Linguistics in the News Archive
Prof. Sheila E. Blumstein, of Brown University, was recently awarded the Silver Medal in Speech Communication by the Acoustical Society of America.
Radio Free Asia reports that Abduweli Ayup, a Uyghur linguist and educator, has been released from detention in Xinjiang, China following an appeal.
Three leading linguists have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2014.
A new report released this morning by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences provides a comprehensive overview of linguistics programs across the United States.
The LSA has learned from "A Creole Solution for Haiti’s Woes", an op-ed by Michel DeGraff and Molly Ruggles, was rec
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee released a proposal to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by $8 million, a budget cut
This week, the United States Senate is debating the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill for the 2015 fiscal year, which sets funding levels for the National Science Foundation and other federal organizations important to the scientific community.
On Wednesday, May 21st, the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science and Technology Act of 2014 (H.R. 4186), or FIRST Act is scheduled to be voted on in the full Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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This morning, Paul Ryan called for the complete elimination of funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities in his FY 2015 budget resolution. The NEH provides critical support for linguistics research, including the Documenting Endangered Languages program, which is jointly funded
Last year, the House Budget Committee called for the complete elimination of funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in its budget resolution.
Linguists have recently won two major national research prizes in Germany and Norway.
Last night, Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-IN) introduced the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science and Technology Act of 2014 (H.R. 4186), or FIRST Act. The bill serves as reauthorization legislation for the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Section Z (Linguistics and Language Sciences) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is open to everyone with an interest in human language and how it works, including:
For each issue of Language, the LSA disseminates a news release highlighting research findings of particular note.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History received a $1 million grant from the Arcadia Fund to launch the first two years of a long-term project to digitize endangered-language materials currently housed in the museum’s National Anthropological Archives.
LSA member and linguist Joseph E. Aoun (Northeastern University President) has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
A newly-published report of the AAAS, delivered to the United Nations at a special conference on science and human rights, features the views of linguists and other scientists who participated in focus groups held over the past two years in a variety of setti