Linguistics

2020 election

True or false? What a UChicago linguist will look for during the presidential debates

Speech Bubble

How the way we talk both unites and divides us

Prof. Michael Silverstein

Michael Silverstein, groundbreaking anthropologist and linguist, 1945-2020

Eric Hamp

Eric P. Hamp, renowned linguist of lesser-known languages, 1920–2019

Emojis Bridged the Language Barrier Between Me and My Father

Emojis Bridged the Language Barrier Between Me and My Father


Vice

Paul W. Friedrich, anthropologist and linguist, 1927-2016

Emoji, -ism and Identity: The 2015 Words of the Year


Moving to low-poverty areas can affect children’s language, economic prospects

UChicago hosts ‘all-star team of linguistics’ at 2015 Linguistic Summer Institute

Rescuing endangered native languages


Susie Allen