Historical Linguistics Research Group (HLRG) -  Meets first Friday of each month.

The Historical Linguistics Research Group (HLRG) meets one Friday evening each month.  After a potluck dinner, there is a presentation with discussion.  Speakers include faculty and students of the Linguistics Program, as well as an occasional outside speaker.  The meetings are organized by Kurt Goblirsch in conjunction with Donald Cooper, Dorothy Disterheft, and Eric Holt.

27 August, 3:30p.m.

Dorothy Disterheft, Linguistics Program and Department of English, USC
"Linguistic teleology: A dead end".  (Linguistics Program Colloquium)
152 Gambrell Hall

Kurt Goblirsch, Linguistics Program and Department of Germanic, Slavic, & East Asian Languages, USC
"The peculiarity of Icelandic consonants"
At the home of Eric Holt: 500 Harbison Blvd. Apt. #410, 407-9706.  Directions will be available.

Dieter Kastovsky, University of Vienna
"Inflectional classes, morphological restructuring and the dissolution of Old English grammatical gender."
At the home of Dorothy Disterheft: 212 Birch Glenn Court, 783-5109.  Directions will be available.

Catherine Smith, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese, USC
On the history and evolution of signed languages in the hispanic world
At the home of Kurt Goblirsch:  3206 Wilmot Avenue. 748-7655  Directions will be available.

HLRG Christmas party. (Everyone is invited.)
At the home of Leticia Trower
    211 Main St. Apt. SA 244.
    Phone:  799-3258.

Donald Cooper, Linguistics Program and Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, USC
"Baudouin de courtenay and the units of historical phonology"
Location: 3206 Wilmot Av

D. Eric Holt, Linguistics Program and Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, USC
"What patterns of dialect geography can tell us about paths of historical change: The case of sg./pl. nasal alternations in Galician dialects "
Location: TBA

SLA Reading Group
    (Anyone interested in Second Language Acquisition is welcome)

Date: Friday, October 1, 1999, from 6 p.m. to 8 (or 9)p.m.
Topic: Incidental L2 Vocabulary Acquisition.
Activities:

Read two articles from the recent special issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition (21:2, June 1999).  Larry LaFond will present the article by Paribakht and Wesche (195-224) and Barbara Hancin-Bhatt will present the article by Ellis and He (285-302).  All participants should read these articles and the intro and conclusion to the special issue (for background).

Place: At the home of Matthew H. Ciscel and Alina Ciscel.
Note: The meeting is organized as a potluck.

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Date: Saturday, 10/23, 2pm-5pm
Topic: refer to the activities
Activities:

 To discuss two articles:
(1) Williams, John N.  Memory, attention, and inductive learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 21, 1-48.
(2) Another article about Attention from the recent ARAL.  SeeTheresa McGarry.

Place:At the home of the Drs. (Hancin-)Bhatt, 117 N Beaver Dam Rd
Note: With food.  Bhatts are providing drinks.  Chewables are potluck.

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Date: 5:30 P.M. Friday, Nov. 12, 1999
Topic: The Development of Pragmatic Competence
Activities:

 Discussion about two articles:
1) Kasper, G. and R. Schmidt.  Developmental issues in interlanguage pragmatics.  149-170.
2) Takahashi, S.  Pragmatic Transferability.  189-224.
Both should be on reserve with Noreen within the week.

Place: Upstairs at Sammi' Deli (919 Sumter, across from the horseshoe)
Note: It will not be potluck, but rather dogeatdog at Sammi's Deli (upstairs).

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Date: 5:00 PM, Friday, February 18, 2000
Topic: ULTIMATE ATTAINMENT!
Activities:

Elena and Hunter will present articles about Ultimate Attainment in SLA.  All interested in SLA are welcome.   No previous experience necessary. The following articles can be found in TC Library, and also should be available now in Noreen's office:
1) "Ultimate Attainment in L2 Phonology" by Alene Moyer (Georgetown University) in SSLA, 1999, pp. 81-108.
2) "How Native is near-native? The issue of ultimate attainment in adult SLA" by Lydia White and Fred Genesee (McGill University) in Second Language Research, 1996, pp. 233-265.
Both should be on reserve with Noreen within the week.

Place: Lori Donath's House [Come to Loralee Donath's apartment at Blossom and Pickens.  (1600 Park Circle, #610). Walk up the front steps and look for Loralee's name on the sheet for the code (OR remember it is164) and punch the code into the pseudo-phone; She will answer and press a button which will let you in.  It sounds involved, but it's not that bad.  Take an elevator to the 6th Floor and look for 610.]
Note: As always SLARG meetings are potluck, so please bring a tasty contribution.

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Date: 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 25, 2000
Topic: ATTRITION!
Activities:
Angie and Larry Lafond will present articles on attrition:
1) 'Investigating Second Language Attrition: An Introduction'
2) Olshtain, E. 1989. 'Is second language attrition the reversal of second language acquisition?' Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 11, 2, 151-165.
Articles are available with Noreen at the Linguistics Program Office).

Place: at the home of Angie Green
Note: All interested in SLA issues are welcome, provided that they bring a delectable dish to share. For more information, contact Lori Donath.

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Date: Time(TBA), Saturday, April 14, 2000
Topic: Sociolinguistic issues in SLA!
Activities: TBA

Place: at the home of Barbara and Rakesh Bhatt
Note: As always, SLARG is potluck, so bring something delicious. For more information, contact Lori Donath.

Graduate Student Linguistics Organization (GSLING) Activities

Professional Development Workshops:

Date: Oct. 22, 1999
Topic: The Publishing Process
Time and Place: English Department Lounge, 3:30 p.m.
Presenter:. Carol Myers Scotton, Professor of English.

Date: Feb. 11, 2000
Topic: Mock Job Interviews
Time and Place: English Department Lounge, 3:30 p.m.
Note: A panel of faculty members and a student representative, aka Larry, will conduct mock interviews. Prepare to be instructed and entertained.

Date: Apr. 14, 2000
Topic:
Time and Place:
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