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Joan Bybee in pasture
Eminent scholar of usage-based linguistics Dr. Joan Bybee will give a CU Linguistics Capstone Lecture on April 19
CU Linguistics Graduation Information
Save the Date: CU Linguistics Graduate Recognition Ceremony

Join us Thursday, 5/11/2023, 12:00 - 2:00pm in the CASE Auditorium for our Graduate Recognition Ceremony! Reception to follow. 

Graduating? Share your information with us so we can celebrate your accomplishments!

Linguistics 2023 Summer Courses
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Linguistics students helm 2022 College of Arts & Sciences Welcome Fair table
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TESOL Programs Offer Professional Training

If you are a CU undergraduate or graduate student and seek professional opportunities teaching English learners either in the US or abroad, CU Linguistics can get you there. Senior Instructor of TESOL Theory and Practice Dr. Rai Farrelly, director of the current undergraduate certificate in TESOL, directs the undergraduate TESOL minor, the TESOL track and the graduate certificate in TESOL. 

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Training the Next Generation of Computational Linguists

CU Linguistics offers a MS in Computational Linguistics, Analytics, Search and Informatics (CLASIC), an interdisciplinary degree providing a solid foundation in computer science and linguistics, as well as coursework in data-driven linguistics, computational linguistics and information processing. Apply by December 15 (international) or January 15 (domestic). For questions contact director Professor Martha Palmer. 

New directions for CU Linguistics

The faculty of language is unique to humans and the study of language is the study of our shared human heritage. Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, its structure and its diversity, how children learn it and how adults produce and understand it, how social practices shape and are shaped by it.

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado Boulder is a major center of interdisciplinary research in cognitive-functional linguistics, computational linguistics, language documentation, psycholinguistics and experimental linguistics, and sociocultural linguistics. It offers a range of research programs targeting properties of spoken language. The Department's orientation is empirical: its approach to the structure and use of language confronts theory with first-hand observations. Analysis of video and audio data (typically conversational data), acoustic measurements of speech, computational modeling and statistical analysis, psycholinguistic experimentation and fieldwork in local communities and abroad all contribute to this enterprise. 

The Department of Linguistics Strategic Plan provides more detailed information about who we are, what we do, and our vision for the future. We have already begun to implement our plan to enrich the undergraduate major experience, rolling out four new major tracks in Fall 2020. Build your own linguistic workspace. 

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Colorado A&S Magazine Spotlights Work of Maureen Kosse

A recent article in Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine by Chris Talbot (with contributions from... Read more
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Honoring Dr. Martha Palmer

Martha Palmer is the first woman to obtain a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the... Read more
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Second edition of Rai Farrelly's Fostering International Student Success published

This month, TESOL Press released the second edition of Dr. Rai Farrelly's co-authored book Fostering... Read more
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CU Linguistics co-sponsors Boulder premiere of Modoc Nation films

On March 14, CU Linguistics co-sponsored the Boulder premieres of two films about the endurance,... Read more
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Chase Raymond accepts secondary appointment in School of Medicine

CU Linguistics Associate Professor Chase Raymond has recently accepted a secondary appointment in the Department... Read more
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CU Linguistics Professor Kira Hall Named CU Distinguished Professor

Dr. Kira Hall, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, has been awarded the title of Distinguished... Read more
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CU Linguistics offers wide array of summer courses in 2023

It's a sizzling linguistic summer 2023! CU Linguistics is offering 9 courses this summer--from Semantics... Read more
Joan Bybee

Joan Bybee to give Capstone CU Linguistics lecture April 19

CU Linguistics is pleased to present a Capstone Lecture by Prof. Joan Bybee , a... Read more
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Entrepreneur/consultant Dr. Alexandra Johnston presents March 8 on career management for linguists

The officers of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association are excited to invite you a talk by... Read more
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Access Linguistics instructors: Spring 2023 office hours published

Old school office hours no more! Linguistic teaching faculty and leadership are more accessible than... Read more
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Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA 2023) to be held at CU May 31-June 3

The Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA), founded in 1975, is an organization of lexicographers,... Read more
Peak Potential '22: Virtual Preview of CU Boulder Linguistics

Peak Potential '22: Virtual Preview of CU Boulder Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado Boulder will offer a virtual preview... Read more
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