Month: May 2008

  • CORRECTION: Bobaljik Colloquium Next Thursday (5/29)

    Getting ‘Better’: On Comparative Suppletion and Related Topics Jonathan Bobaljik University of Connecticut I present and discuss four or five universals drawn from across-linguistic study of comparative and superlative morphology. Special attention is given to three generalizations regarding root suppletion in the comparative degree of adjectives (good-better, bad-worse). These generalizations, I contend, have a variety…

  • Friedman awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

    Victor Friedman has received a 2008 Guggenheim fellowship to research a monograph on the similarities of one of the world’s most linguistically diverse and complex areas. For more detail of his project, see the writeup in the latest issue of the Chronicle. Congratulations, Victor!

  • 2nd Installment of the New Talk Series on Linguistics Research

    From Consumer to Producer: Getting Started in Linguistic Research SECOND TALK IN NEW SERIES TOMORROW Tuesday May 20th The University of Chicago Department of Linguistics would like to extend an open invitation to anyone starting work in linguistics, or interested in the process, to the second Beginning Research talk happening tomorrow. Join the speakers and…

  • New Talk Series on Linguistics Research

    From Consumer to Producer: Getting Started in Linguistic Research Ever wondered what the protocol is for working with informants, or how to obtain IRB approval? Ever looked at faculty and advanced graduate students and wondered how they learned all the ins and outs of working within an academic institution to produce original research? The University…

  • Hinterwimmer Colloquium on Thursday

    Different alternatives for topics and foci: Evidence from indefinites and multiple wh Stefan Hinterwimmer (joint work with Sophie Repp) Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwisenschaft, Berlin Thursday May 15, 2008 Cobb 201, 3.30- 5 pm In gapping, topical indefinites as well as wh-phrases can contrast with surface-identical antecedents if the contrast involved is the first of the…