Linguistics Circle Lecture Series 2017 - 2018
The Linguistics Circle is a research talk series that includes speakers from within and outside the university. The talks are open to all members of Bangor University and to the public in general.
Abstracts for the different talks can be seen by clicking on the respective titles.
All Welcome. 4:00pm - 5.00pm on Wednesdays, Lecture Room 2, New Arts (unless otherwise stated)
(Unless stated otherwise)
Convenor:
Alan Wallington
a.m.wallington@bangor.ac.uk
Semester 2
| 24th January 2018 |
The pace of grammaticalization in non-standardized Romance languages (and in comparison to major Romance languages) Emanuele Miola - University of Milan-Bicocca |
7th February 2018 2pm |
'David Crystal Day' Main Arts Lecture Theatre at 2pm |
| 14th February 2018 | Using linguistic prior knowledge in deep learning |
| 21st February 2018 | Chwedl y Llodrau (A Tale of the Trousers): Pluralia tantum and agreement in Welsh Silva Nurmio - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Room A0:01 - Alun Building |
| 14th March 2018 | Metaphor and the experience of illness. Elena Semino - Lancaster University |
| 21st March 2018 |
Tim Wharton - University of Brighton |
| 18th April 2018 | Is there Phonology without Meaning? The case of jargon aphasia Honorary Professor Martin Ball - Bangor University |
| 25th April 2018 | Less Is More? Surprising suggestions from studying spatial language Clare Davies - University of Winchester |
| 2nd May 2018 | Borrowing and semantic change in early Modern English Kathryn Allan - University College London |
Previous Seminars
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