Friday Colloquia: Fall 2008

Unless otherwise noted, colloquia are held on Fridays at 4:00pm in Silver 414. All colloquia are followed by a reception and dinner with the speaker.


Entrainment in the vocalic system and in speech breathing: Evidence from conflictive speech

Norma Mendoza-Denton

September 19

Predicting syntax: Processing dative constructions in American and Australian varieties of English

Joan Bresnan

October 3

The role of markedness in generalizing over lexical exceptions

Michael Becker

October 10

Moods vs. Modals in St'at'imcets and Beyond

Lisa Matthewson

October 24

Norbert Hornstein

October 31
CANCELLED

Northern Cities Vowels and Dialect Contact

Janet Pierrhumbert

December 5

Last Modified: October 2, 2008