Spring Break
Dr. Carrie Jackson
“How Prediction and Adaptation Leads to Learning Among Beginning and Intermediate L2 Learners” Carrie Jackson Ph.D. Professor & Department Head, Penn State Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures Some argue that structural priming and adaptation rely on implicit learning mechanisms, involving adjustment to linguistic representations due to experiencing prediction error (e.g., Chang et al.,
No talk (Psychonomics)
Dr. Gabriel Cler (University of Washington)
“Brain Basis of Developmental Language Disorder” Dr. Gabriel Cler (University of Washington) Friday, October 20 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a heritable neurodevelopmental disorder, diagnosed when children have difficulty acquiring their first language for no apparent reason. Despite its prevalence (7% of the population; nearly 7x as
Dr. Manuel Pulido (SIP, Penn State)
Manuel F. Pulido, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Penn State Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese “From Collocations to Constructions: Exploring Generalization During L1 and L2 Processing” Friday, October 27 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library Speakers constantly innovate in their use of language. However, linguistic innovation is not generated in a vacuum, but is
Dr. Anastasia Giannakidou (University of Chicago)
“Modality, Veridicality, and Bias” Anastasia Giannakidou, Ph.D. Professor of Linguistics The University of Chicago Friday, November 3 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library In this lecture, Anastasia Giannakidou will discuss three empirical phenomena— polarity, mood choice, and modal sentences— aiming to show that the property of veridicality is central in properly understanding and
No CLS Talk (Psychonomics)
No CLS Talk (Thanksgiving Break)
Abigail Chi Baack (SIP, Penn State)
“Voiceless Stop Aspiration in Yucatec Spanish” Abigail Chi Baack Friday, December 1 9:00–10:30 a.m. EST Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library In this presentation, Abigail Chi Baack explores voiceless stop aspiration in Yucatec Spanish, in which such a fortition process is most likely contact-induced. The study draws on data from three Mayan communities in the Yucatan
Dr. Frances Blanchette (CLS, Penn State)
“Sound, Structure, and Meaning in Central Pennsylvanian English: Evidence from Experiments” Frances Blanchette, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Center for Language Science Associate Research Professor, Psychology Penn State Friday, November 10 9:00–10:30 a.m. EST Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library This talk presents results
NSF-NRT speakers: Dr. Carol Miller and Dr. Janet van Hell (Penn State)
“Insights From Language Science Make Magnificent Machines: Updates on the NSF NRT LinDiv Program” Janet van Hell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Linguistics Director, Center for Language Science Penn State Carol Miller, Ph.D. Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders and Linguistics, Penn State Friday, December 8, 9:00–10:30 a.m. EST Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library Human technology, such
“Talking Black in America: Roots” documentary screening and discussion
In this special edition of our CLS Speaker Series, we will be screening the documentary Talking Black in America—Roots. This film is the third in a series of documentaries about African American language produced by NC State’s Language and Life Project. The film explores connections between “the peoples and societies of West Africa and the