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Week of August 11, 2014
Congratulations to the Class of 2014! Four doctoral students and twelve undergraduates received degrees from the Department of Linguistics this year. The Department would like to congratulate them on their accomplishments and their plans for the future...

Week of May 12, 2014
Spring Semester Ends The Spring 2014 semester officially ends with the last day of Spring Examination Period on Saturday, May 17. Commencement for 2014 will be on Thursday, May 29. As of June 2, the Department of Linguistics operate on summer hours. Spell...

Week of May 5, 2014
Senior Thesis Colloquium Tuesday, May 6 | 2:15pm-4:30pm | Sever 102 This year's Senior Thesis Colloquium will take place tomorrow, Tuesday May 6. The event will feature a welcoming remarks by Professor Maria Polinsky. More information can be found in the...

Week of April 28, 2014
IX Whatmough Lecture Barbara Partee (UMass-Amherst) The History of Formal Semantics: Changing Notions of Semantic Competence Monday, April 28, 2014 | 4:00pm to 6:00pm | Sever Hall 113 This year's Annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Lecture will feature...

Week of April 21, 2014
Thesis Defense Laura Grestenberger Feature Mismatch: Deponency in Indo-European Languages Wednesday, April 23 | 3pm-6pm | Boylston 303 GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop: Alan Nussbaum (Cornell University) Greek νῶκαρ ‘lethargy’ and...

Week of April 14, 2014
GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop: Gašper Beguš (Harvard University) Vedic Metrics and the Restoration of the Lost *v Monday, April 14 | 5:15pm | Boylston 303 Language Universals/Polinsky Lab Meeting Bronwyn Bjorkman (University of...

Week of April 7, 2014
Thesis Defense Chi-Ming (Louis) Liu A Modular Theory of Radical Pro Drop Tuesday, April 8 | 3pm-5:30pm | Boylston 303 Polinsky Wins Advising Award Professor Maria Polinsky, Linguistics Director of Undergraduate Studies, has won a faculty advising award...

Week of March 31, 2014
GSAS Indo-European and Historical Linguistics Workshop: Alexander Forte & Caley Smith (Harvard University) The Parallel Reception of Traditional Poetry in Early Philosophy Monday, March 31 | 5:15pm | Boylston 303 Linguistics Department Spring Open House...

Week of March 24, 2014
Language Universals/Polinsky Lab Meeting Spanish Agreement II: A discussion of Spanish agreement in native and heritage speakers Discussion led by Maria Polinsky, Greg Scontras, Zuzanna Fuchs Wednesday, March 26 | 5:15pm | 2 Arrow Street (4th floor...

Week of March 17, 2014
Happy Spring Break! Harvard's Spring Recess began Saturday, March 15, and ends Sunday, March 23. There will be no classes and the department will have limited hours. Larson, Nicolae, Majer, and Stranahan Win Teaching Award Visiting Lecturer Bradley Larson...

Week of March 10, 2014
Call for Abstracts: Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium 2014 The 11th Annual Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium at Harvard will take place April 19-20, 2014. The conference is open to all interested students regardless of area of interest or level of...

Week of March 3, 2014
MIT Syntax Square Laura Grestenberger (Harvard University) Two voice mismatch puzzles in Sanskrit and Greek Tuesday, March 4 | 1pm | 32-D461 Sanskrit and Greek both have binary voice systems in which active morphology alternatives with non-active (middle)...