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I am a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut, and a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories. I am an affiliated faculty member of the CT Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and a former fellow of the UConn Humanities Institute.

My main research interest is to better understand the human language faculty. Primarily I examine this by studying the structure and acquisition of American Sign Language, and by looking at the process of language acquisition across different languages. See my Research page and the Sign Linguistics and Language Acquisition lab site for more information.

10/25 Morphology Reading Group

Morphology Reading Group

Friday, October 25th, 2019

01:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
T113

The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.

9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne Piggott

Contact Information: Paula Fenger
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10/25 Logic Colloquim: Peter Pagin (Stockholm)

Logic Colloquim: Peter Pagin (Stockholm)

Friday, October 25th, 2019

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Storrs Campus
MCHU 106

Join us in the Logic Colloquium for a talk:

Peter Pagin (Stockholm)

Indexicals, Time, and Compositionality

Abstract:

Kaplan’s official argument in “Demonstratives” for Temporalism, the view that some English sentences express propositions that can vary in truth value across time, is the so-called Operator Argument: temporal operators, such as “sometimes”, would be vacuous without such propositions.

Equally important is the argument from compositionality. Without temporal propositions, the sentences

(1) It is raining where John is
(2) It is raining where John is now

would express the same proposition. But they embed differently:

(3) Sometimes, it is raining where John is
(4) Sometimes it is raining where John is now

(3) and (4) express distinct propositions, so if they both are of the form “Sometimes, p”, and if (1) and (2) express the same proposition, we have a violation of compositionality.

In this talk it is shown that with Switcher Semantics, which allows for a generalized form of compositionality, we can have the result that (1) and (2) agree in content when unembedded (assertoric content) but differ in content when embedded under temporal operators (ingredient sense).

We can also show that Switcher Semantics, over Kaplan’s models, preserves the validities in the Logic of Demonstratives. All in all, the arguments for Temporalism are substantially undermined.

https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/

All welcome!

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11/1 Annual Logic Lecture: Chris Kennedy (Chicago)

Annual Logic Lecture: Chris Kennedy (Chicago)

Friday, November 1st, 2019

01:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
tba

The 2019/20 UConn Logic Group

Scholar of Consequence

Chris Kennedy (Chicago)

will present the Annual Logic Lecture.

Details to follow.

https://logic.uconn.edu/annual-logic-lecture/

Contact Information: https://logic.uconn.edu/about/
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11/1 Morphology Reading Group

Morphology Reading Group

Friday, November 1st, 2019

01:30 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
T113

The Morphology Reading group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the semester to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Morphology, Morpho-syntax and Morpho-phonology.

9/13 We will discuss Cyclic spell-out and the typology of word minimality by Glyne Piggott

Contact Information: Paula Fenger
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11/1 Cognitive Science Colloquium: Aaron Shield

Cognitive Science Colloquium: Aaron Shield

Friday, November 1st, 2019

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Oak Hall 117

The Cognitive Science Colloquium Series is proud to present Aaron Shield, Ph.D.

Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Miami University of Ohio

Sign Language and Autism at Miami (SL@M) Lab

Friday, November 1st, 4pm, Oak Hall 117

Dr. Shield will provide a talk entitled “Insights into cognitive and linguistic processes from research on autism and sign language”

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss how research into the signed languages of the deaf has the power to illuminate big questions about human language. By comparing spoken and signed languages, we gain a better understanding of what language is, how children learn languages, and how to best characterize and treat language disorders. In particular, I will show how research into the acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sheds new light on various questions about acquisition, such as how children imitate linguistic forms, how children use pronouns and other words that refer to self and other, and how language exposure may affect other aspects of cognition.

If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Shield, please contact Dr. Eigsti: inge-marie.eigsti@uconn.edu

Contact Information: inge-marie.eigsti@uconn.edu
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