October 2011 - BULA - ling.bu.edu lists

Event Tonight From Our Friends at the Mind and Brain Society
by Lara Bryfonski 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

> Hello BULA! There is a really cool event going on tonight by our friends at the Mind and Brain Society. Although not directly related to linguistics, we're hoping to get together with them for a Language and the Mind event in the near future. Stay Tuned! -BULA > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: BU Mind and Brain Society <ombs(a)bu.edu> >> Subject: Miracle Berry Tasting event is tonight!! >> Date: October 26, 2011 1:25:39 PM EDT >> Cc: mbseboard(a)gmail.com >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> Our Miracle Berry Tasting event is tonight, October 26th Wednesday at 7pm-9pm in BU Central! For those of you that are unaware, the miracle berry is a small fruit that contains a protein dubbed 'miraculin.' This protein binds to taste receptors on your tongue and alters your taste perception such that sour things taste sweet - for example, lemons taste like lemonade and cream cheese tastes like frosting! We will have various foods to sample and hope you will join us. >> >> If you have already picked up your free ticket, remember to come at during your assigned time slot! If you have not picked up your ticket and would like to come tonight we will have a limited amount of tickets at the door. >> >> See you tonight!!! >> >> -MBS >

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Casa Hispánica and Study Abroad event: flyer
by K. Clements 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

To whom it concerns, This flyer should have been attached to the email regarding the Spanish language abroad programs this Thursday. My apologies for not forwarding this with the original email. Please let me know if you have any questions! Katie Clements -- *Katharine Clements Boston University 2012 Linguistics, Hispanic Language and Literature *

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Casa Hispánica and Study Abroad event
by K. Clements 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Hi, everyone! La Casa Hispánica has organized an event in conjunction with Study Abroad for all the Spanish language programs. This Thursday at 5pm come to the Howard Thurman Center and talk to program alums about programs in Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and Spain. If you're interested in studying in a Spanish-speaking country and would like to learn about the programs we offer please stop by! There will be refreshments, photos from our various program sites, and music. Hope to see you all there! Katie Clements -- *Katharine Clements Boston University 2012 Linguistics, Hispanic Language and Literature *

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Tuesday, Oct. 18 @ 5pm: Talk by Dr. Pierre Pica on Human and Linguistic Diversity
by Peter Alrenga 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

Hello BULA-ers, Next Tuesday (October 18), the French linguist Dr. Pierre Pica will be giving a talk entitled "Human and Linguistic Diversity: Number and Geometry in Munduruku". In the talk, Dr. Pica will describe his fieldwork and research with the Munduruku, an indigenous people of Brazil. The Munduruku language is notable for having a very limited inventory of number words--briefly, the language has words that correspond to one, two, and many, and that's about it. In the last several years, Dr. Pica and several other researchers have been exploring the consequences of this impoverished vocabulary for the Munduruku people's ability to perform everyday numerical computations and reasoning. Their results are quite surprising, and also quite controversial. (For those of you familiar with the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and linguistic determinism, his research directly relates to these questions.) The talk should be quite interesting--Dr. Pica has agreed to present his work in a way that will be accessible to undergraduate students, and I'm sure that he'll have some thought-provoking things to say. As I mentioned above, the talk will occur on Tuesday, October 18 at 5pm, in CAS 224. I've attached the flyer for the talk, so that you can read more about it. We hope to see you there! Best, Pete

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Meeting reminder and a message from a member!
by Lara Bryfonski 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

Reminder: our first discussion on Language Myths is TONIGHT at 7pm in Room B02 of 621 Comm ave (basement of the linguistics office). And now a message from one of our members: > From: "K. Clements" <katharine.l.clements(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BULA] First BULA Discussion Group on Language Myths > Date: October 5, 2011 10:08:12 PM EDT > To: Lara Bryfonski <lbryfo(a)gmail.com> > Cc: bula(a)ling.bu.edu > > > Hi, everyone, > > I hope it isn't presumptuous of me to send a mass email since I'm not on the e-board, but I have something I want to share, and despite my best efforts I won't be able to make it to the meeting tomorrow night so my means of communication are limited. I work at BU Study Abroad, and we're in the process of revamping the structure of the department's publicity. The result is that I am the guinea pig for our class, student group, and other info sessions and visits, and I thought I'd try out on you all, but I suppose I'll have to save that for another time; however, I do want you all to be aware that there is a fiesta española at the Howard Thurman Center tomorrow afternoon. > > I remember from our first meeting that there were others like me who study Spanish, so those of you who are interested in the programs we have in Spain should stop by. It runs from 5 to 6:30 pm; there will be good food and good music (if I have anything to say about it); and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and meet people who have gone, are going, and are thinking about it. > > And for those of you who aren't necessarily interested, it will still be a fun event, so drop in and say hi. I'm happy to answer any questions about the Spain programs or about Study Abroad in general; also, if anyone wants to email me anything interesting from tomorrow night's meeting, the effort would be appreciated. And possibly rewarded with baked goods. > > Thanks for sticking with me through this long-winded thing I've created. Hope to see you all soon! > > Katie Clements

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