December 7, 2016
Calques 4.15 (December 7, 2016)
Newsletter, Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley
A Celebration of George Lakoff | Talks and Events
Today's edition of Calques, on Noam Chomsky's birthday, 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. 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'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 (North Texas)
- Mark Johnson (Oregon)
- Mark Turner (Case Western)
- Elisabeth Wehling (Berkeley)
- Ellen Dodge (ICSI)
- Rafael Núñez (UC San Diego)
- Laura Michaelis (Colorado)
- Adele Goldberg (Princeton)
- Ben Bergen (UC San Diego)
- Andrew Lakoff (USC)
- Eve Sweetser (Berkeley)
Talks and Events
- Thursday, December 8
- 3–4:30: Charles Goodwin (UCLA), "The Co-Operative Organization of Human Action" (Graduate School of Education, 2515 Tolman)
- Friday, December 9
- 2-3:40: Marilyn Vihman (York), "Learning words and learning sounds" (88 Dwinelle)
- Saturday, December 10: Celebration of George Lakoff (see above)!