UCSB Linguistics

Linguistics Colloquium
Thursday, May 28, 2026
South Hall 3605 & via Zoom, 3:30-5 pm

Geocentric languages and the perception of the Earth’s magnetic field
Felicity Meakins, University of Queensland

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Linguistics Colloquium Thursday, May 28, 2026 South Hall 3605 & via Zoom, 3:30-5 pm Geocentric languages and the perception of the Earth’s magnetic field Felicity Meakins, University of Queensland

Linguistics Colloquium
Thursday, May 14, 2026
3:30-5 pm

South Hall (SH) 3605 & via Zoom: 

Learning to Talk about Emotions: Cognitive, Social, and Technological Factors in Children's Development of Emotion Language

Ashvini Varatharaj
UCSB

Linguistics Colloquium
Thurs 30 April 2026
SH 3605 & via Zoom, 3:30 pm PDT

Indigenous Amazonians vs. Facebook Algorithms: How Shipibo-Konibos Mediatize Community on Facebook
Jennifer Sierra
Wolf Humanities Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania 
President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB Linguistics Colloquium
Thursday 12 March 2026
SH 3605 + via Zoom

Commodified Inclusion: Trans Language and Platforms
Cedar Brown, UCSB

Linguistics Colloquium
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 3:30-5 pm
South Hall (SH) 3605 & via Zoom

Ellipsis in Heritage Languages
Rodrigo Ranero, UCLA

Linguistics Colloquium
Thurs Feb 5, 330 pm

Innovations in Tense, Aspect, and Mood in Kihunde (A Bantu Language from DRC)

Kyle Jerro
San Diego State University

Submission deadline 1/19!

4 days left!
WAIL abstract submission deadline has been extended to January 19th. Please submit your abstracts!
https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/53/

Linguistics Colloquium 
Thursday, 3:30 pm, October 30, 2025
via Zoom

Tone and stress in Carranza Tsotsil (Mayan)
Gilles Polian
CIESAS

UCSB's Marie Webb (English for Multilingual Students) is co-editor of "Radical Inclusivity: Critical Language Awareness in the Language and Writing Classroom" - book of the year for CLA in education! An amazing slate of teachers and authors, with practical activities and hands-on lessons provided by each contributor.