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BUCLD Volunteers Sought
by Neil Myler 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Hi everyone, See below! Please contact Alex Kohut directly if you have any questions. ---- Dear Linguistics Enthusiasts, Happy October! I'm writing on behalf of the organizing committee for the *Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 45* to enlist your help in making this year's conference a success! For those of you who are unfamiliar, BUCLD is one of the largest student-run linguistics conferences in the world. BUCLD is an internationally recognized meeting of researchers in language acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. You can read more about the conference here <http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/>. This year due to the strange circumstances we find ourselves in with the pandemic, we plan to hold the conference virtually - the show must go on! - November 5th - 8th. *But we cannot do it without your help!* We need volunteers to moderate the question and answer periods for the presentations. Volunteers will attend a brief one-hour training leading up to the conference and then be assigned 2.5-3 hours over 1-2 shifts during the conference. This is a really great way to get an insider look at the conference and have some visibility among some of the biggest names in acquisition research, not to mention another line you can add to your CV. Also, for those of you who may have volunteer hours requirements, volunteer hours with BUCLD can count towards those! When you are ready to sign-up, please visit our website at http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/volunteers/ and fill out the volunteer registration form with your availability and contact information. I'll be in touch in mid-October with your shift assignment and to confirm your availability. If you have questions about volunteering, please don't hesitate to contact me directly. Also, if you know of someone that is interested in volunteering, please have them e-mail me at aekohut(a)bu.edu. Thank you! Alex

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BULA Election Participation Survey
by Neil Myler 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Thanks to all of you who have responded to our survey so far! There are still three days left until the survey closes, at 5pm on Friday, April 24th, so please fill it out if you are interested in standing for election to the Boston University Linguistics Association's E-Board. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsCaIABuKLZxT1MWcVGrKeC4TA_ZN5r3H… _______________________________________________ BULA mailing list -- bula(a)ling.bu.edu To unsubscribe send an email to bula-leave(a)ling.bu.edu

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BULA Election Participation Survey
by Neil Myler 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Dear BULAers We hope everyone is staying safe and well. The Boston University Linguistics Association is looking for members who might be interested in standing for election to the club's E-Board. If you would be interested in this, please fill out the short survey at the link below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-Dbt_kUsSMND9TJ219MBp3fZkJ7Zqyxru_OVi12Kjx… Thank you, and we hope to be able to see you all again in the Fall semester. The E-Board BULA _______________________________________________ BULA mailing list -- bula(a)ling.bu.edu To unsubscribe send an email to bula-leave(a)ling.bu.edu

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Boston University Linguistics Association Welcome Back Game Night! Weds, 2/5, 6pm, in EPIC 206
by Neil Myler 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hello BULA-ers, Please join us for the very first BULA event of the semester: Welcome Back Game Night! *When:* Wednesday, February 5 *Where: *EPIC 206 (750 Comm. Ave.) *Time:* 6pm-8pm View this event and RSVP on BU Engage: https://bu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/5523483 See also this Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/475564889793516/ ---- If you no longer wish to receive emails from this list, click on the following link and then follow the instructions under *Subscription/Unsubscription*: https://caslx.bu.edu:8080/postorius/lists/bula.ling.bu.edu/

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BULA Game Night/General Meeting, TONIGHT, October 8th, 6pm in STH 318
by Neil Myler 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Dear members of the Boston University Linguistics Association, Please join us this evening at 6pm in School of Theology Room 318 for Game Night! Games will be provided but feel free to bring your own too. [image: BULA_GameNight2.png]

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Volunteer at BU Conference on Language Development
by Vidal Covas, Lee-Ann, Marie 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

Hi everyone, Every fall, BU plays host to one of the biggest and most prestigious conferences on language acquisition in the world, Boston University Conference on Language Development, taking place in the GSU Thursday, November 7th to Sunday, November 10th. This is an incredible opportunity for you in be involved in the largest student-run language development conference in the world! I am emailing to ask if you would like to volunteer (you receive FREE admission with 4-6 hours of volunteer work). If so, please reply to this e-mail so that I can mark you down as a definite volunteer. In the coming weeks, I will be sending a form of some kind for people to sign up for available times. Keep in mind that if you wish to see a particular presentation that you don't commit to volunteering at that time. A list of presenters is available here: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/. If you have already said you wanted to volunteer and have not yet received a similar e-mail to this one, PLEASE e-mail me as some e-mails did not go through. A short description of each of the available volunteer tasks is provided below. I will be giving out jobs based on availability once everyone fills out the form in the next few weeks. If you have questions about volunteering, please don't hesitate to contact me directly. If you know of someone that is interested on volunteering from your institution or department, please have them e-mail me at vidall(a)bu.edu<mailto:vidall@bu.edu>. Volunteer Opportunities Handbook copyediting Several volunteers will be needed about two weeks or so before the conference to check the final draft of the conference handbook for errors before it is sent to print. Folder assembling work party Shortly before the conference, volunteers gather to assemble the folder of materials – nametags, handbook, etc. – that will be given to each person attending the conference. This usually takes less than 2 hours and is a decidedly social event. A date for the work party will be set in October. Registration desk We need students to staff the welcome and registration area at the conference, and to greet and register delegates as they arrive and help provide general orientation to the conference site. This requires a short training session. Session Chairs Session chairs work during the conference. In a team of 2-3 volunteers, Session chairs are responsible for the following tasks: 1) Introduce speakers 2) Monitor the timing of each talk 3) Oversee that the talk runs smoothly, and contact one of the conference organizers if help is needed. Book Exhibit The Book Exhibit volunteers will supervise a table of books sent by a Publisher. The volunteers will make sure the table is kept organized, and answer questions that conference attendees might have about the books. This information about the books will be provided to you upon arrival at the conference. Thank you for your interest and for making it all the way to the end! — Lee-Ann Vidal Covas PhD Student, Linguistics Volunteer Chair, BUCLD 44 vidall(a)bu.edu<mailto:vidall@bu.edu> She/her/hers

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TODAY 5:30pm Lecture on Elvish, FREE PIZZA AND COOKIES
by Linguistics Association 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

A reminder of today's BULA event: (RSVP here https://www.facebook.com/events/340966183221810/) [image: lecture on elvish.jpg] We hope to see you there! Also, a reminder to fill out the following form if you are interested in running for an eboard position for the 2019-2020 academic year, or if you have ideas for future BULA events: https://forms.gle/VqrJGqWv4XnELSyk7

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BU Linguistics Association eboard/event survey
by Linguistics Association 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

Hi BU Linguistics Association members: Please fill out the following form if you are interested in running for an eboard position for the 2019-2020 academic year, or if you have ideas for future BULA events: https://forms.gle/VqrJGqWv4XnELSyk7 Thanks!

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Lecture and a Movie: Languages of Middle-earth and Pizza Night
by Jeremy Freudberg 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Dear linguists, BULA's next event this semester, co-hosted with the Undergraduate Classics Association, will be a lecture by *Prof. Sasha Nikolaev* on the *languages of Middle-earth, specifically Elvish.* After the lecture, a* film screening* follows, with *free pizza* (sponsored by Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities Fund). Join us on *Thursday, April 18 at 5:30pm in CAS B12 *– you can RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/340966183221810/ [image: lecture on elvish.jpg]

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TODAY 5:45pm "The Linguistics of Existence"
by Linguistics Association 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

We hope to see you at today's talk: *The Linguistics of Existence* *Peter Klapes, M.A. candidate in Philosophy (Boston College)* *TODAY [Monday, April 8] at 5:45pm, CAS 225* https://www.facebook.com/events/2203739999714132/ Not only is the talk exciting and interdisciplinary, it also showcases student effort! *Abstract: *It is said that the nature of the linguistic sign is arbitrary. Since antiquity, the question of whether words are linked to their referent by nature or merely by convention has persisted. In Plato’s *Cratylus*, Socrates realizes that names are often imperfect in the naming of any object. Later, sparking somewhat of a linguistic crisis, Friedrich Nietzsche questioned the nature of truth and Ferdinand de Saussure demonstrated that *signifiers* and *signifieds* share no inherent link. This concept of linguistic arbitrariness will, in this talk, be connected to philosophical, existential, and anthropological questions and themes—including freedom, poetics, politics, and the nature of the imagination.

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