Announcements

We are pleased to announce an upcoming talk by Shalini Shankar (Northwestern University), co-sponsored by the CU Literacy Practicum, the Department of Linguistics, and the Department of Anthropology. Prof. Shankar will be discussing her new book, Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success (2019). Wednesday,...

Adina Williams (Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research / New York University) gave a computational linguistics talk to CU Linguistics on the association of nouns to gender classes. Wednesday, February 19th 4:00-5:30pm MUEN D430/D28 Title: "Is the association of nouns to gender classes truly arbitrary?" Abstract: Debate has long raged in linguistics...

The Society for Linguistic Anthropology , in conjunction with graduate students in the Program for Culture, Language, and Social Practice at the University of Colorado Boulder, is pleased to announce the SLA 2020 Full Program , available for viewing here . The conference will take place at the Hiltons on...

Sebastian Schuster (Stanford University) gave a computational linguistics talk on utterance interpretation to CU Linguistics. Monday, February 17th 4:00-5:30pm MUEN D430 Title: "Modeling Utterance Interpretation in Context" Abstract: In communication, listeners are usually able to rapidly infer a speaker's intended meaning, which is often more specific than the literal meaning...

On Tuesday, February 18, at 6pm, join CU Linguistics in the CASE auditorium for an evening talk by Game of Thrones Language Creator David J. Peterson. In addition to creating the Dothraki and High Valyrian languages for HBO’s medieval fantasy epic Game of Thrones , he has created languages for...

The Department is pleased to announce that Lifeng Jin (Ohio State University) will give a computational linguistics talk on syntax acquisition. Wednesday, January 29th 4:00pm MUEN D430/D28 Title: "Modeling Syntax Acquisition with Cognitive Constraints" Abstract: Children seem to learn their first languages effortlessly, but how they are able to do...

SoundHound LingCircle Roundtable: Insights on Linguistics Roles in Speech Recognition Technology The SoundHound team in Boulder has been growing and is excited to share updates since last year’s LingCircle! There will be a brief overview of what SoundHound does and how the linguistic roles fit in. It will then open...

Valentina Schiattarella , a Fullbright Visitor to the CU Department of Linguistics from the University of Naples, gave a Ling Circle talk in January. See below for details: Wednesday, January 22 4:00-5:30pm CLRE 203 Title : "Reference System in Siwi (Berber, Egypt)" Abstract : The presentation describes the preliminary results...

The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that our TESOL Program now has its own Facebook page. You can visit the page here . Created and maintained by our Director of TESOL Certificate Programs, Dr. Rai Farrelly , the page will feature updates about programs, partnerships, and career opportunities...

Prof. Sharese King (Linguistics, University of Chicago) gave the Distinguished Undergraduate Lecture in Linguistics at CU on November 7, 2019. A catered reception preceded the talk . Prof. King is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, and starting Fall 2020, a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Linguistics...