Joan Mascaro Colloquium
Joan Mascaró
Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona
Phonological and morphological effects of asymmetrical DP concord
Friday, February 29, 3:30 pm, Machmer W-26
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06:06 (2008-02-28)
February 28, 2008
Joan Mascaro Guest Lecture
In addition to his colloquium, Joan Mascaró will also guest lecture in John McCarthy's Ling 606 on Friday, 11:15, Hasbrouck 106. He will talk about stress-dependent harmony systems. He will motivate an alternative to Walker's (2005) weak trigger theory in NLLT, examining her cases and other systems of metaphony (as this phenomenon is known).
[Thanks John M!]
Undergrad Mentees Meet Mentors Pizza Event
We're holding a completely informal, pizza-fueled "Meet your Faculty Mentor" event on Wednesday, March 5, starting at 5:30 pm in the department lounge (South College, Third Floor). This is a chance for undergrads to meet their new faculty mentors as well as other linguistics majors.
[Thanks Rajesh!]
Undergrad Linguistics Club Meeting
The Undergrad Linguistics Club meets next on Monday, March 3, 7:00 pm, at the Blue Wall. There will again be talk of linguistics, and there will again be snacks.
[Thanks Ginny and Tea!]
Andrew McKenzie at CLS 44
Andrew McKenzie's paper 'Kiowa switch-reference and variable-based contextual restriction' was accepted for presentation at CLS 44, University of Chicago, April 24-26, 2008.
UMass Amherst Linguists Converge on University of Michigan Philosophy
Thony Gillies is hosting a series of mini-workshops this semester, at the University of Michigan. Kai von Fintel (1994 UMass Amherst Linguistics PhD) is the invited speaker this Wednesday, March 5, and the two commentators are Craige Roberts (1987 UMass Amherst PhD) and Chris Potts. Kai will be talking about the work he and Thony have been doing on epistemic modals and evidentiality.
Tom Roeper in the New York Times
Tom Roeper features in this New York Times piece on child language:
Baby-Talk Show (New York Times, Feb 24, 2008)
[Thanks Angelika!]
Neopets and George Bernard Shaw
Helen Stickney submitted this little piece of probably-(non)accidental typographic convergence from the world of Neopets. Anne-Michelle Tessier writes, "Team Spelling Nerds 1, Team Pronounceable Name 0."
[Thanks Helen!]
Update from John Kingston: I can't believe that "ghoti" is an accident. It seems statistically improbable that this collection of letters would be obtained randomly as the name for a fish.