A glimpse of the Welcome (Back) Picnic

The long-awaited pics from the annual picnic are finally posted! These pics show that we chat, we bbq, and we play! Photo courtesy - Evangeline Alva.

Finally, the pic of the photographer

USC at Two September Conferences

USC had representatives at two recent conferences, Sinn und Bedeutung 17 in Paris from September 8 to 10, 2012, and South Asian Languages: Theory,Typology, and Diachrony at Yale University from September 28 to 30, 2012.

Sinn und Bedeutung is a conference focusing on aspects of semantics and pragmatics in several areas of linguistics including syntax and psycholinguistics. At this conference, USC had one presentation:

Ascending and Descending’ Escher Illusions in Language: Evidence for Online Repair

Ellen O'Connor with Elsi Kaiser and Roumi Pancheva

South Asian Languages is a conference devoted to growing the field of research in South Asian linguistics. USC had one presentation at this conference, as well:

Plurality in Bangla: from a Crosslinguistic Perspective

Priyanka Biswas