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Past Events Category: Talk

Somers on early German Syntax

367 Van Hise
@ 4:00 pm

The literization approach to early German syntax Katerina Somers, Department of German, Nordic, & Slavic+   In this talk I present a new approach to the study of early German syntax that focuses on each …

Panel: Bias in Automatic Speech Recognition

online
@ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Professor Kelly Wright will be participating in an online panel discussion of issues surrounding bias regarding African American Speech in automatic speech recognition systems. Learn more and register Organized by the Center for Applied Linguistics

Bernales on L2 and L3 Eye-tracking Research

367 Van Hise
@ 4:00 pm

Using eye-movement data to investigate lexical and syntactic processing in L2 and L3 learning Carolina Bernales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso   Over the last decade, online methods, such as eye-tracking, have been increasingly used …

Romero on Maya standardization

online
@ 4:00 pm

Language standardization and colonialism in Guatemala Sergio Romero, University of Texas-Austin In this presentation I examine the tensions between the linguistic purism driving the standardization of Mayan languages in Guatemala, and the social meaning of …

Kim on Heritage accent

Memorial Union, Old Madison Room, 3rd floor East wing
@ 4:00 pm

Taking a holistic approach to characterizing heritage accent Ji Young Kim, UCLA   The way we speak is a reflection of our language experience. While we all have an accent, accent is perceived when someone’s …

Font-Santiago on biological computational language modeling

367 Van Hise
@ 4:00 pm

Developing a Biological Computational Model of Natural Language: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Linguistics Cristopher Font-Santiago Ambiguity, the possibility of multiple mental representations and/or interpretations for one utterance, is a necessary, intrinsic, and pervasive feature of …

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