Boston University's Department of Linguistics enables students to study human language from a variety of perspectives and to consider the relationships between linguistics and other disciplines. https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mlw7adl5vk24BU Linguistics at ACAL The University at Buffalo will host the 57th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 57) on May 21–23, 2026! We are proud to have several department members and alumni presenting. For the full schedule, see: https://sites.google.com/view/acal57/program?authuser=015 May 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw7adl5vk24https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mlu5pnjdh224Our department has had four PhD candidates pass their dissertation defenses! Andre Batchelder-Schwab: Topics in African Whistled Languages Liza Sulkin: Acoustic correlates of gender presentation and sexuality 1/215 May 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu5pnjdh224https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mlnzjlhdac2lThank you to everyone who helped make the Boston Morphology Workshop (BMW) a success! The BU Linguistics department was honored to host.12 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnzjlhdac2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mlnxzjcgus2lLast month, BU Professor Kate Lindsey presented at the CUNY Graduate Center with a colloquium called "Two Lies and a Truth: Uncovering the Facts about Chuvash Stress". Congrats!12 May 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxzjcgus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mkycv25lyk2yLast month, Professor Coppock was invited to the Princeton - Rutgers Semantics workshop to provide comments on Hans Kamp's paper! https://philosophy.princeton.edu/events/princeton-rutgers-semantics-workshop-003 May 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkycv25lyk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mklbtueo2s2vThis Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, BU Linguistics will be hosting the Boston Morphology Workshop! View the schedule and register on the website: https://sites.google.com/view/bostonmorphologyworkshop/28 Apr 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklbtueo2s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mkinnac7bs2nWe are proud to announce that four of our students won Boston University Center for the Humanities awards!! Undergraduate students: Noah Darby and Maclain Rockett https://www.bu.edu/humanities/opportunities/undergrads/student-awards/past-award-winners/ Graduate students: Jackson Kellogg and Liza Sulkin https://www.bu.edu/humanities/opportunities/graduate-opportunities/student-awards/graduate-student-awards-past-winners/ Congratulations to all!27 Apr 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkinnac7bs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mkin7hz2qk2nSungjun Kim, a Junior majoring in Linguistics and Computer Science, was accepted to the Emory Undergraduate Linguistics Conference (EULC7)! linguistics.emory.edu/news/eulc.html The conference took place in April and Sungjun's talk was entitled "Hangeul as a Computational Medium." Congrats! https://linguistics.emory.edu/news/eulc.html27 Apr 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkin7hz2qk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mjzpdowew22fProfessor Kate Lindsey will be teaching Phonological Typology at ALT-2026 (16th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology) in Lyon. Registration is now open! alt-2026.sciencesconf.org?lang=en&fbcl... https://alt-2026.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en&fbclid=IwY2xjawRUrY1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEepps7Bl8mwG5BHT7hiu8HuE4vGypJBFEtwN1zIhuUv7yEU3C8CnaFCT3JOcc_aem_y7d4ti_Qx9f7Cu9l1_apLQ21 Apr 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzpdowew22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mjzp2gplms2fTwo alumni and one professor will be presenting at SULA-TripleA this year! https://blogs.ubc.ca/sulatriplea/program/ - Yuhao Dai (former MA student at BU, now a PhD student at Georgetown) - Aidan Sharma and Jiayuan Chen (former MA student; now PhD student at Rutgers) - Prof. Elizabeth Coppock21 Apr 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzp2gplms2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mjkbvi3zv22eProfessor Kate Lindsey was accepted as a fellow at the National Humanities Center for the 2026-2027 academic year! She will be working on her book, "A Speaker-Focused Grammar of Ende, A Language of Papua New Guinea." She is the first linguist since 1993! https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/the-national-humanities-center-announces-2026-27-fellows/15 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkbvi3zv22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mj3afe6mhk2kThat's a wrap on Giving Day 2026! Thank you so much to those who made donations this Giving Day. Because of your generous support, we were able to raise $2,060 for our students, surpassing our goal!!09 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3afe6mhk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3miyjrtpr5s2iToday is Giving Day! We have currently raised $535! Thank you so much to all our donors so far. To close the gap, we still need your help! Visit our Giving Day page at https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department. We appreciate your support!08 Apr 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyjrtpr5s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3miwozn2g6224Save the date for Giving Day: April 8, 2026! https://give.bu.edu/.../arts-sciences/linguistics-department. Your support uplifts our students, such as Vasileios Michos, who was able to attend CoLang2024 with the support of the department. Watch the video below to hear his own testimony about the experience!07 Apr 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwozn2g6224https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3miwe4knhzk24Tomorrow is BU Giving Day! Visit our Giving Day page now to make an early donation, or save the link for tomorrow! https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department. We appreciate your support! @bualumni.bsky.social07 Apr 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwe4knhzk24https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mitrd5utac24Save the date for Giving Day: April 8, 2026! Visit our Giving Day page to donate early https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department. We appreciate your support!06 Apr 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitrd5utac24https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3miozrfjmgs2lGiving Day: April 8, 2026! https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department Our students ask fundamental questions about one of humanity's most remarkable abilities: language. They are already making an impact—presenting at conferences, conducting fieldwork, and running studies in our labs. @bualumni.bsky.social04 Apr 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3miozrfjmgs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mim7wysnkk2qSave the date for Giving Day: April 8, 2026! Visit our Giving Day page at https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department. We appreciate your support! @bualumni.bsky.social03 Apr 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim7wysnkk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mi2hnnt3i22vSave the date for Giving Day: April 8, 2026! Visit our Giving Day page at https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department. We appreciate your support! @bualumni.bsky.social27 Mar 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2hnnt3i22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mhy2s4rxgc2ySave the date for Giving Day: April 8, 2026! Our goal is to raise $2,000 for: ✈️ Graduate student conference travel 🌍 Fieldwork on languages around the world 🎓 Undergraduate research opportunities 🧠 Participants in student language research Visit our Giving Day page at https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/arts-sciences/linguistics-department26 Mar 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy2s4rxgc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mgspqruiw22rCongrats to PhD student Rebecca Dufie Bonney who presented a paper titled "African Languages and the Expansion of Heritage Phonology Research" at the Fifth International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages. She co-presented with Matthew Ajibade (Indiana University).11 Mar 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgspqruiw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mgs7kpgcqk2oLiza Sulkin and Chloe Guttmann presented at LINC last week as part of the "Beyond Fracture" conference!11 Mar 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs7kpgcqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mg3wv4px2c26Liza Sulkin and Chloe Guttmann will both be presenting on a panel at the Literatures & Linguistics Interdisciplinary Conference (LINC) this Thursday at Florida State University! You can catch them at the "Dialogues at a crossroads" panel at 2:00-3:20. mllgraduatestudentconference.wordpress.com https://mllgraduatestudentconference.wordpress.com/02 Mar 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3wv4px2c26https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mg3v4kev4226Professor Kate Lindsey will be teaching Phonological Typology at ALT-2026 (16th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology) in Lyon. Registration is now open at alt-2026.sciencesconf.org?lang=en! https://alt-2026.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en02 Mar 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3v4kev4226https://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mfl24j2pms2gProfessor Coppock recently presented at LangCog (Harvard University): Title: Unifying dependent-indefinite and independent-universal reduplicated numerals in Newar Newar is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Kathmandu Valley region of Nepal with a rich classifier system.24 Feb 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfl24j2pms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3meye5xwscs2fProfessor Neil Myler @ CRISSP CRISSP (Center for Research in Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology) is happy to announce another installment in the CRISSP Lecture Series: Title: Morphomes, look-ahead, and what to do about them: Illustrations from Romance https://www.crissp.be/events/the-myler-lectures/16 Feb 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3meye5xwscs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mbrpoodooc2vCOGEL (the committee for gender equity in linguistics) is an open committee of the LSA formed to track, promote, and ensure equity and inclusion. Their annual meeting is at the LSA on Friday 1/9 at 11:30 in the Balcony J room and on Zoom (https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/97234550527...). genderinlinguistics.org06 Jan 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrpoodooc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3mbrou3da722tWe are proud to announce the many students and professors in our department who will be participating in the 2026 LSA annual meeting! For the full schedule with times and locations, you can check out the official program on the LSA website. #lsa202606 Jan 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrou3da722thttps://bsky.app/profile/bulinguistics.bsky.social/post/3m5tjmtyrrc22Congrats to Professor Lindsey who recently published in Open Text Collections at Language Science Press! Available for download: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/541 Compiled by the Ende Language Committee, the texts represent a diverse set of authors, illustrators, and translators from the community.17 Nov 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:mwbhhmzza767fsozz6ldktld/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tjmtyrrc22