BYU Linguistics

You will do well on your finals! We believe in you!

Are you walking in graduation this April? We want to hear from you! Follow the link to this form and be featured on the Linguistics Department social media!

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Faculty Publication Highlight! "Can Just Five Minutes a Day Make You a Better Writer?" James Hartshorn, Suzanne Rice, Norm Evans, and Grant Eckstein answer that in their publication.

To read more, follow this link: https://ling.byu.edu/can-just-five-minutes-a-day-make-you-a-better-writer

Happy Holy Week! In preparation for this coming Easter Sunday, the Church has released a Holy Week Study Experience, meant to help make the week more sacred and special. Please take a little time out of your busy schedules to make this truly a Holy Week.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/easter-plan?lang=eng

The Linguistics Student Society is hosting its annual devotional next Thursday, April 2nd between 11-12pm in B190 JFSB. The speaker will be Dr. Chris Rogers and the title of his devotional is "Wait, am I a disciple-scholar? Valuing the 'soprendative' inchoative." Refreshments will be served.

On April 10th at 6pm under the bleachers at LaVell Edwards Stadium, the BYU alumni are hosting the annual Grad Bash. It is free to attend for graduates, registration closes April 3. Scan the QR code to register.

On March 4, 2026, Dr. Lisa Morgan Johnson was interviewed on the City Cast Salt Lake podcast to talk about the New vs. Old Utah Accent. You can listen to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. It's always cool to see what kind of work our professors are doing outside of the classroom!

Follow this link to read more: https://ling.byu.edu/what-young-kids-think-about-english-accents-and-why-it-matters

The department recently held the 3 Minute Thesis competition, and our winners are Lauren Smith and Dani Woodstock! They will go on to compete at the college level. Congratulations to these incredible students!

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