Universals and variation in the organization of talk: Evidence from Alto Perené Arawak of Peru Based on extensive linguistic an ethnographic fieldwork in 2009-2015, this talk will examine a variety of language-specific linguistic resources and generic base of interactional organization […]
Language Contact and Language Standardization in Iberian Perspective: the Galician Case Gabriel Rei-Doval is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His research interests include Hispanic sociolinguistics, historiography of linguistics, language shift and […]
The Electa Quinney Institute is hosting the 48th Algonquian Conference at UWM, Fri Oct 14 – Sun Oct 16.
Language as resource: The role of context in code choice
Linguistics Department Colloquium: Lewis Gebhardt (Northeastern Illinois University) "The Crow Determiner Phrase In a Mostly Configurational Language" Abstract: Crow, a polysynthetic incorporating language, exhibits high configurationality in its nominal phrases. The elements in the extended NP are not only linearly […]
Linguistics Department Colloquium: Eleni Pinnow (University of Wisconsin-Superior) "The role of probabilistic phonotactics in the recognition of reduced pseudowords" Abstract: This talk will examine lexical and sublexical influences on the recognition of spoken words in their canonical and reduced form. […]
Linguistics Department Colloquium: James Hye Suk Yoon (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) (Note special time and place: Tuesday, April 4, 2:00pm, Merrill 314) "Lexical Integrity and the Architecture of Morphology-Syntax Interface" Abstract: Although morphology is taught as a system autonomous from […]