Linguistics Fridays: Schuelke on Symmetrical-Voice languages

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Disentangling Grammatical Relations in Symmetrical-Voice Languages Peter Schuelke, University of North Texas Symmetrical voice is a phenomenon in which a language displays more than one default transitive pattern. Each symmetrical voice selects a single argument …

Linguistics Fridays: Heaton on immersion and language revitalization

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Immersion input and the future of revitalizing languages: Evidence from Kaqchikel and beyond Raina Heaton, University of Oklahoma This talk synthesizes the results of several streams of research on the linguistic input provided in Indigenous …

Linguistics Fridays: Thompson on language and gender in Tanzania

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Exploring Language, Gender, and Religion at an Islamic Radio Station in Tanzania Katrina Daly Thompson, UW-Madison Dept. of African Cultural Studies and Language Sciences Dr. Thompson spent July 2023 conducting linguistic ethnographic research at Radio …

Linguistics Fridays: Sheydaei on Dearborn English

201 Van Hise
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Exploring the local enregisterment of Dearborn English in southeastern Michigan Iman Sheydaei, ESL instructor, Dept. of English, UW-Madison This talk explores the local enregisterment (Agha 2003, 2007) of the variety of American English spoken in …

Prelim defense: Jae Weller

1151 Van Hise
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Linguistics PhD student Jae Weller will defend the first Prelim “Turkish Polar Questions: LF Movement & Intervention Effect Approaches”

Linguistics Fridays: Goodale on Montevideo Female Intonation

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Clarity and Contrast: Attributes of Montevideo Female Intonation Brandon Goodale, PhD candidate in Spanish Linguistics, UW-Madison Abstract: Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, is home to nearly half of the country’s population of 3.5 million people. Despite sharing …

Linguistics Fridays: Wright on African American Sociolinguistics

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Verticalization and African American Sociolinguistic Labor Part of the Language Ideologies and Linguistic Discrimination lecture series Kelly Wright, Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of English, Virginia Polytechnic University Metalinguistic awareness includes a language user’s knowledge …

Ling Fridays: Pato on Universals in Spanish

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On Vernacular Universals and Grammatical Variation in Spanish Enrique Pato, Université de Montréal In person Enrique Pato is Full Professor in the Hispanic Studies section of the Department of World Literatures and Languages at the …

Ling Fridays: Sampson on the copula SELF in ASL

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The use of the copular SELF with adjectives in ASL Tory Sampson, PhD student, University of California-San Diego online Nonverbal predication has not been adequately described in American Sign Language. Contrary to previous claims that …