Defaults in Morphological Theory Workshop: Inheritance and Construction Morphology
Geert Booij
"Inheritance and Construction Morphology" Defaults in Morphological Theory Workshop University of Kentucky May 21-22, 2012
linguistics
SECOL Thursday Speaker
Linguistics Conference, Speaker Mary Bucholtz
'Homegrown Kentucky' Empowers Eastern Ky. Community
Seven UK students created a project redefining community service. The group established a small-scale farm in Owsley County, Ky., revitalizing 10 acres of land owned by the school district, which will yield 100 percent of the produce for the local schools and aims to strengthen the county's economy.
Southeastern Conference on Linguistics
The 79th Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL LXXIX) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Lexington Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14, 2012.
The plenary speakers will be Michael Montgomery (University of South Carolina) and Mary Bucholtz (University of California, Santa Barbara). The conference theme, “Conference on Appalachian Language” (COAL), is designed to highlight the importance of the rich linguistic traditions of the people of the Appalachian Mountains, which make up the beautiful eastern landscape of Kentucky.
The Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) is dedicated to the advancement of the study of language in all its aspects. For more information about the organization, visit the SECOL website.
Questions about venue and arrangements may be addressed to the local host, Dr. Jennifer Cramer (jennifer.cramer@uky.edu). See attached for the registration form and schedule.
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Gender and Women's Studies Presents Queen Lecture Series
Series kicks off this Thursday with Linguistics professor Rusty Barrett, with a lecture entitled "Sickening Queens"
Race, Class, and Drag: Rusty Barrett
Rusty Barrett is an assistant professor in the Linguistics program. On February 16th, 2012, Barrett will present a lecture, “Sickening Queens: Ethnic and Class Difference in Drag.” The lecture is at 4pm in the President’s Room at the Singletary Center for the Arts, and will address ways in which drag performances reflect social and cultural differences related to class and ethnicity.
Dr Kirk Hazen Lecture: Appalachian Dialect Features
This is part of the Linguistics program speaker series. Dr. Hazen is lecturing to a class about Appalachian dialect features.
Summarizing Sarikoli: Clint Parker Discusses Translating Chinese
Clint Parker is an undergraduate student in Chinese and Linguistics. Parker recently began work on a project translating a descriptive summary of a minority dialect called Sarikoli. The descriptive summary is in Chinese, and Parker is translating it into English.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
