Ling Fridays: Strategies for Lexical Expansion in Algonquian Languages
OnlineStrategies 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 …
Historical Linguistics Reading Group
OnlineHistorical Linguistics Reading Group This week the group will discuss the article "The role of frequency of use in lexical change: Evidence from Latin and Greek" by Wilson, Pappas & Mooers 2019 in Diachronica 36:4. …
Heritage Language Linguistics Reading Group
OnlineDiscussing “Variation and stability of American Norwegian /r/ in contact” by David Natvig. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (2021). Online - Email Becky Shields for link.
Ling Fridays: Hidden Diversity in People’s Word Meanings
OnlineHidden Diversity in People's Word Meanings Gary Lupyan, UW-Madison Ella Liu Online - Email Becky Shields for link.
Ling Fridays: Introducing the ENABLE Project
OnlineIntroducing 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. Online - …
Ling Fridays: Projection in Comparatives
OnlineProjection in Comparatives Nick Fleisher, UW-Milwaukee Online - email Becky Shields for link.
Cisneros: Free Choice and Indiscriminacy in Cuevas Mixtec
OnlineFree 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 …
Zaslavsky: Efficient Compression and Meaning
OnlineEfficient 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 …
Hawkins: Shared Meaning for Communication
OnlineCoordinating 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 …
Dunn: Socially-Responsible Tech
OnlineComputational 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 …