Horton: Becoming a Participant

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Becoming a participant: The significance of research on sign language acquisition and socialization Laura Horton, University of Chicago   We have begun to understand the range of circumstances in which children develop language by documenting …

Goico: Exclusion & Inclusion in Deaf Youth in Peru

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The Achievement of Exclusion and Inclusion in the Interactions of Deaf Youth in Peru Sara A. Goico Assistant Project Scientist Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture, UCLA   Language is a pervasive part of our everyday …

Frederiksen: Sign Language & Bilingualism

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Variation as a perspective on the interaction between language processing and cognition: Insights from sign language and bilingualism Anne Therese Frederiksen, UC-Irvine Languages are highly similar in how referring expressions are selected and resolved across …

John Baugh: Just Linguistics

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Just Linguistics John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis Various linguistic methods have been utilized to promote the advancement of justice and equality throughout the world. Just Linguistics presents an overview of several instances where …

Martin: Language Processing

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Constraints on theories of language processing Andrea Martin, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Human language is an example of a formally-describable system that is both statistical and algebraic. As such, its computational properties are markedly …

Polinsky: Linguistics Matters

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Linguistics Matters Maria Polinsky, UMD-College Park In this talk, I will present the main questions addressed in modern linguistics and will show how language can be used to assess the mind, brain, and culture, with …

Language Exploration Day

Van Hise Hall, 1st floor lobby

Language Exploration Day The language and linguistics advisors in Van Hise invite you to meet us, learn about our programs, talk about summer and fall classes, and answer any questions you may have about all …

Ling Fridays – Slis: Speech Errors and Articulation

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Speech errors from an articulatory perspective; is there more than meets the ear? Anneke Slis, UW-Madison, Communication Sciences & Disorders For decades, the production and correction of speech errors has been a valuable source of …

Linguistics career workshop for undergraduates

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Bringing Linguistics to Work(shop) Anna Marie Trester, Career Linguist Anna Marie Trester, author of Employing Linguistics: Thinking and Talking about Careers for Linguists, will lead an interactive career workshop for undergraduate Linguistics majors. Advance registration …