December 2014

Week of December 8, 2014

Happy Holidays!

Fall examinations begin this Thursday, December 11 and end on Saturday, December 20. Winter break begins on Sunday, December 21, and the first meeting of Spring 2015 classes is on Monday, January 26, 2015. For more information, please check the  2014-2015 Academic Calendar.

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From the 2014 HGSL Holiday Party (Photo by Edwin Tsai)

Language Universals Workshop 

John Bailyn (Stony Brook)
Architectural consequences of distinguishing two kinds of Superiority
Monday, December 8 | 5:30pm | Boylston 335

Polinsky Lab Meeting 

Roksolana Mykhaylyk (HURI, Harvard University)
Norwegian and English vs. Russian and Ukrainian
Wednesday, December 10 | 5:15pm | 2 Arrow Street (4th floor conference room)

Week of December 1, 2014

Fall Term Ends This Week

This Wednesdsay, December 3, is the last day of Fall classes. Reading period starts on Thursday, and Fall term examinations will begin on Thursday, December 11. Check the 2014-2015 Academic Calendar for more information.

Polinsky Lab Meeting 

Reading Group 4: "Universals in comparative morphology : suppletion, superlatives, and the structure of words"
Wednesday, December 3 | 5:15pm | 2 Arrow Street (4th floor conference room)

Language Universals Workshop 

John Bailyn (Stony Brook)
Architectural consequences of distinguishing two kinds of Superiority
Monday, December 8 | 5:30pm | Boylston 335