News

Awesomeness | Festivities | Talks and events

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Awesomeness

This week brings most excellent news about the Linguistic Society of America's 2016 Annual Meeting:

Awesomeness | Festivities | Talks and events

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Newly published | Talks and events | Conference travel

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Introductions | Talks and events | Conference travel

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Awesomeness | Talks and events | Summer conference travel

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Awesomeness

Clara Cohen is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Language Science at Pennsylvania State University". Congratulations to Clara!

Transitions | Festivities | Fall classes | Summer conference travel | Drag shows

Calques is a weekly newsletter that's only as informative as your contributions. Please send information and news of departmental interest to Andrew Garrett, currently traveling at 36,000 feet with the Calques editorial staff.

The Linguistics Department is supported by four outstanding staff members. Department Manager Paula Floro, a UC Berkeley graduate, has been with the department since 1996. She oversees the programmatic and operational needs of the department, including the budget, external grants, faculty and staff appointments, and department infrastructure and space. Floro serves on a number of important campus committees and working groups representing the Department, Division and/or College.

Awesomeness | Newly published | Talks and events | Deadlines

This is the last issue of Calques for the 2014-15 academic year. For volume 3, scheduled to begin August 21, please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett. Meanwhile, the editors wish everyone an enjoyable summer of relaxing productivity.

Awesomeness | Talks and events | Travel | Deadlines

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Awesomeness

Two Berkeley faculty members are being nominated for lofty positions in the Linguistic Society of America (the main professional organization for US linguists):

Talks and events | Travel

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Bling | Cal Day | Talks

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Bling

Two hundred and twenty-two Department of Linguistics PhD dissertations are now visible (downloadable, prominent in online searches, many of them searchable) through the California Digital Library's eScholarship website (bling):

Awesomeness | Conference travel | Newly published | Talks

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Awesomeness

More talks this week have topics TBA than in any previous issue of Calques. Go Bears!

Awesomeness | Conference travel | Newly published| Talks

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Awesomeness

This issue reveals that Dartmouth grads have some of the best Linguistics Department websites. Go Keggy!

Awesomeness | Linguistic Institute | Talks

The Calques office was closed on Friday; hence today's irregular Monday issue. Please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett.

Awesomeness | Tukanoan | Talks and symposia

Next week is spring break! Even so, please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett, toiling from afar on your behalf.

Awesomeness

Berkeley linguists are the best teachers:

Conference travel | Newly published| Talks

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Conference travel

Three Berkeley linguists are giving two presentations at the 28th Annual CUNY [sic] Conference on Human Sentence Processing, to be hosted at the University of Southern California on March 19-21:

Memento | Celtic | Talks

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