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Linguistics at Northwestern

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Language is a complex, species-specific system made up of several components (sound, sentence structure, and meaning). The study of linguistics gives us a unique window on the structure of the human mind and the mind's activity.

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Events

 
Apr
26
2024
Linguistics Colloquium Series: Lal Zimman

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston

Topic: Toward an expansive theory of vocal gender: Trans approaches to the sociophonetics of gender Abstract:  The expectation that voi...

May
31
2024
QP Fest and Honors Reception

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston

The Linguistics Department will host our graduate students who will present their Qualifying Papers, as well as our undergraduate stude...

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News

 
Linguistics Department Newsletter 2023 is released
Congratulations to Thomas Sostarics on winning the award for Best Student Paper in Speech Communication at the recent Acoustical Society Meeting in Chicago!
We are pleased to announce that Joy Fu is the winner of 2023 Demoz Prize, which honors outstanding undergraduate achievement in linguistics. Congratulations, Joy!

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