Monthly Archives: February 2011

Rebecca Cover: TALK

A reminder that Rebecca Cover is giving her talk tomorrow, Monday, February 28th, at 4:30. The talk will be in ETC-205. Hope to see you there!

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Fellowship and Awards Deadlines

Thinking of applying for a Fulbright, Watson, Rhodes, or other scholarship? The fellowships and awards committee has announced the application deadlines for next year’s awards. You can find them here, or by looking at the flier posted on the Linguistics … finish reading Fellowship and Awards Deadlines

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Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (April 15-16)

The Cornell Undergraduates in Linguistics (UnderLings) is hosting its Fifth Annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (CULC), April 15-16, 2011, in Ithaca, New York. They would love to have undergraduate students at Reed participate. Below is a call for papers for … finish reading Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (April 15-16)

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Linguistics Lunch and Talk Next Monday

A second reminder that Rebecca Cover, who has applied for a half-time teaching position in the department, will be on campus next Monday, February 28th, to meet with students and faculty. Rebecca will be having lunch with students at noon … finish reading Linguistics Lunch and Talk Next Monday

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Regional Dialects of Twitter

Last March, a group of  graduate students from Carnegie Mellon studied 380,000 tweets for linguistic variations. They collected only from people who tweeted at least 20 times that week and only from tweets that were geotagged (usually from a smartphone). … finish reading Regional Dialects of Twitter

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Comments on Language and Moses Mendelssohn

From Mendelssohn’s Jerusalem: JMP Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1226 6989 58 13 8582 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; … finish reading Comments on Language and Moses Mendelssohn

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Linguistics TALK on campus: Rebecca Cover

Linguistics will shortly be interviewing a candidate for a two-year half-time teaching appointment in the department, starting next year. The candidate’s name is Rebecca Cover (PhD, UC Berkeley), and she works on African languages, language documentation, tense/aspect/mood, and the syntax-semantics … finish reading Linguistics TALK on campus: Rebecca Cover

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New MA program in Linguistics at Queen Mary University, London

The Department of Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London is pleased to invite applications for its new MA in Linguistics degree programme. The MA is designed to offer comprehensive training in the core subject areas of linguistics while also … finish reading New MA program in Linguistics at Queen Mary University, London

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More on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Another article, this time from Lera Boroditsky in Scientific American, about the current trend in experimental research that many think demonstrates the validity of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. You can’t access the full article on line, but the magazine is in … finish reading More on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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Harvard Undergrad Linguistics Colloquium : Call for papers

Harvard University is hosting their 8th annual Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium, April 9-10, 2011. Undergraduate linguistics students from around the country are invited to attend the colloquium and submit abstracts for papers and discussion panels. The colloquium will also feature a … finish reading Harvard Undergrad Linguistics Colloquium : Call for papers

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