Whatmough Lecture

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Title: Do the syntactic abilities of generative AI systems falsify fundamental principles of generative linguistics? Paul Smolensky, Johns Hopkins Cognitive Science Department, Microsoft Research Deep Learning Group Do the impressive abilities of neural...

Title: On Conservativity and Other Crosslinguistic Generalizations A reception immediately following the talk will be held at the Harvard Faculty Club. ASL interpretation will be provided.

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Title: The unbearable lightness of be: Some of the strange and illimunating things that happen when we use nouns as predicates Abstract ASL Interpretation will be provided Please check your email for the Zoom link. If you would like to receive a Zoom link...

Please join us for the 14th Annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Lecture given by Professor Larry Hyman of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Reception at the Harvard Faculty Club immediately following. Title: The Fall...

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XII Annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Guest Lecturer: Philippe Schlenker, Research Director, Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS and Global Distinguished Professor, Department of Linguistics, New York University Title: Meaning in Sign, in Speech and in Gestures...

XI Annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Guest Lecturer: Alec Marantz, Silver Professor of Linguistics and Psychology, New York University Title: Linguistics as Cognitive Science: Back to our Roots Abstract Flier:

X Annual Joshua and Verona Whatmough Guest Lecturer: Jonathan D. Bobaljik, Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut Title: Morphological Universals: Comparatives and Beyond