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2014 Linguistics

September 22, 2014
Linguists receive $260,000 grant to study endangered Irish language
“Although we all have tongues, we are surprisingly bad at knowing precisely what they're doing or conveying that to others,” says UC Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Jaye Padgett...
September 11, 2014
Teaching computers the nuances of human conversation
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker wants to make spoken dialogue systems more responsive to the user.
April 11, 2014
President Obama nominates UCSC alumnus as NEH chair
President Obama announced today his intent to nominate UC Santa Cruz alumnus Dr. William “Bro” Adams as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.