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BULA goes to Avatar tonight 7:40pm Fenway Regal
by Paul Hagstrom 15 Jan '10

15 Jan '10

Hello, BULA membership, welcome back, and happy 2010! I have a couple of announcements to make you all aware of. I'll send them in separate emails. The first is that a trip to the movie Avatar is planned for this evening at the 8pm Fenway Regal theater. You may have heard about this via the Facebook group, but in case you haven't, you can RSVP and see the details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=278672031286 Aim is to meet at the theater by 7:40pm. You might want to consider buying tickets online ahead of time, since the movie is likely to be popular even though it's been out already for a little while. The other announcements I'll send out concern Globally Speaking, the McGill undergraduate conference, and some upcoming Morphology talks next week. -Paul

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Morphology talks on Wed January 20 and Mon January 25, 1pm
by Carol Neidle 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

Hello everyone: There will be two job candidates coming to visit during the next two weeks. Although many details are still being worked out, I wanted to share with you without delay the information that is known at this point, so that you can, we hope, make arrangements to attend their presentations. Anne Pycha - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~pycha/ Wednesday, January 20 1 - 1:50 PM presentation (location TBA); tentative title: "Word structures that look the same but behave differently: Evidence from French adjectives" 2 - 2:30 informal conversation with the candidate Luc Baronian - http://www.uqac.ca/~baronian/index/home.html Monday, January 25 1 - 1:50 PM presentation (location TBA); tentative title: "Building the French Lexicon: From phonology to morphology" 2 - 2:30 informal conversation with the candidate These talks will be intended for a relatively general audience, and all students who may be interested are very welcome to attend. Please share this information with others. The search committee would appreciate any comments you may have -- as soon as possible after each candidate's visit. Please send your reactions to morph(a)louis-xiv.bu.edu or to me directly (carol(a)bu.edu), to be shared with the search committee. When there is more information available, I will send out an update. Thanks very much. best wishes, Carol Neidle

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Globally Speaking for Spring 2010 starts soon
by Giselle Khoury 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

The Globally Speaking program is going to start its Spring 2010 sessions soon. From what I heard, people who participated last semester really enjoyed it. Looking for a fun, low-stress way to start learning a new language? Globally Speaking offers the BU community FREE, INFORMAL, NON-CREDIT introductory courses in Turkish, Arabic, Wolof, Chinese, Hausa, Persian & Russian ALL CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS WITH NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE BU Students, Staff, and Faculty are welcome No pre-registration necessary, but to save a seat register at www.bu.edu/projectgo For additional information contact Giselle Khoury at giselle(a)bu.edu or visit www.bu.edu/projectgo Spring 2010 Schedule January 25, 2010 through March 24, 2010 Turkish: Mondays 5-6:30 pm (room PHO 901) Arabic: Mondays 6:30-8 pm (room PHO 901) Chinese: Tuesdays 5-6:30 pm (room PHO 901) Wolof: Tuesdays 5-6:30 pm (room CAS 316) Hausa: Tuesdays 6:30-8 pm (room PHO 901) Persian: Wednesdays 5-6:30 pm (room CAS B25B) Russian: Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 pm (room CAS B25B) Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature at Boston -- Giselle Khoury, PhD Head, Arabic Language Program Coordinator, Project GO-BU! Director, The Academy for Arabic Teachers Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature Boston University 718 Commonwealth Ave. giselle(a)bu.edu T: 617.358.5852 F: 617.353.6246 Please consider the impact on the environment before printing this email.

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McGill Undergrad Linguistics Conference
by Carol Neidle 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

McGill hosts an annual conference for Linguistics undergraduates, and the deadline for submitting an abstract for this year's conference is Feb 15, a month from now. The conference itself is March 12-14, conveniently at the end of BU's Spring Break. If you've written a paper on something for one of your classes, or have any other research that might be suitable, consider submitting an abstract! > McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates is still looking for abstract submissions from students who would like to present a 20-minute talk with a 10-minute question period on their research on topics related to linguistics. > McCCLU is also looking for students to participate in our poster session to be held during the conference. The poster session is open to all student research in linguistics. If you have written a paper or done interesting research in linguistics but don’t feel you could give a whole 20-minute talk on your topic, the poster session is for you. We will also consider posters presenting research that is still in its preliminary stages and may not have solid results by the beginning of March as long as the expected results are stated in the abstract for the poster > > Abstracts for both 20-minute talks and for posters should be a maximum of one-page in length and should be sent electronically to mccclu2010(a)gmail.com by February 15th, 2010. If you would like to just be considered for the poster session please indicate so in your e-mail. The conference will take place from Friday, March 12th through Sunday March 14th, 2010. > > > If you do not wish to present your research but would still like to participate in McCCLU please join us! We will have professors Heather Goad and Bernhard Schwarz as our guest speakers and have lots of fun events planned throughout the weekend. Visit our website www.mccclu.com for more information or email us at mccclu2010(a)gmail.com. Online pre-registration will begin soon! > > (Call for papers attached) > > Thanks, > > Edward Graves and Elizabeth Smith > > McCCLU Co-Coordinators > > mccclu2010(a)gmail.com >

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BULA study group/T-shirt sale
by Paul Hagstrom 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

On Monday (Dec 14), there be a BULA gathering in the GSU back court from 6-9pm. It's intended to be a study/commiseration session. This is also a good time to pick up a shirt you already ordered, or to buy one. Monday Dec 14 6:00pm - 9:00pm GSU Back court Good luck with finals! There is a Facebook event where you can RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=370655015120 If you didn't order a BULA shirt but now want one because you've seen how awesome they are, stop by during this time and buy one of our extras. $10 each, and sizes are first come first serve. We're also making this an informal study session for everyone with linguistics finals coming up. Chances are there will be someone who's either in your class or has taken your class there. As always, there will be some enticing holiday treats!

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Panel THURSDAY 7pm: Linguistics & You: What You Can Do
by Paul Hagstrom 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hello Linguistics enthusiasts: In case you hadn't heard about it, BULA is hosting a panel discussion this Thursday (Nov 19) in KCB 106 from 7:00-8:30pm: "Linguistics & You: What You Can Do". Come if you can! Also: if you ordered BULA T-shirts, they should be available at the event. Linguistics & You: What You Can Do A panel discussion Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:00-8:30pm Kenmore Classroom Building 106 Invited panelists are: Joseph Grady Co-Founder and Principal of Cultural Logic: A Cognitive Approach to Communications Edith Maxwell Principal Technical Writer, EditShare Gene Papa Senior Systems Consultant, TJX Companies Greg Scontras Ph.D. Student, Harvard University Department of Linguistics You can RSVP with the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170842946234

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BUCLD Bake Sale!
by mquimby＠bu.edu 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hi! As you may remember from previous meetings/emails, we will be hosting a bake sale at the BUCLD this weekend from Friday to Sunday. To do this, we need volunteers! You can volunteer any time from Friday at 8 am to 9pm, Saturday 8 am to 7pm, or Sunday 9 am to 2pm. Consider what time you have this weekend, particularly Friday or Sunday (some officeers have already told me they can work on Saturday, but we do need a few more people!) and whether you could be at the conference. Here is the schedule so you can consider what talks you might like to attend (volunteering to work the bake sale table before or after the talk you attend is a great way to maximize your trip to the GSU!): http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/schedule_temp.html We also need some people to donate baked goods to sell, and to volunteer to decorate items on Thursday night. Please get back to me as soon as possible and let me know what you would be willing to do! Give me as many times you are available as possible. If you say you are available all day Friday, fear not, you will not work the entire day! Thank you! Monica Quimby

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T-shirt Information!
by mquimby＠bu.edu 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Hello! For those of you who were unable to attend last night's meeting, here is what was decided by majority vote: T-shirts will be green (you can see the exact green on the facebook event page) with black text that says "I love linguistics" in multiple languages, including French, Arabic, Korean, Greek (possibly Ancient), Chinese, German, IPA and maybe English. It will also have "BULA" somewhere on the shirt, but not too prominently. If the thought of wearing one of these shirts appeals to you, please let me know at mquimby(a)bu.edu no later than Friday 10/16. I will go to the Linguistics Open House on the 19th a little early to collect your money. If you cannot attend the Open House, please let me know and I will meet with you between 10/16 and 10/21 to get your name, size, and $10. Thank you! Monica Quimby

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Reminder: Thu Oct 8 6pm CAS 233, BULA meeting
by Paul Hagstrom 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Just a quick reminder that the next BULA general meeting is taking place tomorrow (Thursday) at 6pm. BULA general meeting Thursday, October 8, 6pm CAS 233 There is a Facebook event for this here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148376452399 Among other things, BULA T-shirt designs and colors will be discussed, and shirt orders will be taken. They will be $10 each, so bring this along if you want a shirt. (And, surely, you want a shirt!) The money will need to be collected in advance in order to pay for the production of the shirts. Also: The plan is that the BU Yearbook will arrive at some point to take pictures. Just so you know. Hope you can come!

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Location for Oct 8 meeting: CAS 233, 6pm
by Paul Hagstrom 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

The location for the (Thursday) October 8 general BULA meeting has been set. It will be in CAS 233 at 6pm. I will probably send another reminder about it a couple of days before the event. Thursday, October 8, 6pm CAS 233 Also, the Yearbook will probably be there to take a couple of pictures of BULA in action. That's it... -Paul

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