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The Department of LinguisticsFrom Pam Munro: WH Question Fest. Please bring in an interesting tidbit about any aspect of WHQ in any language. Bring a handout and plan to talk for 5-15 minutes (depending on how many others want to present). Of course, if you dont’ have anything to present, please come anyway…but I know most of you…
Read MoreThe annual Boston University Conference on Language Development will take place this weekend in Boston. UCLA faculty and graduate students will be presenting two talks there. Jessica Rett, Nina Hyams & Lauren Winans, The effects of syntax on the acquisition of evidentiality Jamie White & Megha Sundara, Infant biases in the learning of phonological alternations
Read MoreGraduate student Jamie White will be one of two students receiving the Society for Language Development Student Award, sponsored by the Cognitive Science Society. This award was presented today at the annual Society for Language Development Symposium (taking place in conjunction with BUCLD) today. Congratulations Jamie!
Read MoreGraduate student Marc Garellek is a co-author, together with Zhaoyan Zhang, Jody Kreiman and Bruce Gerratt from the UCLA Department of Head & Neck Surgery, on a paper that was accepted in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Z. Zhang, J. Kreiman, B. R. Gerratt, & M. Garellek. (To appear). Acoustic and perceptual effects…
Read MoreOur founding chair, Robert Stockwell, passed away October 28, 2012, following a long illness. Bob was born June 12, 1925, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was educated at the University of Virginia, where he received a B.A. in English and Greek in 1946, an M.A. in English in 1949, and a Ph.D. in English Philology…
Read MoreMartin Walkow will be presenting in Syntax and Semantics Seminar this week. His talk is entitled: Variation and Repair in Person-based restrictions on Cliticization. All welcome! Speaker: Martin Walkow Date/Time: Friday, November 2, 2-4pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: Variation and Repair in Person-based restrictions on Cliticization Contact: Hilda Koopman
Read MoreSharon Rose will be delivering the first department colloquium of the year this Friday, November 2. Lunch follows in Campbell 2122. Her talk is titled: The Syntax And Prosody Of Moro Questions. Speaker: Sharon Rose (UCSD) Title: The Syntax And Prosody Of Moro Questions Location: Rolfe 3126 Time: Friday, November 2, 11-1pm Contact: Anoop Mahajan Abstract: The…
Read MoreVisitor Shigeko Shinohara and graduate student Yu Tanaka will be presenting ongoing work on White Hmong in Phonology seminar this week. Speaker: Shigeko Shinohara (Sophia University, Japan) and Yu Tanaka Date/Time: Wednesday, October 31, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: Coda Adaptation By The Codaless Tone Language White Hmong: Experimental Results Contact: Kie Zuraw
Read MoreVisitor Karen Dakin from Universidad Autonoma De Mexico will be presenting in American Indian Seminar this week. Speaker: Karen Dakin Date/Time: Tuesday, October 30, 1-2pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: TBA Contact: Pam Munro
Read MoreJamie White will be presenting in Phonetics Seminar this week. His talk is entitled “Infant Biases In The Learning Of Phonological Alternations.” This is a practice talk for the upcoming BUCLD. Speaker: Jamie White Date/Time: Monday, October 29, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2101K Title: Infant Biases In The Learning Of Phonological Alternations Contact: Megha Sundara
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