Linguistics Colloquy Series

Spring 2004

February 23
Joan Sereno, Department of Linguistics
Perception of accented speech by native and non-native listeners

March 8
Dan Silverman, Department of Linguistics - University of Illinois
The diachrony of labiality in Trique, and the functional relevance of gradience and variation

April 5
Jie Zhang and Yuwen Lai, Department of Linguistics
The psychological reality of tone sandhi in Mandarin

April 19
Patricia Shaw, University of British Columbia
Salish obstruent clusters

May 3
Naima Boussofara Omar, Department of African Studies
How and why a Communiqué (bayaan) has come to be what it is