In a hilarious exploration of modern language and its consistencies - and inconsistencies - Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Timothy Pulju shows the "Uncanny Science of Linguistic Reconstruction" and raises a dead language right before our eyes....

Text of a notification email sent out the Dartmouth community on Monday March 2, 2026.

Dartmouth College Dept. of Linguistics Professor James Stanford is quoted in a recent article in the Boston Globe on the Boston accent.

Dartmouth Linguistics students, alumni, and professors who presented research this January at the Linguistic Society of America annual conference in New Orleans.

Professor Christiane Donahue and her co-editors received the award for "Best WAC Edited Collection" for The Thesis Writing Journeys of Bachelor's and Master's Students. The WAC awards are offered by the Association for Writing Across the curriculum and the WAC Clearinghouse. This award recognizes "an edited collection that makes an exceptional contribution to WAC scholarship."

Recently graduated Dartmouth Linguistics major Nina Sloan'24 has received a Fulbright grant for a term abroad in Norway where she plans to apply her linguistics skills to fieldwork.

She will pursue a master's degree in education, public policy, and equity in Glasgow.

Computer scientists and linguists build AI tech to strengthen endangered languages.

Watch a series of local TV interviews with Professor Jim Stanford and students on the Winter 2025 Dartmouth College Linguistics FSP in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands!

Linguistics Department Administrator Hope Rennie was recently recognized for her 15 years service at Dartmouth College.