Archived Colloquia in the Linguistics Department
| Event | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Flemming | 11/09/2007 - 3:30pm | 11/09/2007 - 3:30pm 11/09/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Phonetics, phonology. From MIT. Location: SAC 304 The role of distinctiveness constraints in phonology Distinctiveness constraints favor maximization of the perceptual differences between contrasting sounds - less distinct contrasts incur more severe constraint violations. Perceptually indistinct contrasts are disfavored because they increase the likelihood of confusion on the part of listeners. |
| Chris Barker | 10/19/2007 - 3:30pm | 10/19/2007 - 3:30pm 10/19/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Syntax, Semantics. From New York University. Scope-taking adjectives |
| Željko Bošković | 10/12/2007 - 3:30pm | 10/12/2007 - 3:30pm 10/12/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Syntax, Slavic linguistics. From UConn. Move vs. Agree Download the abstract below. |
| Mark Baker | 09/28/2007 - 3:30pm | 09/28/2007 - 3:30pm 09/28/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Syntax. Rutgers University. Parameters of Agreement, Non-Parameters of Case Download the abstract below. |
| Anastasia Riehl | 04/27/2007 - 3:30pm | 04/27/2007 - 3:30pm 04/27/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Phonology, Phonetics. Stony Brook University. Nasal-obstruent sequences and the phonology-phonetics interface Download the abstract below. |
| Edith Aldridge | 04/20/2007 - 3:30pm | 04/20/2007 - 3:30pm 04/20/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Syntax. From Northwestern University. Location: SAC 311. Wh-questions in the Pseudo-Chinese of Old Japanese In this talk, I use data from the 8th century texts Kojiki and Manyoshu to argue that old Japanese had short wh-movement to a clause-internal focus position. This proposal stands in contrast to earlier claims made by Akira Watanabe that this movement targeted a position in the C domain. Additionally, I hope to show that the pseudo-Chinese language of the Kojiki can in fact be used in an analysis of Japanese syntax. |
| Rene Kager | 03/28/2007 - 4:00pm | 03/28/2007 - 4:00pm 03/28/2007 - 5:30pm Etc/GMT-5 Phonology. From Utrecht University. SAC 305. Representations of [Voice]: Evidence from Acquisition |
| James P. Lantolf | 03/09/2007 - 3:30pm | 03/09/2007 - 3:30pm 03/09/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 SLA/ Teaching Methodology. From Penn State University. Location: SAC 305. Concept-based Language Pedagogy |
| John McCarthy | 03/02/2007 - 3:30pm | 03/02/2007 - 3:30pm 03/02/2007 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Phonology. From the University of Massachusetts. Location: TBA. Getting to Optimality |
| José Elías-Ulloa | 12/08/2006 - 3:30pm | 12/08/2006 - 3:30pm 12/08/2006 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Phonology. From Stony Brook University. Metrically-Driven Glottal Coalescence: A Case Study from Capanahua Download the abstract below. |
| David Embick | 12/01/2006 - 3:30pm | 12/01/2006 - 3:30pm 12/01/2006 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Morphology. From University of Pennsylvania. Words are not better than phrases |
| Darya Kavitskaya | 10/20/2006 - 3:30pm | 10/20/2006 - 3:30pm 10/20/2006 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Phonology. From Yale University. Stress and accent in Tundra Nenets This talk investigates the accentual system of the Malozemelski dialect of Tundra Nenets. Nenets is an endangered Samoyedic language of the Uralic language family, spoken in Arctic Russia and Northern Siberia. Nenets is subdivided into Tundra Nenets, with its many dialects, and Forest Nenets, which is almost extinct. |
| Norbert Hornstein | 10/13/2006 - 3:30pm | 10/13/2006 - 3:30pm 10/13/2006 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Syntax. From the University of Maryland. Labels and Minimality It is generally assumed that movement is constrained by Minimality. Let’s assume that this is indeed the case. Thus, movement is constrained as in (1): (1) No movement operation can involve A and B in the following configuration, (where A,B,C are featurally identical in relevant ways) and C “intervenes” between A and B. What does intervene mean? (2) C intervenes between A and B in (1) above just in case A c-commands C and C c-commands B. |
| Benjamin Bruening | 09/29/2006 - 3:30pm | 09/29/2006 - 3:30pm 09/29/2006 - 5:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Syntax. From the University of Delaware. What is the Right Binding Theory? |
