Oiry named TIDE ambassador
April 12, 2018
Magda Oiry is one of twelve faculty campus-wide selected as a TIDE ambassador (Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity, & Equity). https://www.umass.edu/tefd/tide-ambassadors-program. The...
Morris Halle RIP
April 02, 2018
The members of the UMass Department of Linguistics are saddened to hear of the passing of Morris Halle. Morris was of course a giant in the field, and he touched countless lives in his 94 years....
Colloquium with Meghan Clayards (McGill University)
ILC, N400
3:30 pm
Lynschrift18, a conference in honor of the retirement of Professor Lyn Frazier from the UMass Department of Linguistics.
South College, Room W245
(All day)

What is Linguistics?
Linguistics is the systematic study of human language.
Linguists are interested in language for its own sake, as a complex product of the human mind. They are also interested in how language develops in children, how it changes over time, and how it is used in human society.
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