Seminar: Linguistics Program Faculty Speaker Series

Angeli Ralli, University of Patras & Princeton

Morphology in Contact: Verbal loans in Asia Minor Greek

Abstract:

The purpose of this talk is to present how verbs of the agglutinative Turkish are accommodated in the fusional Aivaliot, a Greek-based Asia Minor dialect. With the help of the Aivaliot data, and in accordance with recent findings in relevant literature,it is argued that it is not particularly difficult for verbs to be borrowed, provided that certain structural / morphological conditions are met. More specifically, Turkish verbs are adapted to the Aivaliot morphology following specific constraints of Greek word formation, such as stem-based derivation and stem allomorphy. However, their integration in the recipient language is also conditioned by features innate to the donor. Crucially, the Aivaliot verbal loans present a major challenge to morphology, since they serve to show that morphological issues and approaches can be tested in contact situations, where languages of distinct morphological typologies may affect each other. Moreover, they also render Aivaliot a good candidate as a case study for language-contact considerations by proving that external factors, e.g. full bilingualism, are not the only (or main) reason for an extensive transfer of items and features.  

Seminar: Linguistics Program Faculty Speaker Series

Daniel Kaufman, Director of Endangered Languages Alliance, NY

"Language Engagement and Urban Fieldwork"

Seminar: Linguistics Program Faculty Speaker Series

Rafael Finkel & Greg Stump, Computer Science Dept and Linguistics Program

Software for research in morphology.

This talk describes and demonstrates software that we have built to assist researchers in morphology. We start with KATR, an implementation of default inheritance hierarchies, showing how its features add to the basic features of DATR. We then display a PFM (Paradigm Functional Morphology) web site that allows the user to build and debug PFM theories. Finally, we show a plat analyzer tool, also web-accessible, that uses the concept of principal parts to construct various analyses of language paradigm charts. 

An open house for education abroad will be held on January 26 on the 3rd floor of Bradley Hall.  For further information, please contact Abby Hollander a.hollander@uky.edu.

The Linguistics Program is launching a new MA in Linguistic Theory & Typology, starting August 2012 (subject to Senate approval). For further information and how to apply, please visit:

http://linguistics.as.uky.edu/maltt

Deadline for applications is March 15 2012. A range of funding/financial possibilities will be offered on a competitive basis.

Gender & Women's Studies Spring 2012 Lecture Series presents Queens:

Rusty Barrett, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at UK, will present "Sickening Queens:  Ethnic and Class Differences in Drag".

Lecture begins at 4:00pm with a reception to follow.

Seminar: Linguistics Program Faculty Speaker Series

Stayc DuBravac, UK Linguistics Program & Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Litearatures & Cultures

Gamification and second language acquisition

Wednesday, January 25

1pm

Niles Gallery, Little Fine Arts Library

UK Linguistics Club meeting will take place Thursday December 1st at 5pm in Student Center room 205.  As with the last one, faculty will be talking about their research.  Guest speakers will be Greg Stump, Jennifer Cramer and Mark Lauersdorf.