Alumni

	November 2019
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4	5 Professor: Dr. Robert Blust, Linguistics Department Professor: Dr. Robert Blust, Linguistics Department 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Abstract for Dragons for Dummies: Dragons are entirely fanciful, as are some other creatures, such as unicorns or mermaids. Given this apparent fact it must be asked why a belief in this creature is globally distributed, while a belief in other types of fanciful creatures is not. I start by considering the Rainbow Serpent of aboriginal Australia, which is commonly regarded as unique to that continent, but is actually… See more details •	6	7	8	9	10
11 OFFICE CLOSED: Veteran's Day OFFICE CLOSED: Veteran's Day 12:00 am - 11:59 pm See more details •	12	13 Introduction to Praat Introduction to Praat 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm The next lab workshop is Introduction to Praat with Michelle on November 13th (the last Praat workshop was canceled, so this is a make-up). We'll be going over how to open sound files, use the most common keyboard shortcuts, view various types of sound information, and create and edit TextGrids. No previous experience with Praat is assumed. Plenty of time will be left for asking questions and… See more details •	14 Austronesian Circle Austronesian Circle 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ----------------------------------------------------- Speaker: Mary Walworth Abstract: A graduate of UHM, currently co-leads the Comparative Oceanic Linguistics (CoOL) research group at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Mary specializes in the evolution of the languages of Vanuatu and Polynesia, with primary foci on historical linguistic affinities and language contact. Her work includes significant fieldwork and incorporates language documentation of understudied language varieties in both Vanuatu and east Polynesia. <… See more details •	15	16	17
18	19 Doctoral Candidate: Bryn Hauk, Linguistics Department Doctoral Candidate: Bryn Hauk, Linguistics Department 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Abstract for Shifty clusivity in Tsova-Tush: This paper outlines a new domain of shifted indexicals—shifty clusivity—in Tsova-Tush, an endangered Northeast Caucasian language of Georgia. Current debates about indexical shift have not explicitly addressed the behavior first-person inclusive pronouns under shift, although different predictions arise depending on theoretical assumptions about the mechanism behind shift of first-person and second-person pronouns, given that 1INCL involves features of both. I find that… See more details •	20	21	22	23	24
25	26 Doctoral Students: Leah Pappas & Christina Truong, Linguistics Department Doctoral Students: Leah Pappas & Christina Truong, Linguistics Department 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Abstract for Which way to go?: Directionals in Hawu (Leah Pappas): Hawu is a Central-Malayo Polynesian language of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Its spatial language has been little-studied despite areas that show promise for future research, such as its complex demonstrative system of ten contrastive terms and several areas where grammatical choices are dependent on a referent's distance and visibility. This presentation will focus on directionals in Hawu. It will… See more details •	27 Introduction to R Introduction to R 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Next workshop is Introduction to R with Noe (November 27th). If you work with quantitative data or are interested in statistical analysis, then you should know about R! Noe will be leading an Introduction to R for beginners, including those who have never used it before. We recommend you… See more details •	28 OFFICE CLOSED: Thanksgiving OFFICE CLOSED: Thanksgiving 12:00 am - 11:59 pm See more details •	29	30