Events at: Totem Field Studio - Seminar Room (121)

Flash talks

Fall 2023 Flash Talks Preliminary Program! 3:32-3:35 Sander Something Interior Salish 3:37-3:40 Kathleen Sign Language Phonetic Annotator/Analyzer (SLP-AA) 3:42-3:45 Ana Research on San Pablo Güilá Zapotec 3:47-3:50 Jahurul MRI labiovelar 3:52-3:55 Marci Statistics for Languages with Small Populations 3:57-4:00 Henry Clitics in Tsimshianic 4:00-4:05 BREAK 4:05-4:08 Line Voice & Gender Project 4:10-4:13 Samir TBD 4:15-4:18 Wayne […]

Research Seminar – Kaili Vesik

Kaili Vesik will give a research seminar. Title: 74 constraints walk into a bar: Modeling acquisition with an eye to typology Abstract: Although phonological analysis and learning algorithms may be studied independently, additional insight can be gained when their intertwining and interdependent elements are taken into account. This work investigates how assumptions made about each […]

Research Seminar – Molly Babel, Line Lloy, Khushi Patil, and Khia Johnson

Molly Babel, Line Lloy, Khushi Patil and Khia Johnson will give a research seminar. Title: Language-general versus language-specific processes in bilingual voice learning Abstract: Language experience confers a benefit to voice learning, a concept described in the literature as the language familiarity effect (LFE). A divide in the literature is whether and how generative language […]

Research Seminar – Darko Odic (UBC Psychology)

Dr. Darko Ordic (UBC Psychology) will give an in-person research seminar 3:30-4:30pm, January 26th, 2024. The title and abstract for the talk can be found below.   Title: How much language is in thought? Abstract: In this talk, I present recent work from my lab arguing that language acts as instructions for directing – but […]

Research Seminar – Katie Sardinha

Dr. Katie Sardinha will give an in-person research seminar 3:30-4:30pm, March 1st, 2024. The title and abstract for the talk can be found below. Title: Using an inductive learning approach to train speaker-linguists in Kwak’wala grammar Abstract: In this talk, I’ll discuss how we are using an inductive learning paradigm to teach Kwak’wala sentence structure. […]

Colloquium – Kathryn Davidson (Harvard University)

Dr. Kathryn Davidson (Harvard University) will give a colloquium in person on March 15th 3:30-5:00pm, 2024. Title: Information structure insights from sign language anaphora Abstract: Notions of topic and focus have been well-studied in sign languages, which – like many spoken languages –  tend to have word orders highly influenced by information structural considerations, along with […]

Research Seminar – Michelle Kamigaki-Baron

Michelle (Mitchi) Kamigaki-Baron will be giving an in-person research seminar at Totem Field Studio Seminar Room (121) on April 12th 3:30-4:30pm. Title: Exploring the Psycholinguistic Connections Between Pidgin and ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi Abstract: This research investigates the psycholinguistic connections between two languages spoken in Hawaiʻi: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and Pidgin. Using methodologies and paradigms from the toolkits […]

Colloquium – Ginny Dawson (Western Washington University)

Ginny Dawson will deliver an in-person colloquium. The title and abstract are below. Nouns in classifier and non-classifier languages can mean the same thing: Evidence from Tiwa A longstanding question in formal semantics concerns the extent to which basic noun meanings vary across languages. That languages differ significantly in whether or not they have numeral […]

Research Seminar – Samantha Jackson

Samantha Jackson will present an in-person research seminar on Nov1.   Title: Take my word for it: Evaluations of scripted interview responses Abstract: With its need for a larger labour force and its well-known multicultural identity, Canada has become a popular destination for economic immigrants. However, the labour market outcomes and experiences of newcomers to […]