Past Event Category: Talk
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Feb 3Dunn on Socially-responsible tech
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Computational Linguistics for Socially-Responsible Technology Jonathan Dunn, University of Canterbury-Christchurch This talk introduces my work in computational cognitive linguistics and computational sociolinguistics: from construction grammar and metaphor to dialect and register variation. Along the way I’ll show how this work has been used to improve equity and access in language technology, including measuring bias in …
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Jan 31Hawkins on computational modeling of communication
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Coordinating on shared meaning for communication and collaboration Robert Hawkins, Princeton Neuroscience Institute Communication is the engine of human culture. When we’re able to communicate successfully, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish together. But when communication breaks down, we’re stopped in our tracks, stuck in incompatible worlds. My work investigates the cognitive mechanisms that allow people …
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Jan 27Zaslavsky on compression of meaning
Efficient compression and linguistic meaning in humans and machines Dr. Noga Zaslavsky, MIT What computational principles govern the ability to communicate about a complex world, while operating with bounded resources? By integrating tools from information theory, machine learning, and cognitive science, I will argue that in order to achieve this ability, both humans and machines …
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Dec 6Cisneros on indefinites in Cuevas Mixteconline
Free choice and indiscriminacy in Cuevas Mixtec Carlos Cisneros University of California-Berkeley Online: Email rashields@wisc.edu for link This talk evaluates the best analysis for capturing the syntactic and semantic properties of free choice indefinites in Cuevas Mixtec. Cuevas Mixtec is an indigenous Otomanguean language of southern Mexico, whose free choice indefinites take the form of …
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Dec 3Ling Fridays: Fleisher on semantics of comparativesonline
Projection in Comparatives Nick Fleisher, UW-Milwaukee
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Nov 12Ling Fridays: Martin et al. on a digital Navajo resource
Introducing Project ENABLE: An online resource for Enriching Navajo as a Biology Language for Education Sterling C.T. Martin, Joanna Bundus, Frank Morgan, Ira Fich, Doris J. McThomas, Delphine J. McThomas, & Susana Wadgymar.
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Nov 5Ling Fridays: Lupyan on word meaning
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Hidden Diversity in People’s Word Meanings Gary Lupyan, UW–Madison
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Oct 8Ling Fridays: Lexical expansion in Algonquian
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Strategies for Lexical Expansion in Algonquian Languages Rachel Fedorchak, Vade Kamenitsa-Hale, Hunter Thompson Lockwood, and Monica Macaulay University of Wisconsin–Madison Online: Email Becky Shields for the Linguistics Fridays Zoom link. This paper explores word formation and lexical expansion in eight Algonquian languages. We propose a framework which consists of two intersecting categories of strategies: the …
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Apr 30Ling Fridays: Zhang on digital corpus analysis
Flipping those pages, swiping that screen: A corpus-based analysis of the digital transformation of the news register Lynn Zhang English, UW–Madison This talk discusses the digital transformation of newspapers and the linguistic changes resulting for the register of news reportage. To address the two main research questions: “is online news a hybrid register between printed …
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Apr 23Ling Fridays: Bilingual Spanish teacher identities
Tensions between Bilingual Teacher Identities and Monoglossic Ideologies in Spanish-English Bilingual Programs Diego Román Curriculum & Instruction, UW–Madison Alberto Pastor Spanish, Southern Methodist University Katherine Ward Spanish, UW–Madison The identities of bilingual teachers working in language-contact areas are influenced by the hybrid language practices used in their communities. At their schools, however, they usually encounter …