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Esposito awarded tenure at Macalester!

Published: December 7, 2012

Christina Esposito (PhD ’06) has been awarded tenure at Macalester College (St. Paul, MN), effective January 11 2013. Following Macalester tradition, she was presented with a letter by the Provost, accompanied by a piper from the Macalester College Pipe Band. She will also receive UC academic regalia to equip her for a career of commencements. Congratulations…

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Category: General, Talks

Colloquium: Friday 12/07, Gabriela Caballero (UCSD)

Published: December 4, 2012

Gabriela Caballero (UCSD) will give a colloquium talk this Friday in Rolfe 3126, at 11 a.m. As always, a social hour will follow at 1 pm in Campbell 2122. The title of the talk is: Assessing perceptual functionality of Multiple Exponence in Choguita Rarámuri (joint work with Vsevolod Kapatsinski (University of Oregon)) Speaker: Gabriela Caballero…

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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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