Linguistics events this week (Sept 18-25, 2026)

In and around the Department of Linguistics in the next week:

• What African languages can teach us about phonology - Day 2: Friday Sept 18 - 3401 Dwinelle 
  See the full program here!
• Sociolinguistics Lab at Berkeley - Friday Sept 18 - Dwinelle 5125 and Zoom - 2-3pm. 
  Paper discussion: Caplan, E., Chakraborty, T., & Goldwasser, D. (2026). Splits! Flexible sociocultural linguistic investigation at scale. https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04640
• Phorum - Monday Sept 21 - Dwinelle 1229 and Zoom - 1(:10) pm - 2:00 pm **note special time**
  Gašper Beguš (UC Berkeley): Heavy syllable endings and the origin of Pre-PIE mobility
• FForum - Wednesday Sept 23 - Dwinelle 1303 and Zoom - 3-4pm
  Group discussion: Starting a new field project
• Syntax and Semantics Circle - Friday Sept 25 - Dwinelle 1303 and Zoom - 3:10-4:30pm
  Rebecca Jarvis (Potsdam): TBA