Maria Polinsky Colloquium
Maria Polinsky
Harvard
Covert A-movement: Backward raising and beyond
Friday, May 2, 3:30 pm, Machmer W-26
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06:15 (2008-05-01)
May 1, 2008
Kie Zuraw Lecture
Kie Zuraw
UCLA
Natural and unnatural generalizations: early results from a Hungarian wug test
(Joint work with Bruce Hayes, Zsuzsa Londe, and Péter Siptár.)
Friday, May 2, 1:30 pm, in the Partee Room
Michael Becker Accepts Position at Reed College
Michael Becker has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Reed College. Congratulations, Michael!
Undergrad Linguistics Party
From Tea and Ginny:
There will be an undergrad linguistics party this Friday, May 2, 7:00 pm, in the South College Linguistics Lounge. There will be food (pizza, ice-cream, snacks) and games and possibly music. It's looking to be a pretty awesome time, so mark your calendars.
Also, people are encouraged to bring food/beverages. We will have some soda and snacks there, but that stuff goes fast. So if people could bring a bottle of soda or a bag of chips or whatever strikes your fancy, that would be a big help.
And finally, so that we know how much pizza to order, could everyone who is coming please RSVP either to the Ugrad Linguistics Club facebook group or to Tea.
Thanks guys and hope to see you there!
Anisa Schardl in Voces Feminae Concert
Anisa Schardl is in Voces Feminae, the Five College Early Music women's vocal ensemble. They are performing a collection of Jewish and Old Testament-inspired music on Saturday, May 3, at 4:00 pm. The concert will be in Sweeney Concert Hall, in Sage Hall in Smith College. It will be free and last under an hour. All are welcome!
Peggy Speas Tours the Southwest
Peggy Speas is presenting a keynote address entitled 'Someone Else's Language: Linguists and Language Revitalization' at the 15th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Language Conference in Flagstaff, AZ, on May 2.
On May 5, she is giving a colloquium on at the University of New Mexico on reported speech in Navajo.
Cherlon Ussery in Syntax Reading Group
This week's syntax reading group — the final one of the semester — will feature Cherlon Ussery reporting on some of her current research: 'Case and agreement as different components of the grammar'. The meeting is today (May 1), 8:00 pm, at Amy Rose's place. It is likely to also feature some manner of delectable refreshments. Abstract below.
[Thanks Annahita!]
Acquisition Lab
The Acquisition Lab assembled on April 28 to hear Meg Grant deliver 'Acquisition of perception verb small clauses and propositional complements'.
[Thanks Tom!]
Phonology Group
PhG met yesterday (April 30) to hear Emily Elfner and Wendell Kimper deliver a practice talk for WCCFL 27. Their talk is entitled Reduplication without RED: evidence from diddly-infixation.
[Thanks Kathryn!]
Chris Potts on the Markets
Chris Potts is quoted in the Times of Trenton article Dow is down! Watch your verbs! (April 26, 2008). According to the article, he is "The Spiderman of Linguistics".