American Sign Language
Courses Offered:
American Sign Language I, II, III
Linguistics Workshops
Linguistics workshops in the Advanced Studies Workshops offer focused opportunities to engage with specialized topics, methods, and emerging research in the field. These sessions bring together scholars and students for in-depth discussion, collaborative learning, and the exchange of new ideas.
Linguistics Conferences
Linguistics conferences bring together scholars, students, and practitioners to share research, exchange ideas, and explore current questions in language study. These events foster collaboration, professional connection, and lively discussion across the field.
Past Linguistics Colloquia
Linguistics Colloquia
The Department of Linguistics Colloquia showcases engaging talks by leading scholars, emerging researchers, and invited guests whose work spans the many subfields of linguistics. These events provide a welcoming forum for the exchange of ideas, the presentation of current research, and thoughtful discussion on language, theory, and methodology. We invite students, faculty, and members of the broader community to join us in exploring new perspectives in the study of language.
Chicago Linguistic Society
The Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS) is the oldest student-run linguistics organization in the United States. Our linguistics conference has been held almost every year since 1965.
Events
Join us for upcoming Department of Linguistics events that bring together students, faculty, researchers, and the wider community to explore language in all its forms. From guest lectures and research talks to workshops and conferences, our events highlight the diversity, creativity, and global impact of linguistic study. We invite you to connect, learn, and engage with the ideas shaping the field today.
News
The Linguistica Project
Linguistica is a program designed to explore the unsupervised learning of natural language, with primary focus on morphology (word-structure). It runs under Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and is written in C++ within the Qt development framework. Its demands on memory depend on the size of the corpus analyzed.
Research Groups and Labs
The Karen Landahl Center for Linguistics Research offers state-of-the-art facilities that provide a convenient meeting place for faculty, students and research associates interested in the nature of language. Housed in the Social Sciences Research Building at the University of Chicago, the Landahl Center is home to the following research and teaching laboratories: