http://bruinling.org Bruin Linguists at UCLA Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:13:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday Dec. 2nd, the Applied Linguistics program at UCLA will be having Carol Chapelle, a linguistics professor at Iowa State University, as a guest speaker. She will be speaking about "Issues in Applied Linguistics Raised by Validation in Language Testing" from 10:30am - 11:30am in Rolfe 2118. See the ... http://bruinling.org/2011/guest-lecture-by-carol-chapelle/ BLing's fourth general meeting of Fall quarter is tomorrow night, 6pm in Campbell 2122. Professor Kie Zuraw will be giving advice on writing the Personal Statement for graduate school applications. Snacks and refreshments will also be provided :) Don't miss out on this informative opportunity! http://bruinling.org/2011/general-meeting-4/ Ian Roberts of Cambridge University will be speaking at a colloquium held at USC on November 14th, 3-4:30pm in room GFS 118. Here is a description of the talk: Parameter Hierarchies and Comparative Syntax "This talk looks at a way to break new ground in syntactic theory by reconceptualising the principles-and-parameters ... http://bruinling.org/2011/upcoming-colloquium-at-usc/ On Friday Nov. 4th, UCLA's Department of Applied Linguistics will be holding their 2nd annual public conference. It will be on the subject of language and migration. There will be various presentations taking place in Kerckhoff Grand Salon from 8:30 am to 5 pm, with a breakfast in the beginning ... http://bruinling.org/2011/ucla-department-of-applied-linguistics-2nd-annual-public-conference/ Happy 6th week, meaning it's time for our third general meeting of the quarter. We will be playing a fun game called Quiddler and having homework help/socializing afterwards, so bring your game face and any homework you need help with! Same time and place as usual...Wednesday at 6pm in Campbell ... http://bruinling.org/2011/general-meeting-3/ Janet McIntosh from the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University will be coming to speak at UCLA on Wednesday, November 2nd from 5-7 pm in Haines Hall 352. Here is a description of what she will be talking about: "Linguistic Atonement and Structural Oblivion: Penitence and Hegemony in White Kenyan Language ... http://bruinling.org/2011/upcoming-talk-by-janet-mcintosh/ This Saturday we are holding our first social event of the quarter. Although you may be busy studying for midterms, we all gotta eat, right?! Meet at the bear statue in Bruin Plaza at 4:30 pm this Saturday the 22nd, and we will take the bus to Little Ethiopia in ... http://bruinling.org/2011/first-social-event-of-the-quarter/ Our second meeting of fall quarter is tomorrow night, 6pm in Campbell 2122. We are very excited to have Jamie White, a linguistics graduate student at UCLA, come and speak about his dissertation. Additionally, after Jamie presents, we will be leaving time for a Ling 20 study group session. Bring ... http://bruinling.org/2011/second-meeting-first-social-event-of-the-quarter/ First meeting of the quarter is TOMORROW NIGHT in Campbell 2122 at 6pm! Get to know the board as well as your fellow BLing members, play ling games, and hear about our upcoming social events! http://bruinling.org/2011/first-meeting/ Be sure to check out World Languages Day, Friday Sept. 23rd from 10am to 2pm in Bruin Plaza: World Languages Day is an event promoting the various language clubs and departments on campus. Many different language departments - as well as Linguistics, the Dashew Center, and EAP - ... http://bruinling.org/2011/world-languages-day/