Linguistics at BU enables students to study human language from various perspectives and consider the relationships between linguistics and other disciplines. Our academic programs offer training in linguistic theory and analysis and include a wide range of courses examining the biological, social, cultural, historical, and cognitive bases of language.
Professor Kate Lindsey will be teaching Phonological Typology at ALT-2026 (16th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology) in Lyon. Registration is now open! https://alt-2026.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en
BU Linguistics at SULA-TripleA conference in Vancouver (May 12-15): Two of our department's alumni will be presenting at SULA-TripleA this year https://blogs.ubc.ca/sulatriplea/program/: Yuhao Dai (former MA student at BU, now a PhD student at Georgetown): Two perfects in Lhasa Tibetan and the lack of cessation inferences of pa.ree https://sites.google.com/view/yuhao-dai/home Aidan Sharma and Jiayuan Chen (former […]
We'd like to congratulate our professor Kate Lindsey for being accepted as a fellow at the National Humanities Center for the 2026–2027 academic year! She will be working on her book, "A Speaker-Focused Grammar of Ende, A Language of Papua New Guinea." She is the first linguist to receive this fellowship since 1993!
That's a wrap on Giving Day 2026! Thank you so much to those who made donations this Giving Day. Because of your generous support, we were able to raise $2,060 for our students, surpassing our goal!! Your gift will help our students travel for conferences, conduct research, and share their discoveries with the world. Thank […]
Today is Giving Day! This year, our department's goal is to raise $2,000 for graduate student research and travel. Our students have requested approximately $13,000 in funding for research and conference travel this year, of which the department was only able to grant about $11,000. Rising costs for travel, accommodations, and conference registration mean that […]
Save the date for Giving Day: April 8, 2026! Since coming together as a department in 2018, BU Linguistics has grown into a vibrant and rapidly expanding research community—building new labs, welcoming outstanding students, and sharing innovative research with the world. Your support helps make these opportunities possible as contributions directly support: ✈️ Graduate student […]
Congrats to PhD student Rebecca Dufie Bonney who presented a paper titled "African Languages and the Expansion of Heritage Phonology Research" this past February in Los Angeles. She co-presented with Matthew Ajibade (Indiana University). You can read a summary of her paper below: This paper examines how African heritage languages, such as Yoruba and Akan, […]
Liza Sulkin and Chloe Guttmann presented at the Literatures & Linguistics Interdisciplinary Conference (LINC) at Florida State University. This year's conference theme was "Beyond Fracture". Both presented at the "Dialogues at a crossroads" panel.