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Category: Alumni, Faculty, General

Memorial Service: Robert Stockwell – Friday, Dec.7, Royce 314

Published: December 3, 2012

Dear Friends, There will be a Memorial Service for Professor Robert Stockwell, the founder of the UCLA Linguistics Department, on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.  It will be held in Royce 314, from 4:00-6:00 pm. Please mark your calendars. Details can be found here: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/talksaevents/news/239-professor-robert-stockwell-memorial-service.html

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Category: General, Graduate Students

Psychobabble 12/05 – Robyn Orfitelli

Published: December 3, 2012

Robyn Orfitelli will be presenting in Psychobabble this week. Speaker: Robyn Orfitelli Date/Time: Tuesday, December 5, 4-6pm Location: Campbell 2122K Title: (Lack of) Transfer in L2 English; Implications for Comprehension Methodologies Contact: Nina Hyams

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Category: Faculty, General

Math Ling Seminar 12/03 – Ed Keenan

Published: December 3, 2012

Ed Keenan will give us a special Math Seminar next Monday, December 3rd at 4pm in Bunche 2150. His talk is entitled: Individuals Explained Away.  All are welcome! Speaker: Ed Keenan Date/Time: Monday, December 3rd, 4-6pm Location: Bunche 2150 Title: Individuals Explained Away Contact: Ed Stabler Abstract: We motivate linguistically an extensional type theory for…

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Category: Alumni, Faculty, General

In Memoriam: Paul Schachter

Published: December 3, 2012

A message from Department Chair, Anoop Mahajan: Dear Faculty, Grad Students and Ling Staff, I am sad to inform you that Paul Schachter passed away on Monday.  I just had a brief conversation with his step daughter and she told me that he passed away unexpectedly though peacefully. Grad students and relatively new faculty –…

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Category: General, Graduate Students

SynSem 11/30 – Laura Kalin

Published: November 28, 2012

Laura Kalin will be speaking in Syntax & Semantics Seminar this Friday. Her talk is entitled: Two Last Resort Phenomena in Senaya (Neo-Aramaic). The abstract can be found below. Speaker: Laura Kalin Date/Time: Friday, November 30, 2-4pm Location: Campbell 2122 Title: Two Last Resort Phenomena in Senaya (Neo-Aramaic) Contact: Hilda Koopman Abstract: In this talk,…

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Category: General

Colloquium: Friday 11/30, Dan Swingley (UPenn)

Published: November 27, 2012

Daniel Swingley will be delivering the department colloquium this Friday, November 30. Lunch follows in Campbell 2122. His talk is titled: Phonetic learning and phonological interpretation. Speaker: Dan Swingley (UPenn) Title: Phonetic learning and phonological interpretation Location: Rolfe 3126 Time: Friday, November 30, 11-1pm Contact: Anoop Mahajan Abstract: What do infants learn when they begin…

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