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Week of April 15

LangCog 

The next LangCog meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday, April 16th from 5:30-7:00pm! It will take place in William James Hall, Room #1550. The speaker next week is Peng Qian (Harvard/MIT), and the title and abstract of his talk can be found below. Food will be available at the meeting, and you can find the schedule for the remainder of the semester on their website.

Title: The Cognitive Basis of Flexible Communication:...

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Week of April 8

LangCog 

The next LangCog meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday, April 9th from 5:30-7:00pm! It will take place in William James Hall, Room #1550. The speaker next week is Hallie Olson (MIT), and the title and abstract of her talk can be found below. Food will be available at the meeting, and you can find the schedule for the remainder of the semester on their website.

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Week of April 1

LangCog 

The next LangCog meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5:30-7:00pm! It will take place in William James Hall, Room #1550. Our speaker next week is Dr. Samer Nour Eddine (Tufts), and the title and abstract of his talk can be found below. Food will be available at the meeting, and you can find the schedule for the remainder of the semester on their website.

Title: Dynamic duo: Insights from a dual-unit...

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Week of March 25

LangCog 

The next LangCog meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday, March 27th from 5:30-7:00pm! It will take place in William James Hall, Room #1550. The speaker is Akshita Srinivasan (Harvard), and the title and abstract of her talk can be found below. Food will be available at the meeting, and you can find the schedule for the remainder of the semester on their ...

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Week of March 18

LangCog

The next LangCog meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday, March 19th from 5:30-7:00pm! It will take place in William James Hall, Room #1550. Our speaker next week is Yuhan Zhang (Harvard), and the title and abstract of her talk can be found below. Food will be available at the meeting, and you can find the schedule for the remainder of the semester on the LangCog ...

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Week of March 4

Spring Open House 

The Linguistics Department held its Spring Open House last Monday in Boylston Hall. Many undergraduates came in to learn more about concentrating in linguistics. It would be great to see them join our department this coming Fall! 

Thanks so much to all the faculty and graduate students who came to the event to answer questions, and a special thanks to our DUS Katie and Assistant Head Tutor Ankana who made this happen! 

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Week of February 26

Fun pic of the week -- Remy! 

At the end of the last semester, Remy the Humanities cat visited (the outer edge of) Boylston Hall.

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Hope Remy brightens up your week! 

Week of February 12

Harvard Linguistics Colloquium

The second Harvard Linguistics Colloquium this semester is taking place on Friday Feb 16. Details below: 

Title: Toward a Discovery Procedure

Speaker: Charles Yang (University of Pennsylvania)

Time: Friday Feb 16 @ 12pm

Location: Emerson 305

Abstract: ...

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