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Syntax Seminar – Maddy Booth
Syntax Seminar – Maddy Booth
Maddy Booth: Possessives in San Cristóbal Lachirioag Zapotec In this talk, I will discuss construct state (CS) and free state (FS) possessives in San Cristóbal Lachirioag Zapotec (SCLZ). SCLZ is a previously undescribed VSO Zapotecan language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, in the Villa Alta district (Butler 1980). I will discuss Sichel's (2002) analysis of Hebrew...
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Phonology Seminar – Organization
Phonology Seminar – Organization
https://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.
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Syntax Seminar – Stefan Keine
Syntax Seminar – Stefan Keine
Stefan Keine on Hindi/Urdu crossover asymmetries ( joint work with Rajesh Bhatt) We investigate and analyze a crossover asymmetry in Hindi/Urdu scrambling: such scrambling is not subject to (secondary) weak crossover but at the same time shows clear (secondary) strong crossover effects. This asymmetry provides empirical evidence that the two types of crossover must be analytically...
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Phonology Seminar – Journal Club
Phonology Seminar – Journal Club
https://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...
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Colloquium with Kristen Syrett (Rutgers)
Colloquium with Kristen Syrett (Rutgers)
Zoom 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...
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Phonology Seminar – Open
Phonology Seminar – Open
https://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.
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Phonetics Seminar: Fernando Llanos (U of Texas, Austin), “Reopening the sensitive period in adult learners of lexical tones”
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...
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Phonology Seminar – Claire Moore-Cantwell
Phonology Seminar – Claire Moore-Cantwell
https://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.
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Colloquium with Iara Mantenuto (Grad Colloquium)
Colloquium with Iara Mantenuto (Grad Colloquium)
Expanding our Typology of Conjoined Comparatives(joint work with Margit Bowler (University of Manchester) & Octavio León Vázquez (CIESAS))Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95703088970?pwd=TENsT2EraFZTQXFvMG9xRTBtaXpQZz09Meeting ID: 957 0308 8970Passcode: 372159Please note: non-UCLA attendees should RSVP to linguist@humnet.ucla.edu in order to be admitted to the talk. AbstractConjoined comparatives have traditionally been described as involving two conjoined clauses, one containing the target comparison and the...
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AIS – Phonological Tidbits Fest
AIS – Phonological Tidbits Fest
Every quarter we have a Fest on some general topic. This quarter we will have a Phonological Tidbits Fest, with people sharing details of an interesting phonological phenomenon or problem (in any language)than they can talk about in 10-15 minutes. If you'd like to participate, please be one of the first four volunteers to email...
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Phonology Seminar – Noah Elkins: “Prominence over boundary in prefix stress resistance”
Phonology Seminar – Noah Elkins: “Prominence over boundary in prefix stress resistance”
https://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.
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Colloquium with Ryan Bochnak (UBC)
Colloquium with Ryan Bochnak (UBC)
Zoom link will be available one week before the talk. Emailthe Colloquium Committee at uclacolloquium@gmail.com to be added to thelistserv. For guest outside of UCLA, please submit anRSVPfor colloquiums you would like to attend.

