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    The Department  of Linguistics combines theory-driven and empirically grounded language study with diverse, interdisciplinary research opportunities, encouraging graduate students from varied academic backgrounds to become active researchers early on.

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Sharese King

Congratulations to Sharese King!

Sunday, May 17, 2026
linguistics faculty
Professor Sharese King was cited in the article "Do We Judge People by the Way They Sound? How Accents Shape Our Lives" in The Guardian. Congratulatio...
Anastasia Giannakidou

Congratulations to Anastasia Giannakidou!

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
linguistics faculty publications semantics
Congratulations to Anastasia Giannakidou on the publication of Modal Sentences, with Alda Mari. Available through Cambridge University Press, please f...
Sharese King

Congratulations to Sharese King!

Sunday, December 14, 2025
linguistics faculty awards
Congratulations to Sharese King, who will be the recipient of the Linguistic Society of America's Early Career Award. https://linguistics.stanford.edu...
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Congratulations to Lenore Grenoble...

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
linguistics faculty
who is one of the recipients of this year's Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching! You can learn more about this award in the news...

Congratulations to Susan Gal, Lenore Grenoble, and Chris Kennedy!

Monday, February 24, 2025
linguistics faculty sociolinguistics
Hearty congratulations to Sue, Lenore, and Chris on receiving funding support from the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for their projects (...

Congratulations to Susan Gal and Lenore Grenoble!

Monday, January 27, 2025
linguistics sociolinguistics faculty fellowships
Hearty congratulations to Sue Gal and Lenore Grenoble who have been selected as faculty fellows with the Center for International Social Science Resea...
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Congratulations to Chris Kennedy...

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
linguistics faculty awards
who has been named one of winners of this year's Quantrell awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching! You can learn more about this award and Ch...
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Hearty congratulations to Diane!

Monday, April 22, 2024
linguistics faculty
Hearty congratulations to Diane, who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!  Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts ...
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Hearty congratulations to Anastasia Giannakidou!

Thursday, February 29, 2024
linguistics faculty
Hearty congratulations to Anastasia Giannakidou and the Hellenic Center, which she founded and directs, for securing significant support for the teach...
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Congratulations to Lenore!

Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Hearty congratulations are in order to Lenore, who was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship Award by the American Association of Teacher...

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