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 [...]

4/30: 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, [...]

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 [...]

This week: Julia Hirschberg and Trace Foundation lectures

This week is just packed with linguistics goodness: Julia Hirschberg will be speaking this Friday, 3/26, and there is a series of lectures at the Trace Foundation downtown, starting on Friday and continuing on Saturday. First, Professor Hirschberg’s lecture: Friday, 3/26 3pm Hamilton 709 Knowing When to Speak: Turn Management in Spoken Dialogue Systems Julia [...]

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 [...]

Michael Dreyfuss on Occitan

This Friday  (2/5) at 4pm in 709 Hamilton, we will have a presentation from Columbia alumnus, CLS founding member, and Fulbright scholar Michael Dreyfuss. He did research this past year in France on the Occitan language. “The Occitan language and its revival through bilingual primary school education” Michael Dreyfuss Friday Feb. 5 at 4pm in [...]

11/19: Paul Kockelman

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN MOVED. It will now take place in room 702 Hamilton Hall, at the same time (6pm on Thursday, 11/19). Harrison White and Corinne Kirchner, co-organizers of the “Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes” are pleased to announce: PAUL KOCKELMAN, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Barnard College, New York [...]

Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes

This month’s Workshop on Meaning will take place on Tuesday, September 22nd, from 4-6pm. John Mohr, Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara “Formal Methods, Structural Models & the Sociology of Culture” The new formalism in the sociology of culture builds on structural linguistics and semiotic theory; it uses relational methodologies to identify patterns in [...]

4/27: John Mohr – Formal Methods, Structural Models & the Sociology of Culture

Harrison White and Corinne Kirchner, co-organizers of the – Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes – are pleased to announce: John Mohr, PhD Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara Formal Methods, Structural Models & the Sociology of Culture The new formalism in the sociology of culture builds on structural linguistics and semiotic theory; it [...]