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!
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Jason Merchant in Maryland
Jason Merchant presented “PF and LF locality: Evidence from Greek comparatives” at the Maryland Linguistics Mayfest (May 10-11). The theme this year was “Island Perspectives“.
Arregi to join the department!
A warm welcome to Karlos Arregi, who will join the Linguistics Department next year as an Assistant Professor. Karlos, who completed his Ph.D. at MIT in 2002, is currently teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include syntax, the syntax-semantics, syntax-phonology interfaces, and morphology. He also specializes in Basque and Romance Linguistics.
Yu promoted!
Congratulations to Alan Yu on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!
Sadock-fest this weekend!
In honor of Jerry Sadock‘s retirement, the Pragmatics, Grammatical Interfaces, and Jerry Sadock conference will take place on May 2 & 3 on the 2dn floor of Cobb. Please come and join us to celebrate this momentous occasion!