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06:09 (2008-03-20)
March 20, 2008
Linguistics Career Event for Undergrads
On March 28, Deanna Moore (2005 UMass Amherst Linguistics MA) will talk about her work at National Evaluation Systems and how she uses linguistics in her job. The talk starts at 3:30 pm on South College 304.
Deanna, whose official job title is Content Developer, works with The National Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson. She develops teacher certification exams for foreign language teachers, including languages like Hmong. Deanna wrote to us saying: "I can't believe they pay me to do what I do. It's a job where I can incorporate all of my background in linguistics."
The talk will be followed by an informal discussion and will be accompanied by refreshments.
[Thanks Rajesh!]
Gennaro Chierchia UMass Amherst Graduate Alum Lecture
The UMass Amherst Graduate School is celebrating A Century of Scholarship (1908-2008) on Wednesday, April 9. One of the invited speakers is our own Gennaro Chierchia. Gennaro received his PhD from UMass Amherst Linguistics in 1984 with a now-classic dissertation Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of Infinitives and Gerunds. He is currently the Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics at Harvard.
Gennaro's talk is from 1:30-3:00 on Campus Center Room 904. The title is 'Logic and grammar: How language and reasoning shape each other'.
[Thanks Lisa S and Kathy!]
The Linguist List Grad School Challenge is On!
The Linguist List Grad School Challenge is on right now. In 2006, UMass Amherst finished in second place. In 2007, we were again #2. As of this writing, we are at #5, but the margins are close. Donate now to push us to # 1 this year! (Let's at least make sure we beat Stanford, who beat us out for the top spot in both 2006 and 2007.)
[Thanks Helen!]
UMass Amherst WCCFL 27 Acceptances
UMass Amherst Linguistics will be well-represented at the upcoming WCCFL 27, UCLA, May 16-18, 2008.
- Luis Alonso-Ovalle and Paula Menendez-Benito: Exceptional scope across islands
- Jesse Aron Harris: Interpreting raising and matching analyses of relative clauses: Two roads to Heim's ambiguity
- Wendell Kimper and Emily Elfner: Reduplication without RED: evidence from 'diddly'-infixation
Intonation Lunch on March 28
The Intonation Lunch group meets next on March 28, 12:15 pm, in the Partee Room. The discussion will be about the pitch contours of sentences with Right Node Raising in English.
[Thanks Lisa S!]