There have been some changes to the LVC schedule for this quarter. Adam Singerman’s March 10th talk has been cancelled due to other ongoing events in the Linguistics Department. Instead, please join us for a joint meeting of the LVC and Syntax&Morphology workshops this Friday, February 24th at 1PM, where Adam will talk about his […]
Continue reading →The schedule for the rest of the quarter has more or less been finalized. Hope to see you there! Friday, January 27 at 3:30 PM in Rosenwald 301 — Robert Lewis (UChicago) Late February (exact date TBD) — Emmanuel Ngue Um (University of Yaounde and CERDOTOLA) Friday, March 3 at 3:30 PM in Rosenwald 301 […]
Continue reading →Welcome back to another exciting quarter of talks from the LVC workshop! We’re kicking things off with a talk from postdoc Lilia Rissman. So come join us in Rosenwald 301 this Friday, January 13th, at 3:30 PM. A light reception will follow the talk. “Consistency and variability in the mapping from event concepts to event […]
Continue reading →Please join LVC this Friday, December 2 at 3:30 PM in Rosenwald 301. It will be our last meeting of the quarter and our speaker is our own Jacob Phillips. Hope you can make it! “Retraction in Action: Examining phonological and prosodic effects on /s/-retraction in the laboratory” Jacob Phillips University of Chicago An ongoing […]
Continue reading →Please join the Language Variation and Change Workshop this Friday, November 11th at 3:30 PM in Cobb 116, for a talk from our invited speaker, Nicole Rosen. Details below. “Nominal Contact in the Michif Language” Nicole Rosen University of Manitoba Michif is an endangered Metis language with its roots in the Fur Trade in Canada, […]
Continue reading →LVC is cosponsoring a meeting of the Semiotics Workshop, on November 3 at 4:30 PM in Haskell 101, which will touch upon language contact in Mesoamerica. “Notes on Mesoamerican ‘fashions of speaking’” Perry Wong with a brief addendum by Chris Bloechl For a copy of the paper, please email Perry Wong at perrywong@uchicago.edu or Briel Kobak at bkobak@uchicago.edu. For […]
Continue reading →NOTE: The location of this talk has changed! It will now take place in Foster 505. ————————————- LVC is very pleased to welcome Denny Moore, who is here for a CLAS workshop, Linguistic and Other Cultural Exchanges across Brazilian History, and has graciously agreed to talk to us about his extensive fieldwork in Brazil. Denny […]
Continue reading →Please join us for the second part of this year’s Fieldwork Recap Session, which will take place in the Landahl Center on Thursday Oct 27 at 12 noon. We will be hearing from Betsy Pillion (discussing her planned fieldwork in Africa), Natalia Pavlou (Cypriot Maronite Arabic), Robert Lewis (Potawatomi), and Hannah McElgunn (Hopi). As always […]
Continue reading →Here is the complete schedule of the remaining Language Variation & Change workshop meetings for the rest of this quarter: October 27, 12 PM in the Landahl Center — Fieldwork Recap Session Part 2 (Betsy Pillion, Natalia Pavlou, Robert Lewis, Hannah McElgunn) October 31, 12 PM in Haskell 101 — Denny Moore (Museu Paraense Emílio […]
Continue reading →Please join us for the first part of this year’s Fieldwork Recap Session, where students will talk about where in the world they’re conducting their research and the challenges associated with working and establishing contacts in different places. Our first group of presenters (along with the regions where they work) includes: Adam Singerman (the Amazon), […]
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