#  Week of November 3, 2014 

 





November 02, 2014

 

 

### Linguistics Department Fall Open House

The Linguistics Department Fall Open House for prospective concentrators will take place this Tuesday, November 4 from 5:30 to 7:00pm (**Please note the change of date**). Please check the [poster](/file_url/266) for more information.

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Polinsky Lab Meeting 

**[Lyn Tieu](http://lyntieu.wordpress.com/)** (ENS)  
*[Exhaustification in child language: Free choice and embedded questions](http://pollab.fas.harvard.edu/?q=node/379)*  
Wednesday, November 5 | 5:15pm | 2 Arrow Street (4th floor conference room)

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GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop

**[Thomas Palaima](http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/classics/faculty/palaimat)** (University of Texas at Austin)  
Mycenaean Kingship Ideology in Its Cultural Context: *megaron, thronos, skēptron*  
Friday, November 7 | 4:00pm | Boylston 105

### Harvard at NELS45

The following talks and posters featured Harvard presenters at the 45th Meeting of the [North East Linguistic Society (NELS)](http://nels45.mit.edu/) that took place at MIT, October 31 - November 2.

- Dorothy Ahn (Harvard) & Uli Sauerland (ZAS): [Reverse quantification with proportional quantifiers](http://nels45.mit.edu/abstracts/Ahn.pdf)
- Jenny Lee: [Split ergativity and voice marking in Ranmo](http://nels45.mit.edu/abstracts/Lee.pdf)
- Louis Liu: [Interpreting subject pro cross-linguistically](http://nels45.mit.edu/abstracts/Liu.pdf)
- Pooja Paul: [Malayalam stress and weight reconsidered](http://nels45.mit.edu/abstracts/Paul.pdf)
- Edwin Tsai: [Unifying Mandarin dou-constructions](http://nels45.mit.edu/abstracts/Tsai.pdf)

### Assistant Professor Position Announcement

For more information, please visit the [academic positions website](https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/5716).



 

 

 



 

 

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