News

Kate Davidson invited to speak at SULA 8 in Vancouver
May 15, 2014
The conference focuses on the semantics of underrepresented languages of the Americas.
PLOS ONE publishes sound symbolism paper by Haynie, Bowern, and LaPalombara
May 6, 2014
They perform statistical analyses of sound-meaning correspondences in 120 languages of Australia.
Andy Zhang heads to Australia for fieldwork
May 5, 2014
He will spend the summer working to document Tjupan, a highly endangered Wati langauge.
Article by Tim Hunter and Bob Frank appears in Linguistic Inquiry
May 1, 2014
Their paper is titled “Eliminating rightward movement: Extraposition as flexible linearization of adjuncts.”
Measured Language volume includes chapter by Emily Gasser
April 30, 2014
Her chapter is titled “Subgrouping in Nusa Tenggara: The case of Bima-Sumba.”
Ben George accepts tenure-track position at Carnegie Mellon
April 25, 2014
He will be assistant professor of philosophy beginning in August.
Proceedings of Phonology 2013 includes papers by three Yale linguists
April 24, 2014
Papers by Gaja Jarosz, Claire Bowern, and Emily Gasser are now available online in this new open access conference proceedings.

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