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.

This will be the last Spell-Out issue of the year. The blog will resume its weekly schedule in February, with one or two postings during the break. If you are not a Harvard student and would like to receive weekly Spell-Out announcement emails starting next term, please fill out the  Spell-Out Mailing List form. Thanks for a great year, and happy holidays!

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)