Events in 2007

January 25, 2007 (Thursday)

CUNY Phonology Forum 2007
NA (NA)
The CUNY Graduate Center
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
See the abstract here

January 26, 2007 (Friday)

CUNY Phonology Forum 2007
NA (NA)
The CUNY Graduate Center
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
See the abstract here

January 29, 2007 (Monday)

First day of classes for the Spring 2007 semester
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

January 30, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Clause structure and the distribution of adjuct PPs in Japanese
Naoko Tomioka (Universite du Quebec a Montreal)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

February 1, 2007 (Thursday) - Professional Development Series

CUNY Writing and Instructional Technology Fellowships: Information Session
TBA (TBA)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
See the abstract here

February 6, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

A preliminary look at the effects of discourse and parallelism on the interpretation of elided reflexives
Jeffrey T. Runner (University of Rochester)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

February 8, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Competence and performance in child language: The case of determiner acquisition
Cristina Schmitt (Michigan State University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

February 9, 2007 (Friday)

The Controversy about Women in Science: A Sober Look
Elizabeth Spelke and Virginia Valian (Harvard University / CUNY Hunter College)
The Heyman Center Common Room, Heyman Center, East Campus, Columbia
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
See the abstract here

February 13, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Topic... Comment! / What causativization in nominalization might tell us about agents
Ivy Sichel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

February 15, 2007 (Thursday)

CUNY Monday
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

February 20, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Can simple statistical learners acquire auxiliary inversion?
Xuan-Nga Cao Kam (CUNY Graduate Center)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

February 21, 2007 (Wednesday)

CUNY Monday
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

February 21, 2007 (Wednesday)

RISLUS Reports: Prof. Kate Menken
Kate Menken (RISLUS/Queens College, CUNY)
CUNY Graduate Center, room C201
6:30 PM -
See the abstract here

February 22, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Lexical rules, co-composition and linking syntax and semantics
Robert Van Valin (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

February 27, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

More syntax, less syncretism: datives and adjectival agreement in German
Thomas Leu (New York University)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

March 6, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Finding the right data to learn from: Computational modeling investigations
Lisa Pearl (University of Maryland)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

March 14, 2007 (Wednesday) - Syntax Supper

Topic... Comment!
NA (NA)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

March 20, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

CUNY-2007 Practice Session
TBA (TBA)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

March 22, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Prosody, contrast, and the problem of syllables
Maria Gouskova (New York University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

March 27, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Case, Agreement, and Instrumental Predicates in East Slavic Languages
Natalia Kariaeva (Rutgers)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

April 12, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Clarity and the grammar of skepticism
Chris Barker (New York University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

April 17, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Thinking and talking about kinds of things and classes of things
Sandeep Prasada (Hunter College & Graduate Center, CUNY)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

April 18, 2007 (Wednesday)

Migration as a Language Endangerment Factor
Gabriela Pérez Béez (University of Buffalo, SUNY/ RISLUS)
The CUNY Graduate Center, Room C197
6:30 PM -
See the abstract here

April 19, 2007 (Thursday) - Professional Development Series

Writing Conference Abstracts
Marcel den Dikken (CUNY Graduate Center)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
See the abstract here

April 20, 2007 (Friday)

Second Annual Showcasing Quirky and Unusual Ideas in Development Conference (SQUID2)
SQUID2 organizers: Stephanie Solt, Erin Quirk, and Erika Troseth (CUNY Graduate Center)
CUNY Graduate Center (Rm. 6421)
10:15 AM - 4:45 PM
See the abstract here

April 24, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Syntactic and phono-syntactic edge sensitivity in Nupe
Jason Kandybowicz (Swarthmore)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

April 26, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Speaking in time
Zenzi Griffin (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

May 10, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Truth and language users' (sometimes conflicting) interests
Sally McConnel-Ginet (Cornell University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

May 16, 2007 (Wednesday)

Weak Reference or the True Semantics of of 'Relative Identity Statements
Friederike Moltmann (Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Université Paris 1)
the CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
See the abstract here

May 17, 2007 (Thursday)

Last day of classes
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

May 22, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

On Chinese Appositive Relative Clauses
Francesca del Gobbo (UQAM)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

May 22, 2007 (Tuesday)

Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS) Research Forum 2007
RISLUS (CUNY Graduate Center)
CUNY Graduate Center (Rm. 9206-9207)
9:45 AM - 4:30 PM
See the abstract here

May 22, 2007 (Tuesday)

The linguistics program end of the semester party
Linguistics Program (NA)
The 7th floor Lounge at the Graduate Center
4:30 PM -
See the abstract here

May 24, 2007 (Thursday)

Commencement
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

May 24, 2007 (Thursday)

8th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian (ICSH8)
The City University of New York & New York University (NA)
NYU, Silver Bldg, rm. 806
9:00 AM -
See the abstract here

May 25, 2007 (Friday)

8th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian (ICSH8)
The City University of New York & New York University (NA)
The CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room 9100
9:00 AM -
See the abstract here

May 26, 2007 (Saturday)

8th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian (ICSH8)
The City University of New York & New York University (NA)
NYU, Silver Bldg, rm. 806
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
See the abstract here

August 23, 2007 (Thursday)

New Student Orientation
NA (NA)
CUNY Graduate Center (Rm. 7102)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
See the abstract here

August 27, 2007 (Monday)

First day of classes for the Fall 2007 semester
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 3, 2007 (Monday)

Labor Day. The Graduate Center is closed.
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 11, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Topic... Comment! (T-to-C movement)
NA (NA)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

September 12, 2007 (Wednesday)

No classes scheduled
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 13, 2007 (Thursday)

No classes scheduled
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 14, 2007 (Friday)

No classes scheduled
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 18, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Parsing empty categories in a mixed-headed language
Shukhan Ng and Janet Dean Fodor (CUNY Graduate Center)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

September 18, 2007 (Tuesday)

CUNY Friday -- Classes to follow Friday schedule
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 21, 2007 (Friday)

No classes scheduled
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

September 25, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Ergative case and the transitive subject: a view from Nez Perce
Amy Rose Deal (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

October 2, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Representation and repair in phonetic processing: Evidence from aphasic speech
Adam Buchwald (New York University)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

October 8, 2007 (Monday)

Columbus Day. The Graduate Center is closed.
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

October 9, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

A non-Sequence of Tense approach to temporality in indirect reports: Evidence from Russian
Daniel Altshuler (Rutgers)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

October 11, 2007 (Thursday) - Professional Development Series

Get A Job! -- A workshop on successful job search techniques
Helen and Chuck Cairns (CUNY Graduate Center)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
See the abstract here

October 16, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

The nature of first word combinations: Evidence from the comprehension and production of subject-verb agreement in toddlers exposed to French
Isabelle Barriere (Yeled v'Yalda Research Institute & RISLUS, CUNY Graduate Center)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

October 18, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Phonology is still interesting
Charles Reiss (Concordia University Montreal)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

October 23, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Some Differences between the Clause and the Noun Phrase
Dorian Roehrs (University of North Texas)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

October 25, 2007 (Thursday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Tapping into syntactic domains in agrammatism: The interpretation of (non-)canonical structures within CP and DP
Philip Rausch (University of Potsdam)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
See the abstract here

October 30, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Representing the control of agreement in real-time
Matthew Wagers (University of Maryland)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

November 1, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Minimalist Syntax (postponed until the Spring 2008)
David Pesetsky and Esther Torrego (MIT and UMass Boston)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

November 6, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Topic... Comment! (Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar)
TBA (TBA)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

November 8, 2007 (Thursday) - Professional Development Series

Pedagogical issues in Linguistics courses
Dr. Christina Tortora, Xuan-Nga Kam, Rocio Rana & Rebecca Curinga (CUNY-CSI and GC)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
See the abstract here

November 13, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

ERP Investigation of On-line Use of Prosody during Japanese Sentence Comprehension
Masako Hirotani (Carleton University)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

November 15, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Everything is relative: Some observations on clausal subordination in Circassian
Maria Polinsky (Harvard University)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

November 20, 2007 (Tuesday)

CUNY Thursday -- Classes to follow Thursday schedule
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

November 20, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Locative Inversion
Hans Broekhuis (Tilburg and Leiden Universities, the Netherlands)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

November 21, 2007 (Wednesday)

CUNY Friday -- Classes to follow Friday schedule
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

November 22, 2007 (Thursday)

Thanksgiving Recess. The Graduate Center is closed
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

November 23, 2007 (Friday)

Thanksgiving Recess. The Graduate Center is closed
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

November 27, 2007 (Tuesday) - Syntax Supper

Non-factivity and extra CP structure
Carlos de Cuba (SUNY-Stony Brook)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

November 29, 2007 (Thursday) - Colloquium

Taking names and running with them
Greg Carlson (University of Rochester)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM -
See the abstract here

December 1, 2007 (Saturday)

9th Annual Mini-conference
NA (NA)
NYU (Silver Center)
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
See the abstract here

December 4, 2007 (Tuesday) - Psycholinguistics Supper

Neuromagnetic correlates of event composition
Jonathan Brennan (New York University)
Room 7102, The CUNY Graduate Center
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
See the abstract here

December 6, 2007 (Thursday) - Professional Development Series

Computer Skills for linguists
Tomonori Nagano and Susan Schweitzer (CUNY)
Room 6417, The CUNY Graduate Center
4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
See the abstract here

December 7, 2007 (Friday)

Linguistics Program End-of-the-semester party
NA (NA)
Linguistics Lounge
4:00 PM -
See the abstract here

December 13, 2007 (Thursday)

Reading Day
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here

December 14, 2007 (Friday)

Final Exam Week
NA (NA)
NA
12:00 AM -
See the abstract here