Linguistics Lectures

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Access the lecture slides to accompany the lectures for which speakers provided them.

Lectures from Fall 2009

• A Close Look at Writing Systems, or, Four Tongues Better than One William Watt, University of California Irvine. November 3, 2009
• The interface between syntax, prosody, and information structure: what we can learn from L2 speech María Luisa Zubizarreta, University of Southern California, Arizona Linguistics Circle 3. November 1, 2009
• There is more to prime than meets the eye. Harald Baayan, University of Alberta, Arizona Linguistics Circle 3. October 31, 2009
• Feedback stabilization of category distinctions Andy Wedel, University of Arizona, Arizona Linguistics Circle 3. October 30, 2009
• Eye Movements and Cognitive Processes in Reading Keith Rayner, University of California San Diego. October 27, 2009
• The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended Stephen Krashen, UCLA. September 29, 2009
• Maltese English: The variety of English spoken and written in Malta Raymond Fabri, Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta. September 4, 2009
• Teaching Linguistics and the Linguistic Audiences Diana Archangeli, University of Arizona. September 18, 2009

Lectures from Spring 2009

• The roles of context and exemplars in understanding reduced speech Mirjam Ernestus, Radboud University of Nijmegen & Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. January 30, 2009
• What temporal orientation tells us about conditional modality Bridget Copley, SPL (CNRS/Université Paris 8). January 23, 2009
• Recurrent themes in Celtic phonology I: Mutations, phonological perspectives S.J. Hannahs, Newcastle University. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics Mini-course, March 24, 2009
• Overview of the morphosyntax of Welsh consonantal mutation Maggie Tallerman, Newcastle University. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics Mini-course, March 24, 2009
• Recurrent themes in Celtic phonology II: Svarabhakti, nasalization, vowel mutation, pitch & stress S.J. Hannahs, Newcastle University. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics Mini-course, March 25, 2009
• Copular constructions in Celtic Andrew Carnie, University of Arizona. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics Mini-course, March 25, 2009
• Preliminary results of an ultrasound study of Welsh laterals Diana Archangeli and Jeff Berry, University of Arizona. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics Mini-course, March 25, 2009
• Probabilistic OT and phonotactics relative to Celtic, mutations redux Mike Hammond, University of Arizona. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics Mini-course, March 26, 2009
• All in the family? Evaluating the role of kin selection in language evolution Maggie Tallerman, Newcastle University, March 26, 2009
• Inquiry at the Syntax/PF interface: Evidence from Breton Mélanie Jouitteau, LLF, CNRS, Paris 7. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• The interaction of linearization and prosody: Pronoun postposing in Irish and Scottish Gaelic Emily Elfner, University of Massachussetts. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• Irish pronoun postposing and information structure Ann Mulkern, Independent Scholar. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• Phrase structure vs. dependency: the analysis of Welsh syntactic soft mutation Maggie Tallerman, Newcastle University. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• Morphophonological features and the Gaelic adjective Colin Gorrie, University of Arizona. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• pro in Old Irish Aaron Griffith, Vienna. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• Old Irish standard of comparison constructions Elliot Lash, Cambridge University. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• An investigation of the syllabification of Irish Máire Ní Chiosain, University College Dublin, and Pauline Welby, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• The interaction of sonority sequencing and foot structure in Welsh SJ Hannahs, Newcastle. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• Transcription: the phonology phonetics interface Anna Bosch, University of Kentucky. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• Some Breton indefinites Randall Hendrick, University of North Carolina. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 27, 2009
• The syntax of PP complements David Adger, QMUL. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 28, 2009
• The semantics of Scottish Gaelic tense and aspect Sylvia Reed, University of Arizona. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 28, 2009
• Experiencers possessors and locations Gillian Ramchand, Tromsø. Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics, March 28, 2009
• Some unresolved issues in language endangerment and revitalization Lindsay Whaley, Dartmouth. April 3, 2009
• Bi-directional talker-listener adaptation in speech communication Ann Bradlow, Northwestern University. April 17, 2009
• Why it is difficult for robots to learn word meanings? Paul Cohen, University of Arizona. April 24, 2009

Lectures from Fall 2008

• Inflectional Verb Forms in Maltese Raymond Fabri, Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta. August 29, 2008
• Phonetic convergence in language contact: Catalan and Spanish in Majorca, Spain Miquel Simonet, University of Arizona. September 19, 2008
• Natural Language Processing at the Air Force Lab in Mesa, AZ Ray Tillman, Air Force Lab. September 23, 2008
• Teaching Meadowlark Children Their Song S. Neyooxet Greymorning. September 26, 2008
• Reflexes of Initial pUA *p in Nahuatl Karen Dakin, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• Prosodies in Tohono O'odham Reduplication Colleen Fitzgerald, University of Texas - Arlington, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 3, 2008
• Development and Documentation of Aesthetic Genres in the Tlaxcalan Highlands Norbert Francis and Kent Johnson, Northern Arizona University, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• An Acoustic Analysis of Yaqui Stress Larry Hagberg, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 3, 2008
• Looking Again at 'Old California Uto-Aztecan' Jane Hill, University of Arizona, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• Dialect Differences in Hopi Ken Hill, University of Arizona, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• Pronoun 2nd Position in Comanche as an Archaic Survival Todd McDaniels, Comanche Nation College, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• Nominal Derivation and Conceptual Creation in Nahuatl Mercedes Montes de Oca, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• Interrogative Verbs in Takic Pamela Munro, University of California, Los Angeles, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• A Few Words Related to salt and white From the Beginners Nahuatl Dictionary Frederic B. Nagel, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• The Phonetic Correlates of Southern Ute Stress Stacey Oberly, University of Arizona, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 3, 2008
• Some Proto-Uto-Aztecan *t>c, in time for *c>s Brian Stubbs, College of Eastern Utah-San Juan Campus, Friends of Uto-Aztecan Conference. October 4, 2008
• Enhancing the Discovery Life Cycle: Application of Information Mining and Retrieval in Life Sciences Nirav Merchant, Director, Biotechnology Computing, BIO5 and Sue Brown, Management Information Systems, University of Arizona. October 9, 2008
• The WOJ/EOJ Vowel Correspondences Kerri Russell, University of Arizona. October 24, 2008
• The Contribution of Abstract Linguistically-Motivated Learning Biases to Statistical Learning of Lexical Categories Erwin Chan, University of Arizona. November 7, 2008
• Doing syntax experimentally: Two case studies from Spanish Grant Goodall, University of California San Diego. November 14, 2008
• An Innovative Linguistic Style in the Construction of New Social Distinction in China Qing Zhang, University of Arizona. December 2, 2008

Lectures from Spring 2008

• Automoduolar Grammar. Jerry Sadock, University of Chicago, January 18, 2008.
• Automoduolar Grammar - 2. Jerry Sadock, University of Chicago, January 25, 2008.
• Automoduolar Grammar - 3 - The Passive. Jerry Sadock, University of Chicago, February 1, 2008.
• On Linearization Matters. Juan Uriagereka, University of Maryland, February 22, 2008.
• Towards a Description of the Syntactic Satiation Effect. Jerid Francom, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Linearization and Affix-Hopping. David Medeiros, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Causees in Hiaki Indirect Causatives: Optional, Obligatory or Forbidden? Mercedes Tubino, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Scottish Gaelic Text-to-Speech Synthesis Jeff Berry, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Top-down and Bottom-up Influences in English s-Retraction Adam Baker, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• P-stranding and Repair: Why is Indonesian (Not) So Special? Yosuke Sato, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Faithfulness and Positional Licensing: the MATCH Constraint in Khalka Mongolian [ATR] Vowel Harmony Amy Lacross, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Web-based Corpus Construction for Semitic Languages Dainon Woudstra and Jerid Francom, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Subsectivity and Adjective Placement Jeff Punske, University of Arizona, March 7, 2008.
• Phasing in Mixed Categories: Evidence from Celtic. (Video Podcast, 2008 SLAT Roundtable) Andrew Carnie, University of Arizona, March 8, 2008.
• Relating phonetic categorization to spoken language perception: Sometimes a [ga] is only a [ga] Andrew Lotto, University of Arizona, March 14, 2008.
• A Neurolinguistics Tutorial Maya Henry and Massimo Piattelli-Palmerini, University of Arizona, March 28, 2008.
• Are Creoles "Exceptional" Languages? Derek Bickerton, University of Hawaii (Emeritus), April 4, 2008.
• Programs and Proposals in Codeswitching Research: Unconstraining Theories of Bilingual Language Mixing Jeff MacSwan, Arizona State University, April 11, 2008.
• The Linguistic and Behavioral Reality of Event Structure Erin O'Bryan, University of Arizona, April 18, 2008.
• 'Is it any way might you could tell me how come am I not a English speaker?' Subject-auxiliary Inversion and Introspective Methodologies in Linguistics and Anthropology Rusty Barrett, University of Kentucky. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium Plenary Address, May 9, 2008
• The Coin of the Expressive Realm Chris Potts, University of Massachusetts. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium Plenary Address, May 9, 2008
• Modeling in Historical Linguistics: Trisecting Computational Methods, Speech Communities, and Language Change Claire Bowern, Rice University. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium Plenary Address, May 10, 2008
• Anthropological Models and Historical Linguistics: The Story of Uto-Aztecan Jane H. Hill, University of Arizona. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium Plenary Address, May 10, 2008
• How Tongans Make Sense of Variation in the Use of Lexical Honorifics Susan U. Philips, University of Arizona. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium Plenary Address, May 11, 2008
• Linguistics, Anthropology, the Media and Arabic Diglossia Keith Walters, Portland State University. Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium Plenary Address, May 11, 2008
• Magnitude Estimation for Linguistic Acceptability Dora Alexopoulou, Marie Curie Fellow, CNRS Lab Savoirs, Textes, Langage, Lille 3. May 15, 2008
• Truly Intrusive: Resumption in Relative Clauses Dora Alexopoulou, Marie Curie Fellow, CNRS Lab Savoirs, Textes, Langage, Lille 3. May 16, 2008

Lectures from Fall 2007

• On the Difference Between 'Showing' and 'Exhibiting': Morphosyntax, Morphophonology and English Double Objects. Heidi Harley, University of Arizona, October 19, 2007.
• Benjamin Lyman and his Law. Timothy J. Vance, University of Arizona, November 2, 2007
• Issues in Database Construction: A Research Experience for Undergraduates. Susan Penfield, University of Arizona, Benjamin Tucker, University of Alberta, Keisha Josephs, Stephanie Cunningham, Anya Muller, Kenna Smith and Brandon Owens, University of Arizona, November 9, 2007.
• Cognitive Science Brownbag Presentation: Genetics and the Acquisition of Language. Karin Stromswold, Rutgers University, November 16, 2007.
• Who did What to Whom: A Cross-linguistic Investigation. Karin Stromswold, Rutgers University, November 16, 2007.
• Masters Seminar Presentation: Expression, Truth, Predication, and Context. James Higginbotham, University of Southern California, November 29, 2007.
• Tense Parameters. James Higginbotham, University of Southern California, November 30, 2007.

Access the lecture slides to accompany the lectures for which speakers provided them.