Monday, May 12th @ 3:00 PM, Cobb 104 Linguistics in a Challenging Environment Linguists choose to work on languages and in environments for a variety of reasons. Choices may be determined by locations of interest, funding, mentors, prior experience, and urgent need. The choice to work in a conflict zone poses unique challenges. When attention […]
Continue reading →Monday, April 18th @ 3:00 PM, Pick 016 The Emergence from Tone of Vowel Register and Graded Nasalization in the Eastern Chatino of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (based on joint work with John Kingston, University of Massachusetts, Amherst) The Chatino languages (Otomanguean; Oaxaca, Mexico) generally retain the conservative Proto-Chatino vowel inventory: */a, e, i, o, u/, with […]
Continue reading →Monday, November 25th @ 2 PM, Harper 140 (NOTE TIME CHANGE) The Workshop on Language Variation and Change is pleased to offer a special workshop on language documentation taught by postdoctoral researcher Dorothea Hoffmann. The workshop will take place from 2-3:45 PM in HM 140 (note time change) Dr. Hoffmann has been conducting fieldwork on […]
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