The Circle is a weekly forum dedicated to discussion of the descriptive, experimental, and theoretical study of syntax and semantics, featuring presentations of ongoing research by members of the Berkeley Linguistics Department and other departments, as well as discussion of previously published works.
Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm
1303 Dwinelle Hall
fall 2012
spring 2012
fall 2011
spring 2011
fall 2010
spring 2010
fall 2009
spring 2009
fall 2008
spring 2008
fall 2007
spring 2007
fall 2006
spring 2006
fall 2005
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Linguistics
PAST MEETINGS:
8 may
RRR week: TBD
1 may
TBD
24 april
TBD
17 april
TBD
10 april
TBD
3 april
TBD
27 march
No meeting - spring break
20 march
TBD
13 march
Nicholas Rolle (UCB): Serial verb constructions in Degema, an Edoid
language of Nigeria
6 march
TBD
27 february
Bonnie Krejci (Stanford) on Causativization
20 february
Mark Norris (UCSC), topic TBD
13 february
Melanie Redeye (UCB) on Seneca
6 february
Peter Jenks (UCB), topic TBD
30 january
Round Table Discussion on Syntactic Theories
We will be meeting to discuss some recent articles on Construction Grammar and Generative Grammar by Adele Goldberg and David Adger. The three articles can be found here
23 january
Andrew Garrett (UCB): The Yurok Tense and Aspect System