The Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland combines current theoretical research in phonology, syntax, and semantics with state-of-the-art experimental research in language acquisition, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics.
Our top-ranked department plays a leading role in the largest and most integrated language science research community in North America.
News
- Maryland at SALT 22 in Chicago
- May 18-20, at Semantics and Linguistic Theory 22, Shevaun Lewis presents "The semantics and pragmatics of belief reports ...
- Kenshi at WAFL 8 in Stuttgart
- May 18-20 in Stuttgart, Kenshi Funakoshi presents "Backward control in external possession constructions in Japanese" at the 8th ...
- Brad Larson at FASL 21 in Indiana
- May 11-13 at Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics in Bloomington, Indiana, Brad Larson presents "Not-so-across-the-board-movement in Macedonian".
- Annie Gagliardi awarded Post-Doc Fellowship
- Congratulations to Annie Gagliardi, who has been awarded a Postdoc Fellowship from the NSF/NEH Documenting Endangered Languages Fund. ...
- Mayfest 2012!
- May 4-5, the department hosts Mayfest 2012, "The Role of Computational Models in Linguistic Theory". Mayfest is an ...
Recent publications
- A test of the relation between working-memory capacity and syntactic island effects. Jon Sprouse, Matt Wagers, Colin Phillips. Language.
- Height-Relative Determination of (Non-Root) Modal Flavor: Evidence from Hindi. Dave Kush. Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT).
- A single stage approach to learning phonological categories: Insights from Inuktitut. Brian W Dillion, Ewan Dunbar, William Idsardi. Cognitive Science.
- A Dilemma with Accounts of Right-node Raising. Bradley Larson. Linguistic Inquiry.
- Head Movement in the Bangla DP. Dustin Chacón. Journal of South Asian Linguistics.