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Scott Kiesling comments in The Atlantic on the phrase: "I just need some space"

People Didn’t Used to...
Drs. Vercellotti and McCormick co-author paper

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ELI Director Juffs co-authored "Conducting Research at Language Centers: Practical Perspectives from the Field"

ELI Director Dr. Alan Juffs recently co-authored an article titled...
Kanwit Publishes Article in Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Dr. Matt Kanwit's new article "...
Melinda Fricke receives Language Learning Early Career Grant

Professor Melinda Fricke received an...
Henderson Scholarship Winner Lands Job with IELTs in Shanghai

Congratulations to Xinger Tang, the 2018 Robert T. Henderson Endowment Fund Scholarship! After graduating, Xinger returned to her...
Jevon Heath Comments on Endangered Languages in Pgh P-G

Lecturer Jevon Heath, who will teach a course on Endangered Languages...
Holman Tse Defended PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Holman Tse for the successful defense of his PhD dissertation on September 14th. His dissertation, entitled "Beyond...
Pitt Linguists are Supercomputing!

Linguistics faculty member Na-Rae Han teaches computational linguistics...
Congratulations to Li-Fang Lai, PhD!

Congratulations to Li-Fang, who successfully defended her PhD thesis...
Dr. Matt Kanwit contributed chapter to the new Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics

Dr. Matthew Kanwit is an author in the new...
Melinda Fricke gives keynote presentation on codeswitching at ACL 2018

Professor Melinda Fricke was an invited speaker at the Third...
ELI/LAW awarded one of the first-ever Pitt SEED Awards

The US Law and Legal English Program (LLEP), a partnership between the...
Pitt Linguistics receives Pitt SEED Award to create an engagement platform for connecting linguistics to the community and industry

A team led by Dr. Soudi received one of twenty-three...
Alan Juffs Delivers Keynote Address at 2018 ROC-TEFL Conference

Professor Alan Juffs presented a key note address on May 18, 2018 at the...