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 […]

Linguistics Department Colloquium: Klinton Bicknell (Northwestern University) "Language comprehension as rational probabilistic inference on perceptual input" Abstract: Language comprehension is the process of identifying intended meaning from written or spoken language input. It is well established that comprehension proceeds incrementally: […]

Linguistics Department Colloquium: Manfred Krifka, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin "Focus and Contrastive Topics in Assertions and Questions" (joint work with Beste Kamali, University of Bielefeld & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Abstract: We provide an account for focus and contrastive […]