Category: Events

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.” …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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BULA is sponsoring an end-of-the-semester linguistics tutoring session

Upcoming BULA-sponsored event: “Ask a Linguistics Professor!”

Monday, April 28th at 6 PM This is also a Facebook event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/228358810690841/ Ever wanted to ask your linguistics professors about their research? Have a question about language that you’ve always wondered but never had the chance to ask? Now’s your chance!BU Linguistics Association (BULA), in conjunction with professors Jon Barnes, Danny Erker, Paul Hagstrom, …

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Spring 2014 – Undergraduate Linguistics Open House

“The Story of Writing”

  Our big event for the semester is coming up on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 7 pm in KCB 101.  Co-sponsored by BULA, the undergraduate Classics Association, and the Linguistics program: a talk by Prof. Sasha Nikolaev, “The Story of Writing: The Origins and Development of Writing Systems.” See more information and RSVP at …

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BULA – October meeting

We’re on a roll… BULA will meet on October 17th at 7 PM in CAS 312 ! Come one, come all. Bring your linguistics friends.

It’s BANANAGRAMS time again…

October 2, 2013 @ 7 PM in CAS 223 (For more details, click on “Events” above.)