December 7, 2016
Calques 4.15 (December 7, 2016)
Newsletter, Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley
A Celebration of George Lakoff(link is external) | Talks and Events(link is external)
Today's edition of Calques, on Noam Chomsky's birthday(link is external), is the last issue of 2016. For the next issue, on Friday the 13th of January, please send information and news of departmental interest to Andrew Garrett(link sends e-mail). Meanwhile, for their long winter's nap, the editors wish all readers a good night.
A Celebration of George Lakoff
Alll are welcome to our celebration of George Lakoff(link is external)'s career and work on Saturday, December 10, 2-6 pm, in 370 Dwinelle, with talks (2-5 pm) and a reception. Speakers will include the following:
- Haj Ross(link is external) (North Texas)
- Mark Johnson(link is external) (Oregon)
- Mark Turner(link is external) (Case Western)
- Elisabeth Wehling(link is external) (Berkeley)
- Ellen Dodge(link is external) (ICSI)
- Rafael Núñez(link is external) (UC San Diego)
- Laura Michaelis(link is external) (Colorado)
- Adele Goldberg(link is external) (Princeton)
- Ben Bergen(link is external) (UC San Diego)
- Andrew Lakoff(link is external) (USC)
- Eve Sweetser (Berkeley)
Talks and Events
- Thursday, December 8
- 3–4:30: Charles Goodwin(link is external) (UCLA), "The Co-Operative Organization of Human Action(link is external)" (Graduate School of Education, 2515 Tolman)
- Friday, December 9
- 2-3:40: Marilyn Vihman(link is external) (York), "Learning words and learning sounds(link is external)" (88 Dwinelle)
- Saturday, December 10: Celebration of George Lakoff (see above)!