May 1, 2015
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Talks and events
- Friday, May 1
- 11–12: Chris Graham (UC Davis), "Quantifying geographical correlates of disharmonic word orders: a computational approach to typology" (Historical linguistics forum = *dhworom, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 1-2: Sociophonetic Reading Exchange and Discussion (SPREAD, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 3:30–5: James Collins (Stanford), "The mysterious case of disappearing indefiniteness: indefinite and definite patients in Tagalog" (Syntax & Semantics Circle, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 3:30–5: Raffaella Zanuttini (Yale), "Presentatives in Italian and English" (Stanford Linguistics Colloquium, Greenberg Room, Building 460, Stanford)
- Monday, May 4
- 11:30–1: Seana Coulson (UC San Diego), "Conceptual Integration and Multi-Modal Discourse Comprehension" (CogNetwork, 1229 Dwinelle)
- 12–1: Jeffrey Heinz (Delaware), "Remarks on Autosegmental Representations" (Phonetics and Phonology Forum = Phorum, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 3-5: Jeffrey Heinz (Delaware), "The computational nature of phonological generalizations: transformations and representations" (Linguistics Colloquium, 370 Dwinelle)
- 5-6:30: Anna Bonifazi (Heidelberg & UC Berkeley): "Gems with many facets: An exploration of particle use across five ancient Greek genres" (Classical linguistics lecture, 3335 Dwinelle)
- Wednesday, May 6
- 4-6: Gary Holland will receive the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from the Division of Social Sciences (Social Sciences Fest, Durant Hall Atrium)
- Thursday, May 7
- 2–3:30: Fforum practice talks (Fieldwork Forum, 1303 Dwinelle)
- Friday, May 8
- 1-2: Sociophonetic Reading Exchange and Discussion (SPREAD, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 3:30–5: Ryan Bochnak (UC Berkeley), TBA (Syntax & Semantics Circle, 1303 Dwinelle)
Travel
Susanne Gahl will give a Warren Family Lecture in Language and Linguistics at CSU Bakersfield on May 5. Congratulations and safe travels!