Phonology Seminar – Journal Club
Zoomhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/93456634479?pwd=eVBJTzRiWHczeFpnOFZBeTA3WVNkdz09 Meeting ID: 934 5663 4479 Passcode: 405973 Please contact Claire Moore-Cantwell (moore-cantwell@humnet.ucla.edu)if you are interested in giving a seminar. Pick a paper and prepare a one-page handout, which you should be able to deliver in less than seven minutes. Please also consult (and augment) this Google Doc so we don’t cover the same paper...
Colloquium with Kristen Syrett (Rutgers)
ZoomZoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98929850267?pwd=Y3hUdi9RSG5ITG9UT0ZGRUFReU5hdz09Meeting ID: 989 2985 0267 Passcode: colloquium Abstract: Making comparisons and interpreting comparatives in child language Rutgers University – New BrunswickFor many years now, researchers in language and cognitive development have been plagued by children’s divergent non-adult-like productions of comparative constructions, and their apparent inability to properly interpret even the most basic of comparatives (although researchers have also...
Syntax Seminar – Journal Club
ZoomTopic TBA
Phonology Seminar – Open
Zoomhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/93456634479?pwd=eVBJTzRiWHczeFpnOFZBeTA3WVNkdz09 Meeting ID: 934 5663 4479 Passcode: 405973 Please contact Claire Moore–Cantwell (moore–cantwell@humnet.ucla.edu)if you are interested in giving a seminar.
Phonetics Seminar: Fernando Llanos (U of Texas, Austin), “Reopening the sensitive period in adult learners of lexical tones”
Abstract: Humans are excellent learners. Yet, a notable and well-documented exception is the acquisition of non-native speech categories by adults. Speech category learning is supported by multiple systems and, as we learn more about these systems, it is becoming possible to improve perceptual behavior in adult learners. In this talk, which reflects on my postdoctoral...