Archive: News
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Dr. Brandon Waldon and His Team File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Gun Regulation Case
Dr. Brandon Waldon, along with scholars from Georgetown, Brandeis, and Stanford, has filed an amicus brief for an upcoming Supreme Court case on gun regulation. The case focuses…
September 10, 2024
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Linguistics Doctoral Student Received ACTFL Birkmaier Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rima Elabdali for receiving the 2024 ACTFL Birkmaier Award for her dissertation titled Negotiating Belonging and Securitization…
September 5, 2024
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Department Newsletter 2024
Chair’s Message Dear Students, Colleagues, Alumni, and Friends, As we look forward to the new year, I’m very happy to share our inaugural 2024 Newsletter showcasing some of…
September 2, 2024
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Linguistics Doctoral Student Awarded Best Student Paper at NCA2023
Congratulations to Hannah Fedder Williams, PhD student in Sociolinguistics, for receiving the Best Student Paper Award at the 2023 National Communication Association Conference !…
November 13, 2023
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Linguistics Dept. awarded $300,000 by U.S. Dept. of Education for researching language outcomes in intensive language study programs
Three Linguistics faculty members are leading a 3-year project to research language outcomes of Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) program participants. Read the full press…
November 6, 2023
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Linguistics Doctoral Student Awarded TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant
Linguistics doctoral student Negar Siyari has been awarded a coveted TIRF doctoral dissertation grant for the completion of her dissertation titled From Displacement to…
November 6, 2023
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KOPIKON
Are you fascinated by constructed languages like Dothraki and Valyrian (Game of Thrones), Klingon (Star Trek), and Na’vi (Avatar)? The Georgetown Linguistics Department is…
August 29, 2023
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Prof. Cynthia Gordon Explains the Linguistic Phenomenon Behind Taylor Swift’s Superstardom
July 7, 2023 Posted in News Story With over 266 million followers on Instagram, Taylor Swift has amassed a loyal fan base of so-called Swifties devoted to every word…
August 24, 2023
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Georgetown Linguist Awarded NEH Grant for Digital Coptic Project
June 8, 2023 Posted in News Story | Tagged Grants, Linguistics, Research Amir Zeldes has been awarded a grant of nearly $350,000 from&…
June 26, 2023
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Prof. Nathan Schneider receives NSF Career award to develop algorithms for analyzing metalinguistic text
December 19, 2022 College of Arts & Sciences Professor Awarded Grant for Algorithmic Metalinguistic Analysis Posted in News Story | Tagged …
January 12, 2023