Upcoming Talks

We have two really exciting talks coming up to close the semester, come have cookies and share interesting ideas with great professors! Names and Predicates With Delia Fara, department of philosophy, Princeton TODAY, Friday December 9th, from 4-5:30 Hamilton 709 Tyler Burge convinced us that names are predicates in at least some of their occurrences: [...]

Chris Barker on actions as semantic objects

Join us this Friday, September 23, from 3:40-5:40PM in Hamilton 717 for our first speaker of the year! Chris Barker, professor of linguistics at NYU, will be speaking on the pros and cons of viewing actions as semantic objects, as informed by the computational, logical and linguistic literatures. Abstract: On ontologically parsimonious approaches (Portner, Schwager), [...]

Events!

Linguistics Potluck Saturday, October 16th at 7:30pm in Hogan 6D This should be a really cool potluck- the idea is that you bring a dish reflective of the culture whose language you study (let’s interpret that loosely and not get into a Whorfian/language-identity-culture/colonialism debate). Desserts, main courses, salads, whatever you like. Homemade or store-bought (if [...]

4/29: Language and Cognition Seminar

Language and Cognition University Seminar #681 Meeting of April 29, 2010 “The relation(s) between linguistics and neurobiology” David Poeppel Department of Psychology and Neural Science New York University The enthusiasm for neurobiological research into the basis of language suggests that progress is being made regarding our understanding of how the brain computes with linguistic representations. [...]

4/30: Oscar Lee Symposium

Also on Friday the 30th: OSCAR LEE SYMPOSIUM OF UNDERGRADUATE EAST ASIAN STUDIES: A half-day conference featuring undergraduate research and discussion on East Asia Friday, April 30 1-4 PM KENT 403 PANELS: 1:15 PM – (Mis)Communication: Media and Audience in Japan and China Mia Lewis, “”Painting Worlds with Word: Ateji in CLAMP’s Manga” Sayuri Shimoda, “Thought Control [...]

4/30: William Labov

Dr. William Labov, widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics, is coming to speak this Friday, April 30th! He has been described as “an enormously original and influential figure who has created much of the methodology” of sociolinguistics. “Formation of Consensus in the Speech Community” William Labov, PhD Professor of Linguistics, [...]

TOMORROW: Robert Remez

“I would know that voice anywhere!” – Robert Remez on phonetic sensitivity TOMORROW Monday, April 19, 2010, 4pm, 709 Hamilton Robert Remez, professor of psychology, joined the faculty of Barnard in 1980. His teaching focuses on the relationships among perception, cognition and language. Since 1985, Professor Remez’s research has been supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other [...]

This week: Ann Senghas on Nicaraguan Sign Language

“Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes” co-organizers Harrison White and Corinne Kirchner are pleased to announce: Ann Senghas, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Barnard College, New York “Social Scaffolding for Language Genesis: Why Nicaraguan Sign Language Emerged When, Where and How it Did” *** Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs – Room [...]

Overview

Dear linguists, Here’s wishing you a delightful spring break, wherever you’re going (or staying)! For your reading pleasure, here’s an overview of upcoming events: March 26-27: The Trace Foundation: “Minority Languages in Today’s Global Society: Perspectives on Language Standardization.” The lecture will focus on Tibetan, Kurdish, and Hungarian. March 26: Professor Julia Hirschberg, Computer Science [...]

3/31: Ann Senghas on Nicaraguan Sign Language

Co-organizers Harrison White and Corinne Kirchner are pleased to announce the latest Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes. Ann Senghas, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Barnard College, New York: “Social Scaffolding for Language Genesis: Why Nicaraguan Sign Language Emerged When, Where and How it Did” *** Nicaraguan sign language was spontaneously developed by deaf children [...]