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25/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] SLLL HDR Conference day - Fri 5 October 2018
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] SLLL HDR Conference day - Fri 5 October 2018 An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: SLLL HDR Conference day - Fri 5 October 2018 Group: Site Message: The CASS School of Literature Languages and Linguistics HDR Convenors are pleased to invite you to the 2018 HDR Conference to be held on 5 October 2018 from 9.30-3.30pm in the Baldessin Precinct building. This year we are delighted to host some of the CAP HDR linguist students also. The program features first and final year student presentations and seminars; timetable with abstracts attached. All CASS/CAP HDR staff, students and the wider HDR community are welcome. Feel free to drop-in for any session throughout the day. Lunch and morning tea will be provided. Please RSVP by 28 September 2018 for catering purposes via Eventbrite: https://2018slll-hdrconference.eventbrite.com.au If you have any specific dietary requirements please email [email protected] Look forward to seeing there! Attachments: 2018 HDR Conference program - with abstracts v2.pdf This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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25/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistcs MTR Seminar, Naijing Liu, 28 Sept 2018, 11:00am
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistcs MTR Seminar, Naijing Liu, 28 Sept 2018, 11:00am An announcement has been updated in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Linguistcs MTR Seminar, Naijing Liu, 28 Sept 2018, 11:00am Group: Site Message: Prosody and Information Structure Encounter in Tsum Naijing Liu Sep 28th 2018 11:00-12:30 MacDonald Room, Ground floor of Menzies Library Abstract All languages use pitch either intonationally or lexically. However, determined by the function of pitch, languages differ in terms of the relative functional significance of lexical pitch compared to intonation pitch in their interface of phonology-grammar-pragmatics. Pitch in English has a purely intonational use, whereas, in Mandarin, lexical pitch dominates. In fact, Mandarin pitch contours are predictable as the faithful representation of lexical tone within the frame provided by intonation. Tsum, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepal (ISO: ttz), however, presents a new pattern, in sentences frames, subject to intonational phonology as well as lexical phonology, various adjustments are found which are informationally associated. This talk will first discuss the strategies of information packaging in Tsum. The expression of focus changes the lexical pitch contour: boosting the pitch range of the focussed element and/or lowering that of the background. The segment of glottal stop, which normally realised phrasal finally, is not realised at the focused phrase final but leaves an HL pitch. Morphologically, informational status can be marked by adopting grammatical morphemes but in different prosodic specifications. Thus, intonational phonology is Tsum is not only providing a pitch envelope for lexical pitch but also distinctively marking information structure. Through the interaction of prosody and information structure in Tsum, we can see that, in the domain of prosody, intonation goes beyond the sole role of assisting and constraining the realisation of lexical tone, but a more flexible character in the lexical phonology manipulating the phonetic outputs. This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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23/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] ANU-CoEDL Linguistics Seminar Fri Oct 5
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] ANU-CoEDL Linguistics Seminar Fri Oct 5 An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: ANU-CoEDL Linguistics Seminar Fri Oct 5 Group: Public Message: CoEDL- ANU Linguistics Seminar Friday 5 October, 3:30pm Basham room, Baldessin level 2 Title: On the advantages and disadvantages of multilingualism: Towards a more realistic assessment Author: Peter Siemund, University of Hamburg Abstract: Recent work on multilingualism and third language acquisition has led to an interesting paradox. On the one hand, there is a growing body of research documenting the influence of all previously acquired languages on third (or additional) language acquisition, modulated by parameters such as typological and psychotypological proximity, genetic distance, age of onset, recency of use, as well as several others. Arguably, third or additional language acquisition is subject to more cross-linguistic influence than second language acquisition, though most certainly not less and clearly not exclusively facilitative. On the other hand, research on multilingual development has accumulated suggestive evidence on the advantages of bilingual and multilingual upbringing and education, especially concerning cognitive development, cognitive reserve, and metalinguistic awareness, but also the acquisition of additional languages. Disadvantages, if identifiable at all, chiefly pertain to lexical development. The advantages of multilingual development seem to play out most prominently in regards to more general skills (e.g. reading and listening comprehension), and less so in more specific knowledge domains like grammatical rules (subject-verb agreement, article usage, etc.). Moreover, they seem to be more clearly identifiable in multilinguals who boast high and comparable proficiency levels in their languages, i.e. balanced bilinguals versus subtractively bilingual heritage speakers. In my contribution, I will first of all provide a critical reassessment of a field that is strongly characterized by incompatible methodologies, fashions, ideologies, and political convictions. Such a reassessment is necessary to understand the vast body of partly contradictory research results. Competing research camps seem to measure different things using incompatible instruments. In addition, I will offer some speculation regarding how more opportunity for cross-linguistic influence can perhaps translate into heightened language proficiency. On the whole, my presentation will be a warning against foregone conclusions and an invitation to a more thoughtful approach to a highly fascinating field. This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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22/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] PhD Indigenous Language Technologies University of Queensland
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] PhD Indigenous Language Technologies University of Queensland An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: PhD Indigenous Language Technologies University of Queensland Group: Public Message: PhD opportunities for Indigenous Language Technologies at The University of Queensland UQ-CoEDL ILT Cohort Scholarships involve developing speech and language technologies for under-resourced languages. Methods include machine learning, social robotics, app development, co-design projects with Indigenous communities, developing educational games for language learning. The ILT Cohort program aims to create a high functioning collaborative team working on interdisciplinary projects across language sciences and technology boundaries. We are seeking applicants for a new cohort of PhD students to enrol with researchers across a range of schools at UQ, to be located in the Co-Innovation Studio in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. Requirements: First Class Honours and an excellent track record in computer science or information technology; or equivalent in a relevant area such as field linguistics or psycho-linguistics. Scholarship details are at: https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/arc-centre-of-excellence-for-dynamics-of-language-scholarships For more information please contact Prof Janet Wiles [email protected] or TAP project manager Ben Foley [email protected]. This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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21/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day An announcement has been updated in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day Group: Site Message: School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day (Honours & Masters Advanced) Date: Friday 28th September 2018 Time: 1pm-3pm Venue: Basham Room, E2.03, Baldessin Precinct Building, 110, ANU. Welcome: 1pm 1pm – 1:30pm Kirsten Culhane (Ling. Hons) – supervised by Bethwyn Evans (CHL) Amfo'an consonant insertions(s): A synchronic and diachronic account 1:30pm – 2pm Sarah Parkinson (Ling. Hons) – supervised by Bethwyn Evans (CHL) Transitivity in Torau 2pm – 2:30pm Thu Vu (VLING) – supervised by Shunichi Ishihara (CHL) Robustness of Fundamental Frequency under Mobile Phone Transmission for Estimating Likelihood Ratios 2:30pm – 3pm Charbel El-Khaissi (VLING) - supervised by Manuel Delicado Cantero (SLLL) The Syntax of Genitive Constructions in Syriac Close Abstracts are attached. Attachments: Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day 2860.pdf This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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20/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day Group: Site Message: School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day (Honours & Masters Advanced) Date: Friday 28th September 2018 Time: 1pm-3pm Venue: Basham Room, E2.03, Baldessin Precinct Building, 110, ANU. Welcome: 1pm 1pm – 1:30pm Kirsten Culhane (Ling. Hons) – supervised by Bethwyn Evans (CHL) Amfo'an consonant insertions(s): A synchronic and diachronic account 1:30pm – 2pm Sarah Parkinson (Ling. Hons) – supervised by Bethwyn Evans (CHL) Transitivity in Torau 2pm – 2:30pm Thu Vu (VLING) – supervised by Shunichi Ishihara (CHL) Robustness of Fundamental Frequency under Mobile Phone Transmission for Estimating Likelihood Ratios 2:30pm – 3pm Charbel El-Khaissi (VLING) - supervised by Manuel Delicado Cantero (SLLL) The Syntax of Genitive Constructions in Syriac Close REMINDER At 3:30pm Lauren Reed, Alan Rumsey & Francesca Merlan will present ‘The communicative ecology of local deaf sign languages in the Western Highlands of PNG, ANU CoEDL-Linguistics seminar series in the Basham Room. Abstracts are attached. Attachments: Linguistics Thesis Seminar Day 2860.pdf This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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19/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Change of venue for Seminar on Language Revival, Mon 24 September
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Change of venue for Seminar on Language Revival, Mon 24 September An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Change of venue for Seminar on Language Revival, Mon 24 September Group: Public Message: Please note change of venue for Dr John Giacon's Seminar on Language Revival on Monday 24 September, 5.30pm for 6 pm until 8pm Lecture Theatre A022, Building A, Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), 35 Vowels Crescent, Bruce ACT 2617. Map of CIT campus is available at https://cit.edu.au/about/locations/bruce For more details and to RSVP see Eventbrite This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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18/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistcs MTR Seminar, Naijing Liu, 28 Sept 2018, 11:00am
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Linguistcs MTR Seminar, Naijing Liu, 28 Sept 2018, 11:00am An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Linguistcs MTR Seminar, Naijing Liu, 28 Sept 2018, 11:00am Group: Site Message: Prosody and Information Structure Encounter in Tsum Naijing Liu Sep 28th 2018 11:00-12:30 MacDonald Room, Ground floor of Menzies Library Abstract All languages use pitch either intonationally or lexically. However, determined by the function of pitch, languages differ in terms of the relative functional significance of lexical pitch compared to intonation pitch in their interface of phonology-grammar-pragmatics. Pitch in English has a purely intonational use, whereas, in Mandarin, lexical pitch dominates. In fact, Mandarin pitch contours are predictable as the faithful representation of lexical tone within the frame provided by intonation. Tsum, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepal (ISO: ttz), however, presents a new pattern, in sentences frames, subject to intonational phonology as well as lexical phonology, various adjustments are found which are informationally associated. This talk will first discuss the strategies of information packaging in Tsum. The expression of focus changes the lexical pitch contour: boosting the pitch range of the focussed element and/or lowering that of the background. The segment of glottal stop, which normally realised phrasal finally, is not realised at the focused phrase final but leaves an HL pitch. Morphologically, informational status can be marked by adopting grammatical morphemes but in different prosodic specifications. Thus, intonational phonology is Tsum is not only providing a pitch envelope for lexical pitch but also distinctively marking information structure. Through the interaction of prosody and information structure in Tsum, we can see that, in the domain of prosody, intonation goes beyond the sole role of assisting and constraining the realisation of lexical tone, but a more flexible character in the lexical phonology manipulating the phonetic outputs. This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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17/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Seminar: Historical Linguistics In The Age Of Bayes, 12-1 Friday 21st Sep
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Seminar: Historical Linguistics In The Age Of Bayes, 12-1 Friday 21st Sep An announcement has been added in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Seminar: Historical Linguistics In The Age Of Bayes, 12-1 Friday 21st Sep Group: Public Message: You are invited to a seminar hosted by Tempo and Mode: Centre for Macroevolution and Macroecology, Australian National University HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS IN THE AGE OF BAYES T. MARK ELLISON ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 12-1 FRIDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 2018 Eucalyptus Room*, Robertson Building 46, Australian National University - - - - - - - - - - - - We are currently living in the early days of the Age of Bayes. Bayes’ Theorem is having a major impact in our world, including in scientific analysis. In the study of language history, Bayesian methods are generally not being developed from existing domain models. Instead, a language transmission as gene-flow metaphor underpins the coopting of biological Bayesian methods to build language trees. This results in a disconnect between more than two centuries of scholarship and most Bayesian methods in the field. In this talk, I explore this disconnect, some of the dangers in the aforementioned metaphor, and what Bayesian historical linguistics might look like if constructed from native methods. - - - - - - - - - - - - *How to find the Eucalyptus Room: go through glass entrance doors to the left of the Little Pickle Cafe, take the ramp on the right hand side up one floor, walk to the back of the building, the Eucalyptus room has a glass wall with mural of trees along it. For more information, contact: Lindell Bromham Macroevolution and Macroecology, Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA [email protected] www.macroevoeco.com www.tempoandmode.com This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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16/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Reminder: CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar, Sep 21
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] Reminder: CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar, Sep 21 An announcement has been updated in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: Reminder: CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar, Sep 21 Group: Public Message: CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar Friday 21 September, 3:30pm Basham room, Baldessin level 2 Speaker: Norma Mendoza-Denton, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Title: Gender, Language and Videogames Abstract: In her anthropological account as a participant observer in the World of Warcraft MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), Bonnie Nardi (2010) provides an analysis of the gendered dynamics of video games, noting that many games include elements that are unappealing to women, such as “kombat lingerie […] hypersexualized female body types…†and even off-putting scenarios where players must run around finding gear to cover their nakedness or operate in environments of “surly masculinity†like the brothels in the game Neverwinter Nights (Mortensen and Corneliussen 2005, cited in Nardi (2010:165)). Nardi relies on the use of the “boys’ tree house†metaphor originally employed by Williams et. al. (2006), referring to a space that is assumed to be a boys-only safe space, where girls are by definition excluded, and which now describes areas of gamer culture as a whole. I present a case study of an interaction occurring in a mixed-gender (three men, one woman) group playing a video game that has a strong gendered/sexualized component in gameplay (Nintendo: Mario Party 8). Through a detailed analysis of 1) gameplay interaction, 2) participants’ gestures within specific segments of interactions, and 3) a post-game debriefing, we are able to track the varied engagements of the players within the game and with each other, showing how the design of the game itself and the entanglement of the design elements with gendered gameplay serve to marginalize and exclude the female participant. Biography: Norma Mendoza-Denton is a professor of Anthropology at the University of California - Los Angeles. Her broad areas of expertise are linguistic anthropology, sociophonetics, sociolinguistics, multimedia ethnography, political speech, language and ethnicity, media in language studies, youth and language; gender, language and migration. She has published over thirty book chapters and articles, one book (Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs, Wiley-Blackwell 2008) and several online resources about these various lines of work. NMD has held faculty/visiting positions at U. Arizona, Ohio State U., Stanford, MIT, U. Edinburgh, U. Colorado, U. Kentucky, and Copenhagen U. She is a past President of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology within the American Anthropological Association, and is currently on the executive boards of the Society for Visual Anthropology and of the Linguistic Society of America. This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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15/09/2018

[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar, Sep 21
[ Linguistics@ANU - Announcement ] CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar, Sep 21 An announcement has been updated in the "Linguistics@ANU" site at Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal/site/bcaf39ea-10df-43f7-9483-cd0c2ff97ce1) Subject: CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar, Sep 21 Group: Public Message: CoEDL - ANU Linguistics Seminar Friday 21 September, 3:30pm Basham room, Baldessin level 2 Speaker: Norma Mendoza-Denton, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Title: Gender, Language and Videogames Abstract: In her anthropological account as a participant observer in the World of Warcraft MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), Bonnie Nardi (2010) provides an analysis of the gendered dynamics of video games, noting that many games include elements that are unappealing to women, such as “kombat lingerie […] hypersexualized female body types…†and even off-putting scenarios where players must run around finding gear to cover their nakedness or operate in environments of “surly masculinity†like the brothels in the game Neverwinter Nights (Mortensen and Corneliussen 2005, cited in Nardi (2010:165)). Nardi relies on the use of the “boys’ tree house†metaphor originally employed by Williams et. al. (2006), referring to a space that is assumed to be a boys-only safe space, where girls are by definition excluded, and which now describes areas of gamer culture as a whole. I present a case study of an interaction occurring in a mixed-gender (three men, one woman) group playing a video game that has a strong gendered/sexualized component in gameplay (Nintendo: Mario Party 8). Through a detailed analysis of 1) gameplay interaction, 2) participants’ gestures within specific segments of interactions, and 3) a post-game debriefing, we are able to track the varied engagements of the players within the game and with each other, showing how the design of the game itself and the entanglement of the design elements with gendered gameplay serve to marginalize and exclude the female participant. Biography: Norma Mendoza-Denton is a professor of Anthropology at the University of California - Los Angeles. Her broad areas of expertise are linguistic anthropology, sociophonetics, sociolinguistics, multimedia ethnography, political speech, language and ethnicity, media in language studies, youth and language; gender, language and migration. She has published over thirty book chapters and articles, one book (Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs, Wiley-Blackwell 2008) and several online resources about these various lines of work. NMD has held faculty/visiting positions at U. Arizona, Ohio State U., Stanford, MIT, U. Edinburgh, U. Colorado, U. Kentucky, and Copenhagen U. She is a past President of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology within the American Anthropological Association, and is currently on the executive boards of the Society for Visual Anthropology and of the Linguistic Society of America. This automatic notification message was sent by Alliance (https://alliance.anu.edu.au/portal) from the Linguistics@ANU site. You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.
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