September 18, 2018
Alumna Miriam R. L. Petruck (PhD '86) writes to share news of her edited book MetaNet, recently published by John Benjamins. The book contains contributions by Miriam and fellow alumni Karen Sullivan (PhD '07), Elise Stickles (PhD '16), Oana David (PhD '16), Ellen Dodge (PhD '10), and Jisup Hong (PhD '12), along with faculty member Eve Sweetser and emeritus faculty member George Lakoff.
Miriam also sends a photo of linguistics in action in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, where she recently spent a semester teaching at UFJF. Also depicted are former Berkeley visitors Alexander Ziem (Heinrich Heine University) and Oliver Czulo (Leipzig University).