Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event
The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.
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Linguistics, the systematic study of human language, lies at the crossroads of the humanities and the social sciences, drawing on a special combination of intuition and rigor that the analysis of language demands.
Linguistics News
AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language 
A Cornell-led research team has developed an artificial intelligence-powered ring equipped with micro-sonar technology that can continuously and in real time track fingerspelling in American Sign Language.
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Jing Gao, Ph.D. '24, Accepts Special Associate Research Fellow Position at the South China Normal University
Jing Gao, Ph.D. '24, Accepts Special Associate Research Fellow Position at the South China Normal University
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AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language
A Cornell-led research team, with help from Linguistics graduate student Jane Lu, has developed an artificial intelligence-powered ring equipped with micro-sonar technology that can continuously and in real time track fingerspelling in American Sign Language (ASL).
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Jasmim Drigo, Ph.D. ’24, Accepts Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the University of Galway
Jasmim Drigo, Ph.D. ’24, Accepts Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the University of Galway
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University Lecture examines ‘The Narrative Brain’
Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.
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19th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (CULC 19)
Cornell University's undergraduate linguistics association, The UnderLings, presents its nineteenth annual undergraduate research colloquium.
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Call for Papers: JK32
The JK32 organizing committee is pleased to invite abstracts for submission to the 32nd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference to be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, on June 13 – 15, 2025.
Read moreLinguistics Events
Mar
26
Wednesday
04:30 PM
American Sign Language Conversation Hour
Stimson Hall
G25
Mar
27
Thursday
04:30 PM
Linguistics Colloquium Speaker: Helena Aparicio
Morrill Hall
106
Apr
09
Wednesday
04:30 PM
American Sign Language Conversation Hour
Stimson Hall
G25
Apr
10
Thursday
04:30 PM
Linguistics Colloquium Speaker: Donka Farkas
Morrill Hall
106
Apr
16
Wednesday
04:30 PM
American Sign Language Conversation Hour
Stimson Hall
G25
Apr
22
Tuesday
04:30 PM
ASL Lecture Series: Willy Conley
Morrill Hall
106
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Language & the Law - LING 2223
Discover how language impacts the theory and practice of law. Topics include: origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism and language rights. This course also introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, which explicate a wide range of legal matters where both spoken and written language come to fore.
1946
The year the department was founded
7117
Number of distinct languages spoken throughout the world
205
Endangered languages spoken in the United States