TopiCS publishes commentary by Tamás Biró
The essay argues that cognitive and computational approaches have a role to play in the study of culture.
Postdocs & Lecturers
Lingua publishes paper by Jim Wood
The paper investigates the syntax of English verbal “rather,” noting its similarity to parasitic participle constructions found elsewhere in Germanic.
Kate Davidson publishes paper in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Kate, Diane Lillo-Martin, and Deborah Chen Pichler argue that the spoken English development of children with cochlear implants is not impaired by exposure to sign language.
Ashwini Deo and Kate Davidson to speak at Workshop on Semantic Variation
The workshop will be held at UChicago on October 25-26.
Yale linguists presenting at NELS
The conference, held this weekend at UConn, will feature a talk by Jim Wood and posters by Claire Bowern, Erich Round, and Raffaella Zanuttini.
Welcome to Hugo Istomin-Wood!
He was born September 25 to Jim Wood and Julia Istomina. Congratulations!
Introducing Kate Davidson
Kate is a postdoc in cognitive science who investigates the semantics/pragmatics interface and language acquisition through experimental work with sign languages.
Welcome to Tamás Biró
This fall he is teaching Phonology I and Facets of Hebrew and Semitic Linguistics. In the spring, he will teach Language and Computation and a computational OT seminar.
Kayne, Zanuttini, and Leu produce An Annotated Syntax Reader
The collection features excerpts from 35 seminal papers in generative syntax, providing background and questions for future research.
Yale Grammatical Diversity Project featured in Yale Alumni Magazine cover story
Positive anymore, drama so, needs washed, multiple modals, and negative concord are among the phenomena highlighted.
