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Spring 2015 schedule

Mondays, 12-1, Phonetics Lab, unless otherwise noted

Week 2 (Apr 6): Hammond et al. (2014), “Vowel insertion in Scottish Gaelic
Week 3 (Apr 13): Bosch & de Jong (1997), “The prosody of Barra Gaelic epenthetic vowels
Week 4 (Apr 20): Karla Barranco-Marquez practice poster presentation
Week 5 (Apr 27): Gerfen (2001), “A critical view of Licensing by Cue: codas and obstruents in Andalusian Spanish
Week 6 (May 4):
Week 7 (May 11):
Week 8 (May 18):
Week 9 (May 25):
Week 10 (Jun 1):

On deck:
Iosad (2012), “‘Pitch accent’ and prosodic structure in Scottish Gaelic:
historical implications
” (slides)
Iosad (to appear), “‘Pitch accent’ and prosodic structure in Scottish Gaelic:
reassessing the role of contact
” (paper)

For reference:
Scottish Gaelic Grammar Wiki, “Theoretical Treatments of Epenthesis
Hall (2003), “Gestures and segments: vowel intrusion as overlap
Hall (2006), “Cross-linguistic patterns of vowel intrusion
Hall (2011), “Vowel Epenthesis

Winter 2015 schedule

Wednesdays, 11-12, Phonetics Lab, unless otherwise noted

Week 2 (Jan 14): Eric: “Exceptionality in Spanish stress” (practice talk for OCP workshop on exceptions)
Week 3 (Jan 21): Kati (& Eric): “Two approaches to exceptionality in Mushunguli” (practice talk for OCP workshop on exceptions)
Week 4 (Jan 28): Amanda (& Jasmeen) on Punjabi (ICPhS)
Week 5 (Feb 4): Marc & Scott on codas (ICPhS)
Week 6 (Feb 11): OPEN
Week 7 (Feb 18): Discussion of Steriade (1999), “Alternatives to the syllabic interpretation of consonantal phonotactics“.
Week 8 (Feb 25): Andrés: “Nahuatl Palatal Glides” (practice talk for 2nd International Conference on Mesoamerican Linguistics
Week 9 (Mar 4): Kevin on Saami vowels
Week 10 (Mar 11): Amanda (& Grant & Marc): “Prosody and the that-trace effect: an experimental study” (practice talk for WCCFL 33)

Fall 2014 schedule

Thursdays, 11-12, Phonetics Lab, unless otherwise noted

Week 1 (Oct 9): Discussion of two intonation/tone papers (Sharon and Marc)
Week 2 (Oct 16): Discussion of work on intonation/tone (Sharon)
Week 3 (Oct 23): Discussion of work on intonation/tone (Marc)
Week 4 (Oct 30): Andrea (Zapotec laryngealization)
Week 5 (Fri., Nov 7, 2-3pm): Martin Kohlberger (Leiden, currently at UCSB) on Shiwiar, a Jivaroan language of Ecuador
Week 6 (Nov 13): Amanda (Punjabi work)
Week 7 (Nov 20): Jenna (Tromsø palatalization conference practice talk)
Week 8 THANKSGIVING
Week 9 (Dec 4): Savi, Marc (LSA practice talks)
Week 10 (Dec 11): Marc, Eric (LSA practice posters)

Spring 2014 schedule

Week 1 (Mar 31): Younah+Amanda’s practice poster; organization of spring slots
Week 2 (Apr 7): Kati’s ACAL practice presentation
Week 3 (Apr 14): Kevin’s ACAL practice presentation
Week 4 (Apr 21): ASA practice posters
Week 5 (Apr 27):
Week 6 (May 5): Eric+Sharon’s practice talk
Week 7 (May 12): Practice talk/poster for Speech Prosody
Week 8 (May 19):
Week 9 (May 26):
Week 10 (June 2):

Winter 2014 schedule

Week 2 (Jan. 15) — Spectrogram reading (Marc)
Week 3 (Jan. 22) — Thematic Journal Club (each summarizes a paper based on a theme TBD, will finalize at next meeting)
Week 4 (Jan. 29) — Spectrogram reading
Week 5 (Feb. 5) — Preparation for Open House
Week 6 (Feb. 12) —
Week 7 (Feb. 19) —
Week 8 (Feb. 26) —
Week 9 (Mar. 5) —
Week 10 (Mar. 12) — Amanda & Younah, Lucien practice talk

Fall 2013 schedule

Week 3 (Oct. 16)
Gabe’s computational phonology paper

Week 4 (Oct. 23)
Page’s BUCLD practice talk

Week 5 (Oct. 30)
Eric’s Phonology 2013 practice poster

Week 6 (Nov. 6)
Jasmeen’s AIMM practice talk

Week 7 (Nov. 13)
Amanda’s ASA practice talk

Week 8 (Nov. 20)
ASA poster practice session (Marc, Younah, Page)

Week 9 (Nov. 27)
Younah and Amanda’s SSILA practice talk
Page’s LSA practice talk

Week 10 (Dec. 4)
Bethany’s LSA practice talk
Lucien’s SSILA practice talk

Winter 2013

Jan. 14 – Bethany paper presentation
Jan. 21 – HOLIDAY (MLK)
Jan. 28 – paper reading?
Feb. 4 – read paper by job candidate (x2) / Younah practice talk ?
Feb. 11 – Lucien practice talk (Meso-Am)
Feb. 18 – HOLIDAY (Presidents’ Day)
Feb. 25 – Amanda practice talk (ACAL)
March 4 – read paper by job candidate (x2)
March 11 – ?

Fall 2012 meetings

Here is our (tentative, subject to change) schedule for Fall 2012.

10/10 – Scott presentation or paper
10/17 – Grant McGuire
10/24 – Bethany presentation
10/31 – Sharon practice talk
11/07 – Amanda presentation
11/14 – Mike and Eric (and Bozena in absentia) practice talk
11/21 – Thanksgiving and beer?
11/28 – Page practice talk
12/05 – Nadav presentation

Spring 2012

Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30pm, Field Research Lab

April 4 – Rebecca talk about experiment
April 11 – Whalen & DiCanio (et al.) paper discussion
April 18 – Eric practice talk
April 25 – Bethany paper discussion
May 2 – Page & Scott Mixtec (?)
May 9 – Scott & Page Mixtec (?)
May 16 – Mike present on experiment
May 23 – Bethany practice talk
May 30 – Moro intonation (?)
June 6 – Moro intonation (?)

Winter 2012 schedule

Wednesdays, 2-3pm, AP&M 2452.

1/18, Week 2 — Bethany and Page talk about work from 215
1/25, Week 3 — Scott will talk about work from 215
2/1, Week 4 — Eric will talk about stuff
2/8, Week 5 — Bethany will talk about last comps paper
2/15, Week 6 — Open House preparation
2/22, Week 7 — Page will talk about something
2/29, Week 8 — Gaby practice talk
3/7, Week 9 — Sharon practice talk
3/14, Week 10 — Mike might talk about something