Ling Fridays: Reaser on language awareness
OnlineEducating the educated: Raising language awareness on campus Linguistics Fridays Colloquia talk Jeffrey Reaser, North Carolina State University In 2014, the Language and Life Project (LLP) at NC State University initiated the nation’s first dialect …
Dubois on Irish Folklore
In person and onlineExploring Irish Folklore of the 1930s using the Meitheal Dúchas Schools Collection Professor Thomas Dubois, Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ In person in 2335 Sterling Hall, and online (advanced registration required for online attendance). …
Ó Dochartaigh on Irish language revitalization
In person and onlineOideas Gael: a social enterprise model for language revitalization Rónán Ó Dochartaigh, Oideas Gael In person in 120 Ingraham Hall, and online (advanced registration required for online attendance). Watch the recording here (Note: you need …
Biggam on color semantics
399 Van HiseAn introduction to color semantics Carole Biggam, University of Glasgow In person Most people rarely question the principal color terms of their language, for example, red, blue, green in English. However, around the world, languages …
Ling Fridays Colloquia: Drake on disrupting linguistic bias
OnlineDisrupting linguistic bias through experiential learning in an introductory linguistics class Veronika Drake, Saginaw Valley State University Abstract: Prejudice about groups of people simply based on their dialect (Baker-Bell, 2020; Lippi-Green, 2012) is not only very …
Ling Fridays Colloquia: Keating
201 Van HiseTBD Cailie Keating, undergraduate Linguistics major, will present her Hilldale research project that she is completing with Professor Grant Armstrong. In person
Ling Fridays Colloquia: Sampson on the copular SELF
OnlineThe use of the copular SELF with adjectives Tory Sampson, PhD student, University of California-San Diego online
Ling Fridays Colloquia: Pato on variation in Spanish
201 Van HiseOn Vernacular Universals and Grammatical Variation in Spanish Enrique Pato, Université de Montréal In person