Department of Linguistics

Students and professors show the diverse research, opportunities, and learning at the UW through this photoset.

Linguistics professor Emily Bender discusses the implications of potentially biased AI.

Linguistics lecturer, Kirby Conrad, discusses the usage of the singular pronoun "they."

Linguistics professor Emily Bender explores the challenges involved when computers handle human language, and the ethical issues that can arise.

Alumni Aaron Verzosa (BFA, 2009, Linguistics) and Amber Manuguid's (BFA, 2009, Digital Arts and Experimental Media) have opened a new Filipino restaurant, Archipelago.

Is there a Northwest accent? The Pacific Northwest English Study is about to begin a new, three-year research project listening to voices from throughout the region.

Learn more about how the UW's Sephardic Studies Program and the department of linguistics are collaborating to keep Ladino alive. 

“Historically, most collections of speech and language tend to be more male and white and middle class,” says UW Linguistics prof. Rachael Tatman.

For Martin Horst, with majors in French and linguistics, language is a bridge to other cultures.

Dept. of Linguistic's Alicia Wassink answers the Local Wonder question, "Why do so many people born and raised in this region pronounce the name of the state as 'Wershington'"?

Three A&S alumni recently opened Seattle's first cat café, which brings together two Northwest favorites: coffee and kitties.  

Got your attention? Turns out swear words provide unique insights into how language works.

Think we don't have an accent here in the Pacific Northwest? Think again. Scientists say we do, in fact, have an accent, though our native ears may not always pick up on it.

He's taught English in Russia and worked on messaging apps at Microsoft. Now Julian Chan ('07) is combining his two passions, language and technology.