Archive for May, 2009

Blog goes on Summer break

Monday, May 25th, 2009

We’ll be back in September!

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New Paper: “Dizque”, evidentiality and stance in Valley Spanish

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Anna Babel’s paper, “”Dizque”, evidentiality and stance in Valley Spanish” has been accepted for publication at Language in Society.  The paper explores evidentials in Andean Spanish and shows the importance of the differential usage of evidentials for various social goals and within and across individual speakers.  This paper is a revision of Anna’s Qualifying Research Paper.

Congratulations, Anna!

Excellence in Education award: Robin Queen

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Robin Queen has received an Excellence in Education award from the College of LSA.  This award recognizes efforts in the areas of classroom teaching, curricular innovation, and the supervision of student research, as well as other significant contributions to the quality of the College’s teaching-learning environment.

LSAIT Grant: Online Semantic Calculator

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Ezra Keshet has received a grant from the LSAIT committee to create the Online Semantic Calculator, which will help students learn semantic analysis techniques.