Week of April 22

XIV Annual Whatmough Lecture: Larry Hyman (UC Berkeley)

"The Fall and Rise of Vowel Length in Bantu"

Larry Hyman (UC Berkeley)

Monday, April 29, 2019 | 4pm | Sever 113

 

Chierchia receives Guggenheim Fellowship for 2019

Haas Foundation Professor in Linguistics Gennaro Chierchia has received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2019, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation's 95th competition.  He is the only linguist to receive this award this year.  Congratulations, Professor Chierchia!

 

Senior Thesis Colloquium

We are delighted to announce the Senior Thesis Colloquium this year. Ten thesis writers will present their work to the audience. Everybody is welcome to join! Our thesis writers have covered a diverse range of interesting topics. Please see the schedule for details!

Friday, April 26 | 12pm-5:30pm | Emerson Hall 105

 

Spring Reception Friday, April 26

The Department of Linguistics cordially invites its undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, visitors, and staff to the 2019 Spring Reception.

Friday, April 26 | 5:30pm | Boylston Hall, Third Floor

 

Aggazzotti Thesis Defense

Cristina Aggazzotti

"A unified analysis of reflexives and reciprocals in synchronous tree adjoining grammar"

Tuesday, April 23 | 2-5pm | CGIS South S020, the Belfer Case Study Room

 

Bobaljik Presenting at MIT Phonology Circle

Jonathan Bobaljik 

"Text setting in an Itelman khodila (song)," joint work with David Koester (University of Alaska Fairbanks), Chikako Ono (Chiba University), and G.D. Zaporotskij 

Wednesday, April 24 | 5:30-6:30pm | MIT 32-D831

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