UNT Linguistics

From March 3rd-March 7th, the Department of Linguistics participated in an event called “Read Across America”.
Dr. Xian Zhang, Dr. William Salmon, and Katie Crowder read to classrooms within Denton ISD!

Reading “Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From” by Patrick Skipworth, they held discussions with the students on what linguistics is, where words come from, and answered questions from the students.
We were so happy to be a part of this event!

On April 22nd from 12:30 PM-1:30 PM (CST), join the College of Information in welcoming Dr. Robert Leonard as a virtual speaker at UNT!

Dr. Leonard will share his story of being recruited by the FBI BAU to Quantico after the success of his first murder case.

Please register for this virtual event at:

https://unt.zoom.us/meeting/register/866FyCSwQvSFEPVBmrWgzQ #/registration

See you there!

Want to know more about the Master of Science in Linguistics program at UNT? Join us on February 28th to meet the faculty, learn about the program, and the careers to explore within the field of Linguistics. See you then!

Join us this Friday, February 28th from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. India time (7:30 – 8:30 a.m. CST Texas Time) on Zoom.

Learn more and register at https://bit.ly/UNTMSLingS25

Congratulations to Professor Cukor-Avila, who was just awarded a Regents Professorship at UNT!! This is one of the highest honors that can be given a UNT faculty member, and we are extremely proud of Dr Cukor-Avila!

Happy Halloween from the Linguistics Department! 🎃🍁

The 16th Annual DFW Metroplex Linguistics Conference will be on November 1st at Matthew’s Hall 311 at UNT from 8:30AM-5:00PM!

For more information and registration, please check out our website link!

https://linguistics.unt.edu/dfwlingconf/index.html

LING Circle meeting last night with a great presentation by UNT Linguistics Grad-Track student, Carter Smith. Presentation entitled: “Neural Part-of-Speech Analysis of Old English and Old Saxon”.
The conclusion slide is below! Wonderful job, Carter!

On August 29th, 2024, Dr. Sadaf Munshi presented at the Poetry Evening event organized by the Intercultural Institute of Research (ICIR), hosted at the Texas Woman's University Blagg-Huey Library. The selected poems read were: Timetables, This is No Dream, Endless Pursuits, A Handful of Sky, and Woman.

The full poem "Timetables" is below!

Timetables

by Dr. Sadaf Munshi

Every morning we wake up

With a feeling of disgust —

Just another day

Of routines and rituals



Your diligence is awe-inspiring

I keep rolling — restless in my bed

As you calmly get ready

To set out for the usual business

Every day



And as you step out of that doorway

I turn my eyes to the windowpane

And entice the heavenly breeze

To play with my hair



Let me open my arms

To the warm embrace

Of the morning sun

Let me bathe in its crystal rays

And sanitize my sluggish body

Of its banal burdens

Of punctuality —



And when you retire

From your day’s work

To prepare for yet another one

I plan to wait and watch

For the star-studded night

To descend on earth

As the sleepy neighborhood

Rests senseless and silent

On its rugged foundations —



I sit in my armchair

And contemplate

On my losses and my gains



I cannot adapt to your timetable

You will not change yours for mine

Our worlds are miles apart

We meet only at the thresholds

To say Hi and Goodbye

Welcome back Eagles!! 🦅
On Friday, the Linguistic Department hosted their Graduate Student orientation, where faculty and students had the chance to interact and share about themselves and their current research interests.

On June 10-14, Dr. Frederik Hartmann and PhD candidate Kristy Phillips provided local high school students with an introduction to the field of computational linguistics. The main focus was on teaching the attendees the basics of programming in linguistics and about methods in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Follow us to keep up with the exciting events happening within the Department of Linguistics! 🦅☺️

It's not too late to enroll, check out this great course!

Upcoming LING courses for the undergraduates! Register today! ☀️🌴