This year's meeting of the World Conference of African Linguistics (WOCAL) starts tomorrow in Rabat, Morocco, and features talks by two Berkeley graduate students:
Tessa Scott: "Obligatory Resumption in Swahili"
Karee Garvin: "Direct Object Placement in Nafaanra Word Order"
Congrats, Tessa and Karee!
Congrats to alumna Molly Babel (PhD 2009, Associate Professor at UBC) on the August 15 birth of her daughter Zelda Esther! Molly writes: "Zelda kept us in a bit of suspense, joining us in the world 13 days late. She measures in at 3420 grams / 7.5 pounds, 49 cm / 19.25 inches, and 100 metric / 100 imperial units of adorable. She's pretty swell!"
A hearty congratulations to the new PhDs awarded in the past few months:
We're pleased to announce that Jesse Zymet has joined the department as Lecturer in Linguistics, teaching courses in phonology. And we eagerly await the July 2019 arrival of new Assistant Professor Isaac Bleaman, who will be teaching sociolinguistics and computational methods. Welcome, Jesse and Isaac!
Congrats to three faculty colleagues on their recent journal publications:
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Berkeley's Susan Lin has gotten a lot of attention lately for her phonetic analysis of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump's adverbial use of big-league (which many listeners hear as bigly). Pieces in the blogosphere and media include the following: