tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15017319604554194022024-03-28T20:29:55.756-07:00The Southern California Reports on Life in LinguisticsRoumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581322671962207021noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-66826980070756301842015-10-16T17:21:00.002-07:002015-10-16T17:21:21.592-07:00FYI: The blog has moved to a new address!This is a reminder that the USC Linguistics Department blog has moved to our new home at USCling! Thanks for following us on SCROLL. If you want to continue receiving notifications about new posts, please follow us at USCling. See you there!
-The EditorsSamantha Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388687638755398406noreply@blogger.com391tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-91583143354493883182015-10-12T10:59:00.002-07:002015-10-12T10:59:16.054-07:00Hey everyone! We have a new blog address: please visit us at USC Ling https://uscling.wordpress.com/
And here’s what is going on in our department this week:
USC
is sending several presenters to NELS at Concordia University in
Montreal: Jessica Harmon, Alfredo Garcia-Pardo, Brian Hsu, Lanko Marusic, and Charlie
O'Hara!
Monday, October 12
Phon Lunch, 11am in the Conference Room: Charlie Aninha Viannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07792048794390208495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-53519642275922612972015-10-05T20:59:00.001-07:002015-10-05T20:59:34.942-07:00Weekly Digest!
Hi folks! Here's a preview of what has happened/will be happening this week:
USC is sending a delegation of presenters to the Annual Meeting in Phonology in Vancouver: Peter Guekguezian, Karen Jesney, Caitlin Smith, and Rachel Walker. USC alum Michal Temkin Martinez (Boise State University) will also be presenting at this meeting. Next year we will be hosting Phonology at USC!
Monday, Aninha Viannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07792048794390208495noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-39480272708892551652015-10-05T15:09:00.001-07:002015-10-05T15:09:28.343-07:00Hearing and Communication Neuroscience Symposium this Friday, October 9th!
This is the first annual HCN Symposium
There is a fantastic lineup of speakers, and of course the HCN Training Program wants to put their best foot forward by having a great turnout. Lunch will be provided. The event will be held on the Health Sciences Campus, at the Zilkha Neurogenetics Institute (ZNI) in the Herklotz Auditorium. Everyone is invited!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-45349912918373875222015-09-28T22:02:00.000-07:002015-09-28T22:02:15.127-07:00Linguists presenting at the Center for Excellence in Teaching
Two professors from the Linguistics Department are presenting during Academic Careers Week (September 28 - October 1), organized by the Center for Excellence in Teaching. On Monday, Sept. 28, Professor Rachel Walker presented "Writing Your Cover Letter & CV." On Wed, Sept. 30, Professor Dani Byrd will present "Negotiating the Academic Job Offer." Samantha Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388687638755398406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-52328396730638555552015-09-17T13:07:00.000-07:002015-09-17T13:07:29.835-07:00Welcome (Back) Picnic, Fall 2015This past Saturday, September 12, was GSIL's annual Welcome (Back) picnic. The event was held in the Old Zoo area of Griffith Park, on an uncharacteristically muggy (for LA) day. Grad students, their significant others and pets, and USC linguistics alumni all came out and enjoyed the outdoors. Rousing games of Kubb and Jenga were played! Delicious food was enjoyed! Some highlights are on view Samantha Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388687638755398406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-74484565218639848512015-09-04T08:00:00.000-07:002015-09-04T15:52:38.502-07:00Summer 2015 (and beyond) updates from Faculty and StudentsWelcome back from summer break, everyone! The Fall 2015 semester is already off to a great start. Many people in the USC Linguistics community had a busy Spring and Summer 2015, so we'll share their updates here.
Sierra Chinn-Liu
A recent graduate of the Linguistics BA program at USC, Sierra was recently accepted to UCLA's very prestigious Law School. Congratulations, Sierra!
Sandy Disner
Samantha Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388687638755398406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-14129742510993887552015-08-26T10:21:00.000-07:002015-08-26T10:21:15.640-07:00Welcome to the new cohort!We are so happy to introduce the new cohort of Linguistics graduate students at USC: Welcome, class of 2020!
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Aninha Viannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07792048794390208495noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-59308002008996422112015-04-30T14:33:00.000-07:002015-04-30T14:33:25.821-07:00Recent USC Linguistics News
Hello everyone-
We are really pleased to report some great news from one of our USC Linguistics alumna:
Michal Temkin Martínez (PhD, 2010) was recently promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, with tenure, at Boise State University.
Way to go Michal!
But wait, there is more-
Check out this video, posted earlier this week on the Dornsife homepage, which features Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-59439945471407964852014-11-21T09:58:00.001-08:002014-11-21T09:58:23.931-08:00USC Presence @ 2nd Conference of the American Pragmatics Association on October 17 and 18
Professor Elsi Kaiser and graduate student Aninha Vianna (Ana) presented their work at the 2nd conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA), held October 17-19 at UCLA. Elsi presented "Richness of the
Paradigm:
Crosslinguistic Investigations of
Reference Resolution" and Ana presented her work "There was... something new! Discourse-based Predictions During Language Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-42291619894697858642014-11-21T09:48:00.001-08:002014-11-21T12:16:48.108-08:00The OIS Language Learning WorkshopOn November 20th, professor Elsi Kaiser, along with many of our graduate students, put together the Language Learning Workshop at the Parkside Performance Cafe at the University Park Campus This was an initiative of the Office of the International Students as part of their International Education Week, and the goal was to give students the chance to learn key phrases (eg. Hello, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-47399827730610499582014-11-18T16:32:00.000-08:002014-11-18T16:32:11.879-08:00Sam receives award for excellence in teaching
Congratulations to our grad student Sam for being named Outstanding TA by the Center for Excellence in Teaching!
This honor is given to graduate teaching assistants who exhibit consistent excellence in the classroom and symbolize the University's dedication to the education of scholar-teachers. Check out the full list of winners here.
Keep making us proud Sam!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-15717874987122756662014-11-12T10:36:00.004-08:002014-11-12T10:36:41.055-08:00The Furball Diaries : Furrytail, Ninja and Smoky
We're back– and this time we get to meet all three furry companions of Andrew Simpson, Chair of our USC Linguistics Department.
Our Chair loves his cats.
"This is Furrytail, who we found living in a car park behind a Chinese restaurant. He decided to come home with us and changed our lives. Furrytail lights up our lives with his affection and charm, but also worriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-92200568746135926412014-10-27T10:12:00.000-07:002014-10-27T10:12:38.221-07:00The Furball Diaries : LeoHello again everyone, this week let us introduce Leo, Roumi's lovely cat.
"This is Leo Panski. He met us at the South LA pound 10 years ago - he was a tiny 2-month-old kitten then - and insisted we take him home. He is strong-willed, curious yet also cautious, affectionate, playful, and friendly with people, especially small ones, but a menace to other cats. He loves being outside, and always Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-24192212995921823022014-10-14T18:53:00.001-07:002014-10-14T18:53:39.982-07:00On Leave
A number of our esteemed faculty are taking a break from the rigors of teaching and administration so they can focus on their work. In this post, we highlight the goings-on of Hajime Hoji and Khalil Iskarous.
Hajime Hoji
Hajime was at Yokohama, Japan, in September, where he participated in a small workshop on Language Faculty Science. He also gave a talk titled "Language Faculty Science as an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-24344648896513613822014-10-14T10:21:00.001-07:002014-10-14T10:31:32.567-07:00The Furball Diaries: Caeser and Maia
Welcome back to our ongoing series featuring the pets of USC Linguistics students, faculty and staff. This week we greet the cats of Rachel's household.
"This is Maia. Maia is a rescue cat, adopted about one year ago. She is hard to capture on film, because she is always on the move, except when she’s sleepy. Maia is super-petite, an aerialist, and loves to play with cherry tomatoesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-75454213393241626092014-10-07T13:48:00.000-07:002014-10-07T13:48:36.836-07:00The Furball Diaries: Pearl, Shadow and GreyThis week, we will get to know Afton's feathered friends.
"Pictured are Pearl, Shadow, and Grey, and not pictured are the other four members of their little flock (Pippin, Noodle, Beetle, and Lucky). They enjoy singing, talking, hiding in my hair, stealing shiny objects, and attempting to communicate with the crows that live outside. We've been friends for over 15 years now, and I've seen Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-62761281514347425712014-09-30T08:18:00.000-07:002014-09-30T08:27:49.047-07:00The Furball Diaries : Pip and MaxWelcome to the first installment of USCLing Pets, the photo series! A proud pet parent from the USC Linguistics department will have their furry loved one featured each week.
Today we will feature Samantha Gordon's four-legged friends, Pip and Max. Sam describes the pictured interaction as either an instance of Pipsqueak using Maxine as a pillow or of Max using Pip as a blanket. We'll let you Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-88628654596544328272014-09-14T13:07:00.003-07:002014-09-14T13:07:57.630-07:00Welcome to our new students!
It is with great pleasure that we introduce the new cohort of Linguistics graduate students, so that you can all get to know them a bit better. Welcome, class of 2019!
Ana Elisa Besserman
Hi! My name is Ana Besserman, I'm from Brazil and I'm terribly excited to be joining the USC Linguistics department! While living in Rio de Janeiro, I graduated with a BA in Journalism and SCROLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241552061686410267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-57022190585802022622014-09-12T12:00:00.000-07:002014-09-12T12:04:09.607-07:00Congratulations to the Spring Bake-off WinnersA very-belated congratulations goes out to the winners of the Bake-Off held at the end of last semester! We had many entrants who provided delicious treats for this special tea time event.
The dessert spread
Xiaxun won first place for her lemon bars:
Xiaxun, First place winner
Jessica won second place for her lemon cookies:
Jessica, Second place winner
Cynthia won third place for her Samantha Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388687638755398406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-64048476262840421882014-06-19T11:16:00.000-07:002014-06-19T11:16:04.466-07:00Congratulations to Our New BAs and PhDs!June can mean only one thing -- graduation season! The USC Department of Linguistics graduated 13 undergraduates and 6 graduate students this year. In addition, many grad students defended dissertations in the last few weeks. We proudly congratulate all of the following students on their recent graduation and successful defenses, not to mention their many years of hard work at USC. Samantha Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388687638755398406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-24791327858059535232014-04-22T14:44:00.001-07:002014-05-28T12:00:51.019-07:00More Congratulations!
There is even more good news to report from students in the USC Linguistics Department!
Congratulations to Ben Parrell on winning a very competitive post-doctoral fellowship funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Research Service Award. Ben will be pursuing his research and additional training at the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley. Ben was *also* offered an Assistant SCROLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241552061686410267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-1043802745660126162014-04-07T19:22:00.003-07:002014-04-07T19:22:47.428-07:00Congratulations are in order!The USC Linguistics department is enjoying a swath of good news in the past couple of weeks:
Congratulations to our undergraduate Evangeline Alva, who has been selected out of more than 100 applicants to participate in Stanford University´s first CSLI Summer Internship Program. Keep up the good work Evangeline!
Congratulations to our graduate student Xiao He: he has just been offered a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-18583856870206411972014-03-25T19:45:00.000-07:002014-03-26T08:01:05.179-07:0032nd edition of WCCFL at USC
This past March 7-9, the USC Linguistics department pulled out all the stops for the 32nd edition of the West Coast Conference in Formal Linguistics (WCCFL). More than 55 scholars presented their work in the different subfields of linguistics, for a total of 90 people in attendance. Keynote addresses were given by Sabine Iatridou, Jaye Padgett, Yael Sharvit and Jon Sprouse. Our own graduate Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718923212996802882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501731960455419402.post-83291989565773209302014-03-18T21:36:00.001-07:002014-03-20T18:33:33.019-07:00USC presence at CUNYThe 27th CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing took place this year on March 13-15, at the Ohio State University. Many of our students and faculty member Elsi Kaiser presented the following posters:
Differences in the prosodic encoding of information structure in closely-related languages Arunima Choudhury and Elsi Kaiser
Non-adjacent lexical dependencies in an artificial language Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0