Events
Humanities 1, Room 202
Dr. Stephanie Lain – Spanish Vowel and Consonant Contributions to Talker Identification and Lexical Contrast
Humanities 1, Room 202The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics presents: SPANISH VOWEL AND CONSONANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO TALKER IDENTIFICATION AND LEXICAL CONTRAST with Dr. Stephanie Lain (UC Santa Cruz) Abstract Acoustic properties of the input determine how speech sounds are processed, categorized, and encoded in memory. This information is used to identify words and convey information about the […]
Aurora Lecture Book Discussion with Professor James Laine
Humanities 1, Room 202Join Professor James Laine for a book discussion of his Meta-Religion: Religion and Power in World History (2014) in conversation with G.S. Sahota - Associate Professor of Literature and Aurora Chair at UC Santa Cruz. Professor James Laine will also be presenting the Winter 2024 Aurora Lecture on March 11th. For more information about this […]
Winter 2024 Aurora Lecture: Professor James Laine
Humanities 1, Room 202The Literature Department is pleased to invite you to the 2024 Winter Aurora Lecture featuring Professor James W. Laine, Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies, Macalester College. Join Professor James Laine for a lecture titled: "Early Modern Cosmopolitanism: Steps on the Road to an Idea of Religious Tolerance," with discussants Anna Bigelow - Associate […]
PhD+ Workshop – Grants and Fellowships
Humanities 1, Room 202Grants and Fellowships for Scholars in the Humanities Learn how to make your fellowship and grant proposals competitive to a wide range of selection committees. We’ll discuss what does and does not need to be in a research proposal, the proper tone and form, and ways to tease out the larger stakes of individual research […]
Wei Wang – “The Effect of Instruction on L2 Learners’ Interactional Competence: Listener Responses in Chinese as a Second Language”
Humanities 1, Room 202The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics is pleased to present: “The Effect of Instruction on L2 Learners’ Interactional Competence: Listener Responses in Chinese as a Second Language” with Wei Wang, Ph.D. University of Houston Abstract This study investigates whether classroom instruction is effective in promoting L2 Chinese learners’ interactional competence (IC) as indexed by […]
Ying Yang – “Grammar, Interaction, and Social Context: The Evolution Story of 那na ‘that’”
Humanities 1, Room 202The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics is pleased to present: “Grammar, Interaction, and Social Context: The Evolution Story of 那na ‘that’” with Ying Yang, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison Abstract Face-to-face conversation is the primordial form of human interaction and language is inherently a form of social behavior. However, spontaneous natural conversation remains […]
Zhiying Qian – “Verb Bias and Plausibility in Native and Non-native Sentence Processing”
Humanities 1, Room 202The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics is pleased to present: “Verb Bias and Plausibility in Native and Non-native Sentence Processing” with Zhiying Qian, Ph.D. Florida State University Abstract The influence of the properties of a first language (Mandarin, Korean) on the comprehension of sentences in a second language (English) was investigated in a series […]
UCHRI Grants Workshop
Humanities 1, Room 202Please join us on January 10, 2024 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. for information about and a chance to workshop proposal ideas for UCHRI grants. The session will be led by Research Development Specialist for the Humanities, Caitlin Charos and Sara Černe, Research Grants Manager for the UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI). Sara will give a brief […]
POSTPONED – Linguistics Colloquia: Julia Swan
Humanities 1, Room 202Julia Swan, SJSU Over the course of each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
Linguistics Colloquia: Argyro Katsika
Humanities 1, Room 202Argyro Katsika, UC Santa Barbara Over the course of each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html