Linguistics and Philosophy

A unique reflection of MIT's Building 32, the Ray and Maria Stata Center

Scene at MIT: Reflections on Stata

June 29, 2016

“Children seem to interpret disjunction like conjunction,” observes MIT Linguistics Professor Danny Fox. However, Fox adds, although “it has been claimed children are very different from adults in the interpretation of logical words,” the study’s larger implication is almost the opposite — namely that “the child is [otherwise] identical to the adult, but there is a very small paramet...

Why children confuse simple words

Study: Kids have “and/or” problem despite sophisticated reasoning.

May 23, 2016

Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2016

Prestigious honor society announces 213 new members this year.

April 21, 2016

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016

MIT ranked within the top 5 globally for 19 of 42 subject areas.

April 8, 2016

“Why Only Us: Language and Evolution” (MIT Press), by Robert C. Berwick (top left) and Noam Chomsky (bottom left)

Code of the humans

New book by Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick explores how people acquired unique language skills.

March 1, 2016

Agustín Rayo, professor of philosophy, is the new associate dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Philosopher Agustín Rayo named associate dean of MIT-SHASS

MIT's "mathy philosopher" makes mind-blowing ideas accessible.

February 16, 2016

The SHASS Research Fund supports MIT research in the humanities, arts, or social sciences that shows promise of making an important contribution to the proposed area of activity.

Ten MIT-SHASS Research Fund recipients announced for 2016

January 25, 2016

“It started informally as my way of giving back to the MIT community,” says MIT junior Benjamin Chan. His daily chalkboard project welcomes students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the Stata Center.

Mind, hand, heart — and chalk

A daily art project conceived by MIT student Benjamin Chan welcomes students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the Stata Center.

January 13, 2016

“There’s no way we can solve anything if we’re not actually speaking to each other,” says senior Alyssa Napier, a chemistry major and linguistics minor.

Senior Alyssa Napier dedicates herself to improving MIT

Chemistry major works to address social justice issues.

December 1, 2015

Good thinking

MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya analyzes the sources of moral action.

November 13, 2015

"Kreyòl pale, kreyòl konprann," by artist cooperative Kalfou Richès, was a gift to the MIT-Haiti Initiative. The title translates to: “When Kreyòl is spoken, Kreyòl speakers understand.”

Haitian educators and MIT faculty develop Kreyòl-based teaching tools

Project led by linguist Michel DeGraff is revolutionizing education in Haiti, and serving as a model for similar projects around the world.

October 7, 2015

Shigeru Miyagawa, professor of linguistics and the Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture at MIT

Innovative humanities MOOC, “Visualizing Japan,” nominated for the Japan Prize

In a Q&A, course co-founder Professor Shigeru Miyagawa discusses his unique online course and its impact on digital education.

September 25, 2015

MIT ranked No. 1 in the world for 2015 by QS World University Rankings

QS ranks MIT the world's top university for 2015-16

Ranked No. 1 for the fourth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 36 disciplines.

September 17, 2015

Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS

Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.

September 16, 2015

Sabine Iatridou and Kai von Fintel, MIT professors of linguistics

Sabine Iatridou and Kai von Fintel named fellows of the Linguistics Society of America

Fellowship marks the highest honor in the field of linguistics.

August 27, 2015

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