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Phonology Seminar: Minqi Liu “English Adaptation in the Mandarin A-not-A Reduplication Construction”

Campbell Hall 2122

A-not-A is a Mandarin reduplication construction where the underlying form /RED-pu-A/ contains a reduplication of the first syllable in A. In this study I investigate the kinds of adaptations that occur when an English word serves as the base A. Since the complex onsets and most codas allowed in English are illegal in Mandarin syllables,...

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Phonology Seminar: Minqi Liu “English Adaptation in the Mandarin A-not-A Reduplication Construction”

Campbell Hall 2122

A-not-A is a Mandarin reduplication construction where the underlying form /RED-pu-A/ contains a reduplication of the first syllable in A. In this study I investigate the kinds of adaptations that occur when an English word serves as the base A. Since the complex onsets and most codas allowed in English are illegal in Mandarin syllables,...

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American Indian Seminar – ‘Say’ Fest (see below)

Every quarter we have a Fest on some topic of general interest. This quarter it’s a ‘Say’ Fest (thanks, Travis!!). If you’d like to share some linguistic tidbit about how ‘say’ works in any language (because every language is indigenous to somewhere) — constructions? inflection? quotatives? … — please bring 10-15 copies of a handout...

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Syntax Seminar: Vahideh Rasekhi

2122 Campbell Hall

Two types of why in syntax: Evidence from Why-stripping in Persian This talk is an attempt to get audience feedback on my work in progress and prepare for my presentation at “Sluicing and Ellipsis at 50”, which will be held at the University of Chicago in April. In this work, I provide an account of why-stripping in Persian (1), in...

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Syntax Seminar – Vahideh Rasekhi: “Two types of why in syntax: Evidence from Why-stripping in Persian”

Campbell Hall 2122

Two types of why in syntax: Evidence from Why-stripping in Persian This talk is an attempt to get audience feedback on my work in progress and prepare for my presentation at “Sluicing and Ellipsis at 50”, which will be held at the University of Chicago in April. In this work, I provide an account of...

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