Linguistics Colloquy Series

KU Linguistics Department

The Linguistics Colloquy Series is a biweekly lecture series. Refreshments and snacks are served following the presentation, which typically lasts an hour.

Current Colloquy Schedule: FALL 2011

Talks will be held on Thursdays in Blake 206 at 4:00 pm

September 15

Hiba Gharib, Department of Linguistics, KU

"Transitivity Alternations in Sorani Kurdish"

September 29

5-minute Presentations by Linguistics Faculty

October 13

Utako Minai, Department of Linguistics, KU

"Acquisition and Deployment of Linguistic Knowledge: Scrambling in Child Japanese as a Test Case"

October 27

Peter Grund, Department of English, KU

"The Nature of Knowledge: Evidence and Evidentiality in the Witness Depositions from the Salem Witch Trials"

November 17

Hyunsoon Kim, Department of English Language and Literature, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

“Gradual Tongue Movements in Korean Palatalization as Coarticulation: New Evidence from Stroboscopic Cine-MRI and Acoustic Data”

December 8

Jungwon Janet Choy, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders, KU

Title TBA

Previous Colloquy Schedules

  • Spring 2011
  • Fall 2010
  • Spring 2010
  • Fall 2009
  • Spring 2009
  • Fall 2008
  • Spring 2008
  • Fall 2007
  • Spring 2007
  • Fall 2006
  • Spring 2006
  • Fall 2005 (PDF Format)
  • Spring 2005
  • Fall 2004
  • Spring 2004
  • Fall 2003
  • Spring 2003
  • Fall 2002
  • Spring 2002
  • Fall 2001
  • Spring 2001
  • Fall 2000

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