Our Speaker: Dr. Anoop Mahajan
The Topic: Subject Case Marking

Anoop Mahajan is a professor of syntax and the chair or our department. His research interests include Gapping, Partial Wh-Movement, Oblique subject phenomena, and Remnant movement and Elimination of Head movement. he teaches the undergraduate syntax courses 120B and 165B, as well as syntactic typology (127), and several graduate courses.

Social Activity: IPA hangman
This needs little explanation. Come play!

!! BLing T-shirts are still available!
We have ordered 10 extra T-shirts, so if you still want one, they are available for $25. Buy a shirt and help support BLing!

Scientists estimate that of 7,000 languages in the world, half will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks.

THE LINGUISTS joins David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, scientists racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. David and Greg’s ’round-the-world journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at stake.

THE LINGUISTS world premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The only film funded by the National Science Foundation ever at Sundance, THE LINGUISTS has since screened at more than thirty festivals worldwide.

– from the official website

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PROGRAM INFORMATION

Date: Friday, February 6
Start Time: 2:00pm
Place: Ackerman Grand Ballroom, UCLA
Cost: FREE!

UCLA’s Linguistics Department (in collaboration with BLing and the Graduate Linguistics Circle) welcomes Professor David Harrison as he presents his film, “The Linguist”

This free screening is to be followed by an open Q&A session with Professor Harrison. Refreshments will be provided.

For those interested in (obscure) languages, travel, culture, as well as film and documentaries, this is definitely one not to be missed!

SPONSOR LIST 

Society of Bruin Linguists (BLing)
Craig Melchert, A. Richard Diebold Professor of Indo-European Studies
Department of Linguistics
Division of Humanities
Graduate Linguistics Circle
Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture (CLIC)
Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL
Program in Indo-European Studies

 

Daniel Buring’s research focuses on Semantics and its interaction with syntax and intonation. he is also the Director of Graduate Studies in the UCLA linguistics department, and in that capacity will be giving a short presentation on what you can do now to build your resume for graduate applications in the fall, and advice on preparing applications. There will be a Q&A session afterwards, so bring your questions!

Our social activity: IPA Whack-yo!
Never forget your fellow linguistic students’ names after playing this classic get-to-know-you game – with a very nerdy twist.

News: We have BLing T-shirts!
The design is attached to this email.
Order before January 28th : $20
After January 28th : $25
We will place the order with the manufacturer by the end of January, and hopefully will receive the shirts soon thereafter.
The meeting would be an excellent time to place an order if you’d like a shirt; also see the Facebook event.

Here’s the situation: we HAVE to submit our order before the end of this month in order to have our t-shirts as cheap as possible. If you place an order on or before January 28th, (Wednesday) it will be $20. Any orders after that will go up to $25.

If you want a shirt, please write on the wall for this event:
Your name:
T-shirt size (S, M, L, XL in unisex size):
How many you want (if you are getting another one for someone else, write down his/her size too):

We will soon have order form and details about payments ready soon.

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