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LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT ROUND-UP: 2022-2023

Welcome new and returning students! We hope that your summer was enriching and that you had a great first day of the school year. 

Brain scan from ORC research. Gray brain scan on black background with red markings on small brain areas towards the center.

Different Word Orders, Same Brain Areas

Linguistics PhD student Donald Dunagan has been comparing brain activity in speakers of English and Chinese.

Research team members

ELIC Workshops at the University of Rijeka and University of Pula

As part of the NSF-funded project “Endangered languages in contact in Istria and Kvarner, Croatia (ELIC)", Dr. Keith Langston (PI) and Dr. Zvjezdana Vrzić (NYU, Co-PI) led two workshops in Croatia at the University of Rijeka and University of Pula in June, assisted by Dr.

Dr. Chacón measures his brain data while viewing short sentences on a screen.

UGA Awards Linguistics Faculty Member with Seed Grant

This week, faculty member Dr. Dustin Chacón was awarded a Faculty Seed Grant from the University of Georgia’s Office of Research.

Photos of the three recipients of the outstanding teaching award

Congratulations to the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award winners

The Department of Linguistics is proud to announce the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award winners:

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