. Fiona McLaughlin, Professor of Linguistics and Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, has been awarded an NEH fellowship for the academic year 2019-2020. She will be ...
Linguists awarded degrees!

Linguists awarded degrees!

January 9, 2019
Graduating Linguistics majors were recognized at the CLAS Student Recognition Ceremony in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on December 15, 2018. The ceremony featured a student ...

Language Science at the Cade!

November 30, 2018
On Saturday December 1, 10am-4pm, students and faculty from UF’s Linguistics Department and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies will be at the Cade ...

LSA Talks – Friday Nov 30/Matherly 18

November 30, 2018
Today (11/30/2018), there will be LSA practice talks in Matherly Hall room 18, at 4:05. Our three presenters are Dr. Aaron Broadwell, Dr. Benjamin Hebblethwaite, ...

2020 Graduate Spotlight