Events
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
Linguistics Open House
Come see your favorite faculty, catch up with old friends, see current student research, share your recent research or adventures, and swap stories about your time at Western!
Networking Workshop for Linguistics Students
Learn the basics of networking and take away concrete steps for growing your network
Code to Canopy
WWU Linguistics alum Neal Digre will talk about his unique career path after college. Pizza will be served. RSVP
Libations with a Linguist
Dr. Kristin Denham, Professor in Western’s Linguistics Department, will present "What do you know when you know a language? Revealing fan-f$*!ckin-tastic linguistic knowledge."
Two types of [NT]s in Panãra: Implications for the native speaker and scientific communities
A talk by Dr. Myriam Lapierre
Beyond the Degree
Linguistics students, faculty, and staff will discuss lots of possible next steps after your academic journey.
Career Explorations Workshop
Linguistics students and alumni are invited to our Career Explorations Workshop.
Linguistics Open House
Come join us for our Linguistics Department open house and undergraduate research celebration during Scholars Week 2024.
Libations with a Linguist
Dr. McNeel Gordon Jantzen, a Professor in Western's Linguistics Department, will present "How COVID Killed My Convo: The Effects of the COVID Pandemic on Conversational Behaviors"
Balancing Input and Imagination
A talk by Western Linguistics Alum Marten van Schijndel
Linguistics Graduate School Question and Answer Session
Thinking about grad school? Want to know more about the application process? Ginny Dawson and Kaden Holladay will be facilitating a linguistics graduate school question and answer session.
Linguistics Alumni Panel
Come and see the cool things our alumni are doing with their linguistics degrees.
Illuminating language processing by leveraging linguistic diversity
A talk by WWU LING alum Samantha Wray.
Building a Linguistic Time Machine
A talk by WWU alum Chris Carignan
It's not as if researchers can very well build a TIME MACHINE in order to visit the past and gather data about the interaction between a speaker and listener… or can we?
Research on the Acquisition of Spanish as a Heritage Language
A virtual talk by Western alum Dr. Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda
Aspects of school grammar in Norway
Visiting scholar Dr. Mari Nygård will discuss implicit and explicit grammatical competence among Norwegian students.
Linguistics for Language Revitalization
This talk explores the intersections of linguistics and language revitalization, drawing on the perspectives of stakeholders and practitioners in both fields.
Libations with a Linguist
Dr. Jordan Sandoval, an Assistant Professor in Western’s Linguistics Department, will present “tough, cough, through, bough: What a linguist has to say about why English spelling is so weird."
Linguists in Tech Career Panel and Q & A
Are you interested in how linguistics is utilized in tech fields? Come hear what it’s like to be an “industry linguist”!
How to Market Your Linguistics Degree
Applying for a job? Graduate school? Scholarships? Join us and learn how to market your LINGUISTICS education for the future of your dreams.
Libations with a Linguist
Dr. Virginia Dawson, an Associate Professor in Western’s Linguistics Department, will present “Did you really say that? What a linguist has to say about literal and non-literal meaning.”
Trans knowledges and gender-just pedagogies
Trans knowledges and gender-just pedagogies in the language classroom: More than language forms alone
Linguistics in Education Career Panel
Are you considering a career in education? Join us at our Linguistics in Education Career Panel.
To (use) be or not to (use) be: Non-Verbal Predication Strategies in Eastern Bantu
Featuring the research of Western alum Aron Finholt
Moving in the Salish world: investigating directional serial verbs in Hul’q’umi’num’
Featuring the research of Western alum Lauren Schneider
Language Attitudes of Speakers of a Critically Endangered Philippine Creole Spanish
Featuring the research of Western Washington University Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages Sheryl Bernardo-Hinesley
Talking about kin in Tiwa
Featuring the research of Western Washington University Assistant Professor of Linguistics Virginia Dawson.
Shaping conversation through gesture
Featuring the research of Schuyler Laparle of University of California – Berkeley.
Pragmatic Detachability of English Discourse Markers in San Diego Spanish
Featuring the research of Western Washington University Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages R. Mata