#  Week of March 28, 2016 

 





March 27, 2016

 

 

### MIT Phonology Circle: Kevin Ryan

**[Kevin Ryan](http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kevinryan/)** (Harvard)  
[Strictness functions in meter](http://whamit.mit.edu/2016/03/28/phonology-circle-328-kevin-ryan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:%20whamit%20(Whamit!))  
Monday, March 28 | 5:00-6:30pm | MIT 32-D831

### Linguistics Spring Open House

Monday, April 4 | 5:15pm-7:00pm | Boylston Hall, 3rd Floor

This year's Spring Open House will take place on Monday, April 4, in the department lounge. Students and faculty will be at the event to answer any questions about concentrations, study abroad opportunities, and other research opportunities. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is very much welcome to attend and mingle!

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### XI Annual Whatmough Lecture: **Alec Marantz**

**Linguistics as Cognitive Science: Back to our Roots**  
Monday, April 11 | 4:00pm-6:00pm | Fong Auditorium, 110 Boylston Hall

The guest lecturer for the [XI Annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Lecture](/calendar/upcoming/events/whatmough-lecture) will be **[Alec Marantz](http://psych.nyu.edu/morphlab/people/alec.html)**, Silver Professor of Linguistics and Psychology, New York University.

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Meaning and Modality Lab Meeting

Discussing the logistics  
Wednesday, March 30 | 4pm | 2 Arrow St Rm 420

### Conference Presentations

**[Lena Borise](/people/lena-borise)** presented her work titled "Pretonic Prominence in the Aŭciuki Dialect of Belarusian" at [Belarusian studies in the 21st century](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Jr-j7-PSsSM2dhNHFtMUg1VHc/view), a conference that took place in London, UK, March 23-24.



 

 

 



 

 

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