Category: Upcoming Events

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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Prof. Mara Breen is coming to Boston University to talk about Prosody.

November 30th from 1 to 1:50 pm in CAS 224. Prof. Mara Breen is coming to talk to Boston University about her work in Prosody. A professor at Mount Holyoke College. Her abstract is below: Implicit prosody in reading: Listening to the little voice in our heads Facebook Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/136729799807354/     ABSTRACT: For over one hundred years, …

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Greg Scontras coming HERE to talk about Plural Comparison!

I hope everyone is really excited for Greg Scontras coming to Boston University on October 12th! (Because I know I am). A former Boston University Linguistics major, Greg is a Ph.D student at Harvard and is returning to Boston University to tell us about his research at Harvard.  (Abstract below)   Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/277254892393972/     …

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First General Meeting!

Calling all linguistics and language enthusiasts! The first general meeting of the Boston University Linguistics Association (BULA) will be Wednesday, September 12th at 7pm in 621 Commonwealth Ave (Linguistics Conference Room Basement). We will be discussing possible events and activities for the 2012-2013 year. It’s going to be pretty informal, just introductions, our plan for the …

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Lecture: Luc Baronian 4/4, 5-6pm CAS325

Please join us for a lecture from the linguistics department’s own Luc Baronian on“The Metrics of Amédé Ardoin and its Implications on the French stress system”. On April 4th at 5pm in CAS 325       Abstract: In this talk, I will use the principles of Generative Metrics (Halle & Keyser 1971, Kiparsky 1977) to present an analysis …

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Bananagrams/Scrabble Tournament

Wednesday Nov 16th at 7pm in the Academy Room in the back of the GSU. BULA is hosting a Bananagrams and Scrabble tournament! Bring your linguistic skills, love of word games and any Bananagrams or Scrabble sets you may own so we can have multiple games going on at once.

First General Meeting!

Calling all linguistics and language enthusiasts! The first general meeting of the Boston University Linguistics Association (BULA) will be Thursday, September 22nd at 7pm in CAS 228. We will be discussing possible events and activities for the 2011-2012 year. Ideas include: Movie Screenings, Discussion Groups, Bananagrams Tournament, Guest Speakers. Come share your ideas and interests and meet fellow linguistics lovers!

Linguistics Opportunities at BU

If you’re a current Linguistics major or minor, or just interested in what’s going on around campus, please join us on Feb. 24th at 6:30 pm in CAS 203 for this Panel on Linguistic Opportunities at BU. We will be discussing research on campus, upcoming undergraduate linguistics conferences and have students available to discuss linguistics …

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Orthography Discussion Group

Join us on Tuesday, Feb 8th in 621 Comm Ave, B02 (basement of the Linguistics Program building) from 7:00-9:00 pm.