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Mar 05
Come whine and dine with us!
This is also a Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/589760144494654/ You’re invited to a casual dinner with your favorite BULA peeps. Thursday, March 19, at 6 PM in the GSU. Passed your last linguistics test by the skin of your teeth? Got an axe to grind about idioms? Wanna scream DOWN WITH PRESCRIPTIVISM instead of that tired old …
Feb 14
“Plural formation in Seeku (Mande, Burkina Faso)”
Check back soon for more information about our upcoming presentation by Prof. Laura McPherson (Dartmouth College): http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mcpherson/. Partially funded by your Student Activities fee. The Department of Romance Studies and the African Studies Center are co-sponsoring her talk: “Plural formation in Seeku (Mande, Burkina Faso)” Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 5:30 pm in Stone B50. …
Jan 13
“Is the man who is tall happy?”
Movie showing This event is now confirmed 🙂 Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 7 pm in CAS 522 With a brief introduction by Prof. Neil Myler, who will also lead a discussion afterwards.This event has been made possible by the Geddes Language Center.Light refreshments will be provided by the Department of Romance Studies. Everyone is …
Dec 10
BULA Study Session!
Friday, December 12, 2014 from 2 to 4 PM. Come study for your final exam with BULA members and other students! 621 Commonwealth Ave., room B02
Nov 06
It’s BANANAGRAMS time again…
on Wednesday, November 12 from 7:15 to 8:30pm in CAS 214 Everyone is welcome. No prior experience with Bananagrams is required 🙂
Oct 26
Presentation by Prof. Kie Zuraw (UCLA)
Of mice and (of) men: Phonological influences on the omissibility of French de in coordination Thursday, October 30, 2014 @ 6:45 PM in LSE B01 This is also a Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/367780246718018/ (RSVP appreciated but not required) Co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies and the James Geddes, Jr., Lecture Series ABSTRACT. In English “pieces of …
Oct 04
A lecture and a movie: “Inventing the Klingons” – Language & Galactic Politics
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 @ 6 PM in CAS 211 Join us for pizza, drinks, and a talk by Professors Sasha Nikolaev and Jay Samons on the development of the Klingon language and the role of Klingons as ‘other’ in galactic politics. Following the lecture, we’ll enjoy a screening of the classic TNG episode “Reunion.” …
Sep 27
A presentation by Prof. Neil Myler
This will be the first in our new series (co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies): “BULA Linguistics Faculty Spotlight.” Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 7 pm in KCB 106 Prof. Neil Myler “Going the pub and being the library: A Microparameter in North-West English Prepositional Phrases” Abstract: Dialects in the North-West of England …
Sep 09
BULA “get to know you” Dinner
Everyone is welcome! We will meet at 6:30 on Wednesday, September 17th in the Back Court of the GSU. Everyone can pick up what they would like to eat and then join the group. Very informal. No agenda. Just come. We will get to know each other and discuss ideas for BULA activities for the coming …
Jun 29
Fall Undergraduate Linguistics Open House
SAVE THE DATE: Monday, September 8, 2014 from 4:15 to 5:30 pm. STH (745 Comm. Ave.), room 325 You are invited! And bring your friends. Join us as we welcome new and returning linguistics students and prospective students. Come meet and chat with linguistics professors, including Byron Ahn and Neil Myler — who will …