UHM Linguistics is thrilled to announce the launch of a new project to document and support Micronesian languages through training of UH undergraduate and graduate students and capacity building within members of the Micronesian diaspora community in Hawai’i. Supported by…
UHM linguistics alumni, Thomas Kettig and Jonny Kim, presented at LabPhon19 in Seoul, South Korea from June 26 - 29, 2024. Here they are pictured with current student Carolyn Siegman and alumn Sejung Yang. Thomas and Jonny’s presentations were: Thomas…
Join us in congratulating UHM linguistics PhD candidate Anu Reddy for being awarded the Jagdish P. Sharma Memorial Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year. Congratulations, Anu!
Alumni, faculty, and graduate students from UHM linguistics presented at the 25th Sociolinguistics Symposium in Perth, Australia, June 24 - 27, 2024. Caroline Hendy (MA, 2021) and current PhD candidate Emma Breslow presented lexical sociolinguistic research on Jewish English in…
Linguistics faculty member Andrew Cheng has had a new article published online in Asia-Pacific Language Variation entitled: "Variation in Asian and Pacific Islander North American English: What the patterns of scholarship demonstrate about race in sociolinguistics." Be sure to check…
UH Mānoa had a strong presence at the 16th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, held June 20-24 2024 in Manila, Philippines. Linguistics faculty, current students, and alumni presented papers and participated in panels at the conference. Their presentations were: Orlyn…
Dr. Andrew Cheng was interviewed recently for the Grammar Girl podcast to chat about language, linguistics, and movies. The podcast is also available on YouTube. Congratulations Andrew!
Benny Delpada, close collaborator of UHM alumnus Andel Blake (PhD 2024), has just received the Linguistic Society of America Community Linguist Award. Benny is a linguist who has contributed substantially to the documentation and maintenance of his own Abui language…
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa invites applications from students interested in pursuing a fully-funded Ph.D. program, to begin Fall 2025, working with the NSF-funded project, Documenting endangered languages through training and capacity building among…
Linguists Dr. Emanuel Drechsel and Dr. Teresa Makuakāne-Drechsel, who have been ardent and enthusiastic supporters of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, were recently celebrated in an article by the UH Foundation, which describes their generous gifts that honor their family and Hawaiian culture.…