#  Week of May 1 

 





May 01, 2023

 

 

 **Ian Lewis Kirby Thesis Defense**

 "Wide meanings across narrow contexts: Sakha particles and the grammar of alternatives"

 Thursday, May 4, 2023

 9:30 am – 11:30 am

 Boylston 105

 Refreshments immediately following the defense in the Department of Linguistics, Boylston Hall Lounge


##  Sixteenth Annual Whatmough Lecture

 The sixteenth annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Lecture will take place on Monday, May 1, 2023. This year's lecture will be delivered by [Lenore Grenoble](/urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__linguistics.uchicago.edu_people_lenore-2Dgrenoble&d=DwMFAw&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=tGxC8mSA5XcOpIAif40LORICoT5gpaZtUSzknnN5diU&m=L1Ufmo_ntxUCXbmwgzhPcSL9vewYLy1Q_j3sv-PgFh4SUE9wTjL9tdujTNDvzVm1&s=xv_GjP6bs5dKZnY0NT143LydLYw14qDqFcexmGF42aE&e=), Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. The abstract can be found [here](/file_url/890) The lecture will take place at 4:00pm in Sever Hall 113 and will be followed by a reception at the Harvard Faculty Club. ##  Spring Reception

 The linguistics department senior thesis colloquium and spring reception took place on Thursday, 27th April

 We celebrated the work of our graduating seniors Ian Chan, Sophie Kim, Mikaela Belle Martin, Joanna Boyland, Richard Luo, and Christian Abney.

   ![spring reception](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/linguistics/files/20230427_175334.jpg?itok=f7R7_JWH) 

 

 We also celebrated the news of Kathryn Davidson's tenure. Congratulations Kate!

   ![spring reception](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/linguistics/files/20230427_175340.jpg?itok=bqet_9rw) 

 



 

 

 



 

 

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