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Reminder: Sue Kalt Talk TODAY, 2/21, at 5.15pm, CAS B12
by Neil Myler 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

BULA's first event of the semester will be a co-sponsored event with the Linguistics Program Colloquium series and with the generous support of the CAS Academic Enhancement Fund and it is happening *TODAY!* "Acquisition, Loss, and Change in Southern Quechua and Spanish: What happened to evidential marking?" by Susan E. Kalt. *Linguistics Colloquium series: Susan E. Kalt* *When: Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 5:15 pm* *Where: CAS B12 (675 Commonwealth Ave <https://maps.google.com/?q=675+Commonwealth+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g>, also basement of CAS)* *Title: Acquisition, Loss, and Change in Southern Quechua and Spanish: What happened to evidential marking?* We hope to see you all there! More information is on the BU Linguistics Program facebook page, here: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ - BULA team === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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SLP Career Night!
by Elizabeth Pell 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Good Afternoon Everybody! Brought to you by BU NSSLHA and the Sargent Speech department, *SLP** Career Night* is open to any undergraduates interested in learning more about Speech-Language Pathology (majors and non-majors are both welcome)! If you've never considered being an SLP as an option, come to the panel and discussion to learn more about the profession and its variety of career options. *When?** 26 February 2018, 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm. * *Where? **Sargent College, Rm 610.* For more information *and to RSVP* check the Facebook page by following this link <https://www.facebook.com/events/2003434686572224/>. BULA will have more information on our events for this semester soon. Have a great day! BULA team === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu _______________________________________________ BULA mailing list BULA(a)ling.bu.edu http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula

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**ROOM CHANGE,** Susan Kalt Event: Linguistics Colloquium
by Elizabeth Pell 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hi again Everybody!! BULA's first event of the semester will be a co-sponsored event with the Linguistics Program Colloquium series and with the generous support of the CAS Academic Enhancement Fund. "Acquisition, Loss, and Change in Southern Quechua and Spanish: What happened to evidential marking?" by Susan E. Kalt. *Linguistics Colloquium series: Susan E. Kalt* *When: Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 5:15 pm* *Where: CAS B12 (725 Commonwealth Ave)* *Description: *This event in the Linguistics Colloquium is about language acquisition and language attrition in rural areas in Peru and Bolivia, and the complex relationship between Southern Quechua and Spanish, as well as between their respective speakers in the region. See the abstract on the attached flyer for more details. We hope to see you all there! More information about this event is on the BU Linguistics Program facebook page, here: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Also, BULA is still organizing the rest of this semesters events and we will announce the rest of the calendar soon! - BULA team === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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Linguistics Program Colloquium series: Susan Kalt event
by Elizabeth Pell 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Hello Everybody! BULA's first event of the semester will be a co-sponsored event with the Linguistics Program Colloquium series and with the generous support of the CAS Academic Enhancement Fund. "Acquisition, Loss, and Change in Southern Quechua and Spanish: What happened to evidential marking?" by Susan E. Kalt. *Linguistics Colloquium series: Susan E. Kalt* *When: Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 5:15 pm* *Where: STO B50 (675 Commonwealth Ave <https://maps.google.com/?q=675+Commonwealth+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g>, also basement of CAS)* *Description: *This event in the Linguistics Colloquium is about language acquisition and language attrition in rural areas in Peru and Bolivia, and the complex relationship between Southern Quechua and Spanish, as well as between their respective speakers in the region. See the abstract on the attached flyer for more details. We hope to see you all there! More information about this event is on the BU Linguistics Program facebook page, here: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Also, BULA is still organizing the rest of this semesters events and we will announce the rest of the calendar soon! - BULA team === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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Naomi Feldman Colloquium this Thursday, Dec 7, 5.30pm LSE B01; How to Create Your Own Language Materials
by Neil Myler 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Hello everyone, Don't forget that the final linguistics colloquium of the semester is just a couple of days away (see also the attached flyer): *Speaker: Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland; Visiting Professor at MIT)* *Title: How phonetic learners should use their input* *When: Thursday, Dec 7, 5:30pm* *Where: **Life Sciences and Engineering (24 Cummington Mall) Room B01* *Abstract: *Children have impressive statistical learning abilities. In phonetic category acquisition, for example, they are sensitive to the distributional properties of sounds in their input. However, knowing that children have statistical learning abilities is only a small part of understanding how they make use of their input during language acquisition. This work uses Bayesian models to examine three basic assumptions that go into statistical learning theories: the structure of learners' hypothesis space, the way in which input data are sampled, and the features of the input that learners attend to. Simulations show that although a naïve view of statistical learning may not support robust phonetic category acquisition, there are several ways in which learners can potentially benefit by leveraging the rich statistical structure of their input. *RSVP on Facebook: **https://www.facebook.com/events/846247092203474/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/846247092203474/>* Thanks also to everyone who came and made How to Create Your Own Language Night such a success on Friday. As promised, attached are the materials from the event (which might also be of interest to those who couldn't make it that night). See you next semester for more great BULA events, and this Thursday for the linguistics colloquium! === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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How to Create Your Own Language Night, TOMORROW, Dec 1, at 6pm, CAS B18; Naomi Feldman Colloq Dec 7
by Neil Myler 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Hello BULA-ers, Just a reminder that we have a couple of excellent linguistics-related events coming up in the next week, starting with the final BULA event of the semester, tomorrow's How to Create Your Own Language Night! *How to Create Your Own Language Night* *When: Friday, Dec 1, 6pm* *Where: CAS B18* *Description: *Join BULA for a workshop where you'll be given a quick guide on how to create a constructed language (along the lines of Klingon from Star Trek, Dothraki from Game of Thrones, etc.), and then you'll get to work on creating the basic elements of your very own conlang, with guidance from Prof. Neil Myler. Pizza will be provided! *RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688546351335903/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/688546351335903/> * [image: Inline image 1] Also, don't forget that the Linguistics Program's final Colloquium of the semester is taking place next Thursday: *Speaker: Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland; Visiting Professor at MIT)* *Title: How phonetic learners should use their input* *When: Thursday, Dec 7, 5:30pm* *Where: **Life Sciences and Engineering (24 Cummington Mall) Room B01* *Abstract: *Children have impressive statistical learning abilities. In phonetic category acquisition, for example, they are sensitive to the distributional properties of sounds in their input. However, knowing that children have statistical learning abilities is only a small part of understanding how they make use of their input during language acquisition. This work uses Bayesian models to examine three basic assumptions that go into statistical learning theories: the structure of learners' hypothesis space, the way in which input data are sampled, and the features of the input that learners attend to. Simulations show that although a naïve view of statistical learning may not support robust phonetic category acquisition, there are several ways in which learners can potentially benefit by leveraging the rich statistical structure of their input. *RSVP on Facebook: **https://www.facebook.com/events/846247092203474/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/846247092203474/>* Hope to see many of you there! === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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Mark your calendars for How to Make Your Own Language Night; two linguistics colloquia
by Neil Myler 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hello everyone, BULA's final event of the semester will be taking place just over three weeks from now, so mark your calendars: *How to Create Your Own Language Night* *When: Friday, Dec 1, 6pm* *Where: CAS B18* *Description: *Join BULA for a workshop where you'll be given a quick guide on how to create a constructed language (along the lines of Klingon from Star Trek, Dothraki from Game of Thrones, etc.), and then you'll get to work on creating the basic elements of your very own conlang, with guidance from Prof. Neil Myler. Pizza will be provided! *RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688546351335903/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/688546351335903/> * [image: Inline image 1] The Linguistics Program also has two very exciting colloquia coming up in the next month or so, which many BULA members will be interested in. *Speaker: Melissa Baese-Berk (University of Oregon--also a BU alumn)* *Title: Perception of Non-native speech* *When: Thursday, Nov 16, 5:15pm* *Where: Life Sciences and Engineering (24 Cummington Mall) Room B01* *Abstract: *Listening to non-native speech often provides a significant challenge for native speakers of a language. While substantial work has examined how non-native speech differs from native speech, relatively little work has examined how native listeners perceive this speech. In this talk, I will present studies examining what factors might influence how native speakers perceive and can adapt to non-native speech. Experiments 1 and 2 examine how perception of non-native speech compares to the perception of other unfamiliar types of speech and, and what cognitive and linguistic factors might influence listeners’ abilities to perceive these types of unfamiliar speech. Experiment 3 investigates how native listeners adapt to non-native speech over time, and how exposure to speakers from different backgrounds may influence this adaptation. In Experiment 4, I will present production data investigating some global properties of non-native production that may influence perception of this speech by non-native speakers. I will discuss the implications of these studies for our understanding of non-native speech, and for perception more broadly. *RSVP on Facebook: **https://www.facebook.com/events/1399840486799971/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/1399840486799971/>* *Speaker: Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland; Visiting Professor at MIT)* *Title: How phonetic learners should use their input* *When: Thursday, Dec 7, 5:30pm* *Where: **Life Sciences and Engineering (24 Cummington Mall) Room B01* *Abstract: *Children have impressive statistical learning abilities. In phonetic category acquisition, for example, they are sensitive to the distributional properties of sounds in their input. However, knowing that children have statistical learning abilities is only a small part of understanding how they make use of their input during language acquisition. This work uses Bayesian models to examine three basic assumptions that go into statistical learning theories: the structure of learners' hypothesis space, the way in which input data are sampled, and the features of the input that learners attend to. Simulations show that although a naïve view of statistical learning may not support robust phonetic category acquisition, there are several ways in which learners can potentially benefit by leveraging the rich statistical structure of their input. *RSVP on Facebook: **https://www.facebook.com/events/846247092203474/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/846247092203474/>* Looking forward to seeing you there! === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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Linguistics Program Open House 10/23; Language and Careers Expo 10/26
by Neil Myler 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

Hello everyone, Thanks very much to everyone who attended African Languages Night on Monday, it was a fantastic event! We're currently working on arrangements for BULA's final event of the semester, a workshop on How to Create Your Own Language. We'll announce the date and venue as soon as we can once those are finalized. In the meantime, here's some news about a couple of language and linguistics-related events happening at BU next week. Take a look at the descriptions below, and the attached flyers. Hope to see you there! *Undergraduate Linguistics Open House* *When:* Monday, 10/23, 5.15pm *Where:* LSE (24 Cummington Mall) Room 103 *RSVP Appreciated by email to carol(a)bu.edu <carol(a)bu.edu> or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/133582927281723/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/133582927281723/> * *BU undergraduates (or prospective undergraduates) interested in finding out more about Linguistics, our courses and degree offerings, and/or the BU Undergraduate Linguistics Association (BULA) are welcome! Come meet other students and faculty members who share an interest in this area. **Refreshments will be served!* *Fall Language and Careers Expo* *When: *Thursday, 10/26, 4-6pm *Where*: Yawkey 613 (100 Bay State Road) *RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1994005667544387/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/1994005667544387/>* *Find out about Spring 2018 course offerings and opportunities for study abroad, internships, and scholarships! Meet representatives from local and international organizations who are interested in recruiting students with language skills! Network with BU graduates who are using their language skills on the job! Refreshments will be served!* === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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Reminder: African Languages Night, TODAY, 10/16 at 5pm, PSY B51
by Neil Myler 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Dear all, This is just a quick reminder that BULA's African Languages Night is taking place today from 5-6pm in the Psychology Building (64-86 Cummington Mall), room B51. See you there! (And also at the CAS Major Fair, right afterwards over on the 6th floor of 100 Bay State Road) On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Neil Myler <myler(a)bu.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > Please join us for the second BULA event of the semester: African > Languages Night! > > *When:* Monday, October 16 > *Where:* PSY B51 (Psychology Building is at 64-86 Cummington Mall) > *Time:* 5pm-6pm > > *Event Description:* Come and hear Prof. Zoli Mali give us a brief > introduction to the languages of South Africa, followed by a hands-on > language lesson on Zulu and Xhosa, taking in click sounds, agreement > patterns, and more! > > This event is also a facebook event; please RSVP if you can: > https://www.facebook.com/events/179131932663060 > > Alternatively, you can RSVP here if you don't have facebook: > https://goo.gl/forms/53VD4vJyUr87JFsq2 > > And don't forget to check out the Linguistics table at the CAS Major Fair, > right after this event from 6pm onwards on the 6th floor of 100 Bay State > Road! > > [image: Inline image 2] > === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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African Languages Night, Monday, 10/16 at 5pm, PSY B51
by Neil Myler 11 Oct '17

11 Oct '17

Dear all, Please join us for the second BULA event of the semester: African Languages Night! *When:* Monday, October 16 *Where:* PSY B51 (Psychology Building is at 64-86 Cummington Mall) *Time:* 5pm-6pm *Event Description:* Come and hear Prof. Zoli Mali give us a brief introduction to the languages of South Africa, followed by a hands-on language lesson on Zulu and Xhosa, taking in click sounds, agreement patterns, and more! This event is also a facebook event; please RSVP if you can: https://www.facebook.com/events/179131932663060 Alternatively, you can RSVP here if you don't have facebook: https://goo.gl/forms/53VD4vJyUr87JFsq2 And don't forget to check out the Linguistics table at the CAS Major Fair, right after this event from 6pm onwards on the 6th floor of 100 Bay State Road! [image: Inline image 2] === If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, follow this link, scroll down to the bottom, and follow the instructions there: http://ling.bu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bula Sign up as a BULA member on orgsync: https://orgsync.com/105066/chapter BULA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULingAssoc/?fref=ts <https://www.facebook.com/> Linguistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BULinguistics/ Linguistics website: http://ling.bu.edu

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