language
November 27, 2022
Genius at work
The MacArthur Foundation honors Yejin Choi, a professor who teaches human language to computers.
June 10, 2020
Language of the land
Southern Lushootseed, the language spoken for generations in the Puget Sound area, is being preserved and passed on to students, thanks to Tami Hohn’s work and the Department of American Indian Studies.
September 1, 2009
Tablets of mystery
An ancient mystery, a modern-day academic debate, and state-of-the-art computer science—these are the elements of recent research by Rajesh Rao, UW associate professor of computer science and engineering.
December 1, 2003
Keeping their words
The UW is helping to revive Native languages of the Pacific Northwest, thanks in part to a quirky professor's quest in the 1930s to preserve tribal legends and songs.
June 1, 2001
Professor's gift
Howard Nostrand, professor emeritus of Romance Languages and Literature, and his wife, Frances, are giving the UW $500,000 for an endowed professorship in the Department of Linguistics.
September 1, 1993
Baby talk
UW findings challenge traditional theories of speech development and indicate that experience shapes language perception far earlier than once thought.