Berkeley Linguistics

Official UC Berkeley Linguistics Department Twitter account.

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Congrats to Maksymilian Dąbkowski and @begusgasper on their new @JoLinguistics paper "The blurring history of intervocalic devoicing"!

https://t.co/rfYvWIEIBz

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Berkeley Prof. Nicole Holliday among other "grammar geeks" quoted in @nytimes!

https://t.co/r3KL7NK0I2

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Berkeley Prof. Nicole Holliday in the news!

https://t.co/jSvTkI2sHT

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Now is a good time to read @UCBerkeley Prof. Nicole Holliday's article on Kamala Harris's speech!
https://t.co/eop5HO2KTK

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.@UCBerkeley PhD student Maksymilian Dąbkowski's paper "The phonology of A'ingae" has been published in Language and Linguistics Compass 13 (2024) e12512.
https://t.co/sVHIAIhSEk

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We're thrilled to announce that @mixedlinguist (Nicole Holliday) will be joining the @BerkeleyLing faculty as of July 1, 2024!
https://t.co/6CAxc59mNf

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Your gift matters! Donate to @BerkeleyLing today during our 10th annual Big Give to help support our amazing students, faculty, and staff! https://t.co/03hyMYfxog #CalBigGive #Cal_Lx

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Congrats to @UCBerkeley's Maksymilian Dąbkowski & @begusgasper on their new @glossa_oa paper "Complex diachronies of final nasalization in Austronesian and Dakota"!

https://t.co/6BWRtIVKeB

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Congrats to @UCBerkeley Prof. Amy Rose Deal, whose paper "Interaction, Satisfaction, and the PCC" has appeared in Linguistic Inquiry.

https://t.co/vN0jaWJhKk

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Congrats to @UCBerkeley PhD student Maksimilian Dąbkowski, whose paper "Rationale and Precautioning Clauses: Insights from A’ingae" (coauthored with Scott AnderBois) has appeared in Journal of Semantics.

https://t.co/9NJQIAvGOF

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Berkeley Prof. Darya Kavitskaya and alum Alan Yu have coedited a new book, "The Life Cycle of Language: Past, Present, and Future" (OUP), with many contributors from Berkeley Linguistics.

https://t.co/TZpJ2WchnX

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Researchers led by UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor @begusgasper uncovered elements of whale vocalizations that are “on many levels analogous to human vowels and diphthongs.” 🐳

Learn more at the link below⬇️

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Congratulations to @UCBerkeley Prof. Hannah Sande, recipient of the @LingSocAm 2024 Morris Halle Memorial Award for Faculty Excellence in Phonology!

https://t.co/aeJRoWXshj

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Congratulations to UC Berkeley's Katie Russell (@katier721), recipient of the Linguistic Society of America's 2024 Victoria Fromkin Memorial Prize for Student Excellence in Phonology!

https://t.co/aeJRoWXshj

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UC Berkeley linguist Y. R. Chao, born 131 years ago!

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“Chao qualified, in no uncertain terms, as a genius.”

— @believermag

Yuen Ren Chao, born #OTD in 1892:

🇨🇳 Was called China’s founder of modern linguistics

🐇 Translated “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” to Chinese, keeping the playful language

🐻 Was a @UCBerkeley professor

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8. Baichen Du, Alexandra Pfiffner, Keith Johnson, "The role of visible articulatory variation in the Mandarin sibilant contrast and merger"
9. Chelsea Tang, Sansan C. Hien, "STAMP morphs in Lobi: Morphological and Typological Implications"
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.#LSA2024 will feature nine panels, papers & posters with Berkeley presenters!
1. Shweta Akolkar (panelist), "Documenting Languages in the Urban Diaspora: Lessons from a New York Non-Profit"
2. Anna Björklund, "Automatic Intonational Contour Clustering in Patwin"
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6. Sif Voronova-Baker, Alexandra Pfiffner, " “She coughs like a man”: Acoustic cues to gender in non-speech sounds of transgender female voices"
7. Katherine Russell, "Morpheme-specific nasal harmony in Atchan"
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Calling future linguists!

UC Berkeley Linguistics is participating in the Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair from 10-11am on Oct 31. Learn about our department from Profs. Peter Jenks and Lev Michael. Register at the link below!

https://t.co/e8oRBstTd0