Just a quick post to demonstrate that I’m on the blog and able to post. I’m sure the next post will be much more interesting.

Thanks!

Scott

Hi everyone,

I’ll be talking at UCSC Friday, Feb 13, and at Stanford, Friday, March 6.

Both talks are on the same topic

You can always check out my academic work at my CV.

-Dan Silverman

This is a video transcript of the 2014 Linguistics & TESOL Symposium at San José State University.  Thank you to all who participated in the event – and to those who shall participate from afar by watching this video.  Timestamps are given below the video.  In order to go to a given talk directly, drag the video’s progress bar to the appropriate time location.

Camerawork:  Michal Rudzki.  Editing:  Lorenzo Tlacaelel L.

Timestamps:

00:15:00 – An examination of the English posture verbs sit, stand, and lie. Leslie Bank
00:36:00 – Initial Consonant Mutation in Irish. Janine Robinson
00:50:40 – Small talk on Airplanes. Joshua Lawrence
01:10:00 – Syllabification and Stress pattern in Hinko. Haroon ur Rashid
01:34:00 – The role of lexical chunks in Chinese as Second Language Acquisition – for Mandarin Chinese as second language learners. Jinxiao Song
01:52:00 – Pahari Language in Azad Kashmir Exhibiting Patterns of Language Shift. Naveed Sarwar
02:14:00 – The Other within Self: Communication between Teachers and Students in Academic Writing Contexts. Robert Lanz
02:31:00 – Interrogation in 4 Southern Zapotec Variants. Lorenzo Tlacaelel L.
02:51:40 – Voiceless Stop Contrasts in Alemanic German. Annika Ronay
03:08:15 – Upward and onward: Going up on in Modern Hebrew. Netta Ben-Meir
03:25:10 – The Nature of Ergative Case Marking in Pahari. Shahida Khalique
03:35:00 – Systematicity/Orderliness in Overlapping: An Analysis of Ordinary Pahari Conversation. Qudsia Ishaq.
03:51:00 – The Role of Phonetic Forces Behind Neutral Vowels in Vowel Harmony. Kateryna Shilova

Josh A. at LaTS 2013

The LLDSA is pleased to announce the 2014 Linguistics & TESOL Symposium at San José State University, and opens a call for abstracts.  This year we welcome presenters from all academic institutions, participation is not restricted to SJSU students.  This event will be free and open to the public.

Date:  Sept 26th(Fri)
Time:  12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Location:  Room 225, MLK Library

Info for presenters
– Subjects:  Original research in Linguistics & TESOL.
– Talk length: 20 min. (15 to present, 5 for q&a)
– Abstracts are welcome from all students.  A special invitation is made to grads, undergrads, and alumni of SJSU.
– Criteria for selection:  Relevance of research, quality of presentation, and balance of topics.

To apply:
– Please email a detailed abstract of your talk, along with your contact information, to lldsasec@gmail.com.  Abstract submission deadline:  Sep 7th (sun) at midnight.

Please include the following info:
– Your name
– Email address & phone number
– Your academic status (grad, undergrad, alumnus)
– Your focus (LING, TESOL)
– 1-3 sentence synopsis of your talk (for the webpage)
– Your abstract (up to 1 page, word or PDF format)

For more information, please email lldsasec@gmail.com.  Also, please visit the LLDSA webpage. 

NOTE!  The LLDSA will unfortunately not be covering travel costs for presenters this year, and as such it is to be considered a “local” event.  If you need financial support in order to participate, please contact lldsasec@gmail.com to request limited scholarship funding.  Thank you for your understanding.