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Sebastian Schuster (Stanford University) gave a computational linguistics talk on utterance interpretation to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØLinguistics. Monday, February 17th 4:00-5:30pm MUEN D430 Title: "Modeling Utterance Interpretation in Context" Abstract: In communication, listeners are usually able to rapidly infer a speaker's intended meaning, which is often more specific than the literal meaning...

On Tuesday, February 18, at 6pm, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØlinguists assembled in the CASE auditorium for a talk by Game of Thrones Language Creator David J. Peterson. In addition to creating the Dothraki and High Valyrian languages for HBO’s medieval fantasy epic Game of Thrones , he has created languages for Syfy’s...

The Department is pleased to announce that Lifeng Jin (Ohio State University) will give a computational linguistics talk on syntax acquisition. Wednesday, January 29th 4:00pm MUEN D430/D28 Title: "Modeling Syntax Acquisition with Cognitive Constraints" Abstract: Children seem to learn their first languages effortlessly, but how they are able to do...

SoundHound LingCircle Roundtable: Insights on Linguistics Roles in Speech Recognition Technology The SoundHound team in Boulder has been growing and is excited to share updates since last year’s LingCircle! There will be a brief overview of what SoundHound does and how the linguistic roles fit in. It will then open...

Valentina Schiattarella , a Fullbright Visitor to the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØDepartment of Linguistics from the University of Naples, gave a Ling Circle talk in January. See below for details: Wednesday, January 22 4:00-5:30pm CLRE 203 Title : "Reference System in Siwi (Berber, Egypt)" Abstract : The presentation describes the preliminary results...

The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that our TESOL Program now has its own Facebook page. You can visit the page here . Created and maintained by our Director of TESOL Certificate Programs, Dr. Rai Farrelly , the page will feature updates about programs, partnerships, and career opportunities...

Prof. Sharese King (Linguistics, University of Chicago) gave the Distinguished Undergraduate Lecture in Linguistics at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØon November 7, 2019. A catered reception preceded the talk . Prof. King is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, and starting Fall 2020, a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Linguistics...

Dr. Hannah Haynie has joined the faculty of the Department of Linguistics as an Assistant Professor, specializing in morphology and typology. Dr. Haynie's work targets language prehistory and some big questions about origins, and she is currently finishing up a post-doc in Language Diversity and Cultural Evolution at Colorado State...

The Spring 2019 newsletter from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØDepartment of Linguistics—newly redesigned and rebranded as The Interlocutor —is now available! Click here to see what the Department has been up to recently, including a letter from Professor and Chair Laura Michaelis , updates from faculty about research and teaching, awards received...

The Department is pleased to announce that Jonathan Owens , from the University of Bayreuth, will be coming to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØto give a LingCircle talk on historical linguistics, drawing on data from Arabic. Information about the talk can be found below: Wednesday, April 17 4:00-5:30pm Clare Small 209 Title: "Integrating...