• Linguistics major and SDA Andrew Terwilliger (’10) is the recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship for 2010-2011. With his grant, Andrew will study Chinese music as it is played…

  • ‘Logogramz: A Linguistic Analysis of Digital Communication’ Theo Sullivan Theo Sullivan (Linguistics ’09) will present his comps research on Friday, 22 May, at 4:00 pm in Goodsell 03. A reception…

  • Carleton Linguistics announces new Assistant Professor Catherine Fortin

    13 May 2009

    We are pleased to announce that Catherine Fortin, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Carleton since 2007, will be joining the Carleton Linguistics Department as Assistant Professor of Linguistics beginning in fall 2009. Professor Fortin earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University, where she majored in French Language and Literature, with a minor in Economics. She earned a master’s degree in Linguistics, with a Certificate in American Indian Languages, from the University of Pittsburgh. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan, where she worked primarily in the areas of syntax and semantics. Her dissertation is titled Indonesian Sluicing and Verb Phrase Ellipsis: Description and Explanation in a Minimalist Framework. In addition to her dissertation work on Indonesian, Professor Fortin has also worked on Moroccan Arabic and Minangkabau, a language which is spoken by members of a large matrilineal society in West Sumatra, Indonesia. At the University of Michigan, she was awarded the prestigious Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. She will teach Linguistics 325: Syntax of an Unfamiliar Language in the fall of 2009.

  • Carleton Linguistics announces new Visiting Assistant Professor Cherlon Ussery

    13 May 2009

    We are very happy to announce that Cherlon Ussery will be joining the Carleton Linguistics Department for the 2009-2010 academic year. Professor Ussery earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she majored in Political Science and African and African American Studies. She earned a master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Professor Ussery is currently completing her Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she is working primarily in the areas of syntax and the syntax-morphology interface. Her dissertation is on case and agreement patterns in Icelandic. Professor Ussery will teach three courses in 2009-2010: Ling 115: Introduction to the Theory of Syntax (4a fall term, no prerequisite), Ling 217: Phonetics and Phonology (4a winter term, prerequisite Ling 110), and an elective in the spring term.

  • Rosalind Brayfield (’09) will present a paper entitled ‘*Who does he believe what likes? How focus movement and wh-movement are distinct in the Belizean creole’ at the Minnesota Student Workshop…

  • ‘An OSV language really exists and it’s really weird!’ Emily Green Emily Green (Linguistics ’09) will present her comps research on Tuesday, 10 March, at 4:30 pm in Goodsell 03.…

  • Rosalind Brayfield (Linguistics, ’09) will present her comps research on Thursday, 26 February, at 4:30 pm in Goodsell 03. ***** ‘Run, I run – I really run!: questions and foci…

  • Dr. Michael J. Flynn, Chair of the Carleton Linguistics Program, will deliver a public colloquium talk, entitled ‘A Modern Defense of the Ancient Japanese Writing System’, on Friday, 7 November…

  • Gwendolyn Lewis defends her comps

    20 May 2008

    Gwen Lewis (Neurolinguistics) will present her comps research on Thursday, May 22nd, at *4:30 pm* (note change of time) in CMC 210.

    Gwen’s talk is titled ‘Spontaneous speech: A shocking response to electrical stimulation of the thalamus’. Spontaneous speech results from electrical stimulation of only the ventral anterior nucleus of the thalamus, making it a rare and unique phenomenon. This talk will outline a possible thalamic model of language that may explain this phenomenon.

    A reception immediately follows the talk. All are invited to attend.

  • Carleton Linguistics Students Attend Chicago Linguistic Society

    9 May 2008

    On April 24-26 2008, eight linguistics students traveled to Chicago to attend the 44th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society at the University of Chicago. There, they were regaled with much syntactic and phonological theory, heard talks by such luminaries as Carol Padden and Tecumseh Fitch, and had a generally great time.

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