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The Department of LinguisticsPsychobabble returns with a talk by Jessica Rett, Nina Hyams and Lauren Winans. Speaker: Jessica Rett, Nina Hyams and Lauren Winans Date/Time: Tuesday, October 16, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2122K Title: The Effects of Syntax on the Acquisition of Evidentiality Contact: Nina Hyams
Read MoreNiki Foster will be presenting in the American Indian Seminar this week. Speaker: Niki Foster Date/Time: Tuesday, October 16, 1-2pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: TBA Contact: Pam Munro
Read MoreLab members will be discussing eye-tracking methodologies and the kinds of research questions eye-tracking can address. Speaker: – Date/Time: Monday, October 15, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2101K Title: – Contact: Megha Sundara
Read MoreGraduate student Marc Garellek has been awarded second place for his abstract, “Prominence vs. phrase-initial strengthening of voice quality,” to be presented at the LSA 2013 Annual Meeting in Boston. The award will be presented at a special ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, immediately preceding the Presidential Address. Congratulations Marc!
Read MoreAshley Feinsinger from UCLA Philosophy will be presenting this week in SynSem. Speaker: Ashley Feinsinger (UCLA Philosophy) Date/Time: Friday, October 12, 2-4pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: Existing, Innovative, and Impossible Words Contact: Hilda Koopman
Read MoreYu Tanaka will be presenting his recent paper given at GLOW in Asia IX in Phonology Seminar. This is joint work with fellow graduate student Jun Yashima. Speaker: Yu Tanaka (& Jun Yashima) Date/Time: Wednesday, October 10, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: Deliberate Markedness in Japanese hypocoristics Contact: Kie Zuraw
Read MoreNiki Foster will present in American Indian Seminar on Tuesday, October 9 Speaker: Niki Foster Date/Time: Tuesday, October 9, 1-2pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: TBA Contact: Pam Munro
Read MorePhonetics Seminar returns on 10/08 in 2101K Campbell Hall from 4pm – 6pm with a talk by Marc Garellek. Speaker: Marc Garellek Date/Time: Monday, October 8, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2101K Title: Perception of glottal stops in creak Contact: Megha Sundara
Read MoreRuss Schuh: UCLA alumnus Alhaji Maina Gimba visited the department from mid-May to mid-July 2012 for work with Russ Schuh on a dictionary of Bole, a West Chadic language spoken in northeastern Nigeria. Gimba and Russ collaborated with another UCLA alumnus, Paul Newman, for a week at the end of June (Paul is the author…
Read MoreTwo papers by department members were published in the August 2012 issue of the Journal of the Acoustic Society of America (JASA). Jason Bishop & Pat Keating, “Perception of pitch location within a speaker’s range: fundamental frequency, voice quality and speaker sex” Pat Keating and Grace Kuo, “Comparison of speaking fundamental frequency in English and…
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