News

March 10, 2019
A memorial service is to be held to celebrate the life and memory of Stanley Insler (1937-2019), Edward E. Salisbury Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology...
March 9, 2019
Historical Linguist Claire Bowern was one of the contributing experts on WNYC’s postcast RadioLab, in their “Asking for a Friend” segment. She, along with Wilbur Cross...
March 1, 2019
2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the publication of the article by Nikolaus Himmelmann, which introduced the distinction between “language documentation” and “language...
Samuel Andersson
February 1, 2019
Graduate student Samuel Andersson has published a paper in Glossa titled “(*)ABA in Germanic verbs”.
Matt Tyler
January 30, 2019
PhD student Matthew Tyler has published a paper on the syntax-prosody interface in the journal Glossa.
January 28, 2019
This year again, for the 6th consecutive year, the Linguistics Department has invited middle and high school students to hone their analytical skills while working on...
January 14, 2019
Yale Linguistics welcomes three new members to the Department this semester. Welcome to all!