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Memories of Summer in Oregon - check out the reel on Instagram!😉 www.instagram.com/reel/DNU_nSG...

We began organizing in the spring of 2024, and the Institute has truly been a team effort. Even though some couldn’t attend, our PhD students contributed from early on: Dakota Whisler worked on merch design and initial social media, and Nadia Clement designed the Institute poster 🤩

Here’s our last Interview Spotlight featuring Jurriaan Wiegertjes, a PhD student in the Surrey Morphology Group at the University of Surrey! ✨ Check out what he’s working on and hear about his experience at the Institute! (one more in the thread)

Hope you all made it home safe! 🤩 Saying goodbye was bittersweet, but we know this isn’t the end - we'll see again! Here’s are the last snapshots of the Institute: 👐 The Linguistics of Sign Languages – @cocchino.bsky.social & @ryanlepic.bsky.social 💻 Computational Semantic Typology – Terry Regier

Meet today’s Interview Spotlight: Miracle Oppong Peprah ✨ She’s a PhD student at INALCO and is affiliated with CNRS in France. Check out what she's working on and hear about her experience at the Institute! (more in the thread)

We had the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) last Thursday! 😎 Thanks to all our presenters and everyone who came to support them, and a big round of applause to our winners! 👏 1st Place: Jordan (JC) Crowley 2nd Place: Miracle Oppong Peprah 3rd Place: Ming Liu

And so our course @uoregon.bsky.social has come to an end. Thanks to all our wonderful students @lsa2025uo.bsky.social It's been fun to teach #HistoricalSociolinguistics with Mark Lauersdorf #NARNiHS, and we've been lucky to have such brilliant audience. Don't forget to Use All the Data!

✨ We were glad to host Marianne Mithun (Hale Professor | UCSB) for our last forum lecture on “From Prosody toward Explanation?” Thanks to everyone who came! #LSA2025 #linguistics

Today’s Interview Spotlight features Peter Nyhuis, a postdoc in the Surrey Morphology Group at the University of Surrey! ✨ Check out what he’s working on and his experience at the Institute!

Merch is on sale! 🤩 If you’ve been thinking about grabbing more, it's your last chance!

Come support our students presenting their insightful work at the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! 🥹 🗓️ Thursday, August 8 🕕 6–8 pm 📍 Straub 145

🎉 We had a wonderful poster session last Thursday! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and checked out the amazing presentations, and a big round of applause to our winners! 👏 1st Place: Wangqian Zhou 2nd Place: Jordan (JC) Crowley 3rd Place: John Prado (more in the thread!)

Come chat with Anna Marie Trester, a career linguist, about all the ways you can use a linguistics degree in academia and in industry ☕️ 📅 Aug 6, 1–2 pm 📍 Agate 100 (1787 Agate St) Anna Marie Trester: www.boisestate.edu/linguistics/... Career Linguist: careerlinguist.com/dr-anna-mari...

We had a fantastic Forum Lecture with Sonia Cristofaro (Collitz Professor | Sorbonne University)! ✨ She gave an insightful talk titled “What You See Is Not What You Get: The Diachronic Making of Implicational Universals” #LSA2025 #linguistics

Last Forum Lecture of the Institute! Join us this Wednesday (August 6) for the talk by Marianne Mithun (Hale Professor, UCSB). 👩‍🏫 “From Prosody toward Explanation?” 🕕 Aug 6th, 6–7 PM 📍 STB 156

One more week to go! 🥹 Hope you enjoy the last weekend! 🗣️ Information Structure in Interaction, Grammar, and Typology – Pavel Ozerov 🌍 Lexical Typology and Universals of Word Meaning – @thgeorgakopoulos.bsky.social & Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm 📖 Linguistics and Reading Reform – Mark Seidenberg

Today's Interview Spotlight features Fermín Moscoso del Prado Martín, who’s teaching "Information Theory Tools for Language Research" in both terms at the Institute!✨ (more in the thread!)

It’s not easy to stay energized after four weeks of the Institute - but classes are still going strong! 💪📚 📚 Historical Sociolinguistics – @linguistonbike.bsky.social & Mark Richard Lauersdorf 🧠 Neurolinguistic Methods – @rachelawiselure.bsky.social 👅 Tongue Movements and Phonology – Jeff Mielke

Today's Interview Spotlight features Sam Corbin (@samcorbin.bsky.social ), a Crossword Columnist at the New York Times! 😎 Check out her experience at the Institute!

Drop by Straub from 6 to 8pm to support your fellow linguists and check out the amazing research they’ve been working on!😎

Join us tomorrow (July 30, Wed) for the forum lecture by Sonia Cristofaro (Collitz Professor, Sorbonne University): "What You See Is Not What You Get: The Diachronic Making of Implicational Universals" 🕕 6:00 - 7:00 PM 📍 STB 156 #LSA2025 #linguistics

Today's Interview Spotlight features Tilly Brooks (@tildenebrooks.bsky.social), a PhD student at Stanford & JD at Yale! 😎 (more in the thread!)

Term 2 began yesterday, and here are some snapshots from ongoing both-term courses!✨ 🔍 Advanced Syntactic Typology – Jesús Olguín Martínez & Phillip G. Rogers 🌀 Iconicity in Language – @bodowinter.bsky.social 🌐 Modeling Linguistic Networks – @roryturnbull.bsky.social

First term of the Summer Institute @lsa2025uo.bsky.social has come to an end 🎓. We look forward to the second term now! Great to be co-teaching #HistoricalSociolinguistics with Mark Lauersdorf, on behalf of #NARNiHS. It's been really good fun!

🍻 Beverages for Linguists is happening this Friday, July 25! Join us at Falling Sky Brewery for a casual evening hangout 🍺 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 Falling Sky Brewery – 1334 Oak Alley, Eugene, OR 97401 💸 Self-funded (pay your own tab)

We had an engaging Forum Lecture with Kenny Smith @kennysmithed.bsky.social (University of Edinburgh)✨ He gave an insightful talk on “How Learning and Use Shape Evolving Linguistic Systems,” exploring how language evolves over time through learning and use.

This was my first time at an lsa summer institute. It was a lot of fun. Will go again

Term 1 came to a close yesterday, and we had to say goodbye to some wonderful folks 🥲 Here are some snapshots from Term 1–only classes! 🧠 Usage-Based Second Language Acquisition – Nick C. Ellis 🎙️ Language Production in the Lab and in the Wild – @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social

Just arrived in Eugene for Session 2 of the #LSA summer institute! The bar is set very high after an excellent first session, but I'm excited to contribute to another great run!

The Oregon Institute was an incredible experience. Do it again, Volya! #LSA2027

We’re interviewing instructors and attendees at the LSA Summer Institute! 🥹 Today’s spotlight features Adele E. Goldberg @adelegoldberg.bsky.social , who taught “A Constructionist Approach to Grammar” in Term 1. (more in the thread!) #LSA2025 #Linguistics

Got questions? Feel free to DM us or email to [email protected]! Can't wait to see you in Eugene 🫶🏻

Term 1 is almost over! It’s bittersweet to say goodbye to those heading out after Term 1 - but here are a few snapshots to remember the amazing moments we’ve shared!✨ 🌲A Constructionist Approach to Grammar – @adelegoldberg.bsky.social ⛰️The Trans-Himalayan/Sino-Tibetan Languages – Scott DeLancey

We had 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition yesterday, and here are the winners!🎉 🥇 1st: Cooper Bedin Perception and Queer Speech: Beyond the “Gay Accent” 🥈 2nd: Eve Fleisig Preventing Linguistic Harms of Language Models (more in the thread)

📢 Last Call: Sign up for the Term 2 Poster Session & 3MT by July 18! ✨ 🥇 1st – $150 🥈 2nd – $100 🥉 3rd – $50 Poster Session (July 31): bit.ly/4jWNMED 3MT (Aug 7): bit.ly/42SzMov #LSA2025 #Linguistics #3MT #Posterpresentation #UOregon

We had a wonderful Forum Lecture yesterday with Laura Michaelis @congramqueen.bsky.social (Fillmore Professor | University of Colorado Boulder)! She shared an engaging talk titled “Slouching Toward Idiomaticity: Fillmore’s Rough Idea”!🌻 #LSA2025 #Linguistics #LauraMichaelis #Fillmore #Idiomaticity

We had an incredible Forum Lecture last Sunday with Joan Bybee (University of New Mexico)! ✨ She gave a fascinating talk on Usage-Based Theory and Language Change. Thanks to everyone who joined talk #LSA2025 #Linguistics #ForumLecture #JoanBybee #LanguageChange #UsageBased

Come support our students presenting their meaningful work at the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! 🗓️ Thursday, July 16 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Straub 145 #LSA2025 #Linguistics #3MT #UOregon

Did you know Oregon is famous for its stunning nature? The whole state is packed with breathtaking landscapes, and Multnomah Falls is a must-see! ⛰️ For those coming to Eugene this summer, this iconic 620-foot (189m) waterfall is just a 2.5-hr drive away from Eugene—perfect for a weekend day trip

—perfect for a weekend day trip. More natural wonders will continue to be featured! ✨ 📸 Photos by the social media manager #LSA #LSA2025 #Linguistics #SummerSchool #SummerInstitute #Eugene #Oregon #MultnomahFalls

They're perfect for repping the Institute and surviving the summer in style! ☀️ Special thanks to our gorgeous models: Wesley, Alex, and Tamaya!

LSA 2025 Merch is for sale!🫶🏻 Come by STB 255 every day from 9 AM to 1 PM to grab yours! We’ve got: 👕 very Functional T-shirts in teal (blue-green) and olive (green-grey) – $15 👜 Tote bags – $15 ☕ Mugs – $10 🧦 PNW vibes socks – $20 (more photos in the thread!)

Registration Extended for virtual & hybrid workshops! 📅 July 8 – Term 1 & 5-week workshops 📅 July 20 – Term 2 workshops ✅ No late fee for virtual workshops! 🔗 View schedules (select "Offered virtually"): center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/pro... #LSA2025 #Linguistics #VirtualWorkshops

Great set-up for Laura Michaelis @congramqueen.bsky.social this evening at the LSA Summer Institute Forum Lecture @lsa2025uo.bsky.social 😍👏

Really enjoying teaching at the LSA Summer Institute in Eugene OR! ‪@lsa2025uo.bsky.social‬ center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/ Wonderful students! 🙌💯

Come support our students presenting their meaningful work at the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! 🗓️ Thursday, July 16 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Straub 145 #LSA2025 #Linguistics #3MT #UOregon

Snapshots from the LSA 2025 Summer Institute! Here’s a look into a few incredible courses this week ✨ 🌐 Linguistic Variation and Social Networks – Robin Dodsworth 🧒 Child Language Acquisition – Zara Harmon & @carorowland.bsky.social 🧠 The Relationship Between Language and Thought – Idan A. Blank

Looking forward to this talk. Can you be a lexicalist and still be a construction grammarian? I say yes. Here's how!

📢 Last Call: Sign up for the Term 2 Poster Session & 3MT by July 18! ✨ 🥇 1st – $150 🥈 2nd – $100 🥉 3rd – $50 Poster Session (July 31): bit.ly/4jWNMED 3MT (Aug 7): bit.ly/42SzMov #LSA2025 #Linguistics #3MT #Posterpresentation #UOregon