Autumn 2024 Schedule

August 30
Discussion
Topic: Terra Edwards chapters

September 6
Discussion
Topic: Zenner, E., & Van De Mieroop, D. (2017). The social and pragmatic function of English in weak contact situations: Ingroup and outgroup marking in the Dutch reality TV show Expeditie Robinson. Journal of Pragmatics, 113, 77-88.

September 13
Discussion
Topic: Orsini, F. (2022). Awqāt/Aukāt. In Changing Theory (pp. 325-336). Routledge India.

September 20
Discussion
Topic: Depth of processing in indexical perception

September 27 <
Presenter: Kyler Laycock
Topic: MidPhon dry run: Implicit and Explicit Phonetic Convergence to Voice Quality

October 4
Presenter: Paul Ueda
Topic: Language Attitudes and Place in Southern Taiwan

October 11 AUTUMN BREAK, NO MEETING

October 18
Presenter: Jory Ross
Topic: Dissertation workshopping: Cognitive representations of indexes

October 25
Presenter: Angélica Aviles Bosques
Topic: NWAV dry run: Understanding Language and Identity in Miss Universe Puerto Rico

November 1
Presenter: Katie Conner
Topic: Dissertation workshopping: Diachrony and ideology in bitch and other slurs

November 8
Presenter: Alyssa Allen
Topic: QP2 dry run: Bilingual Speaker Alignment to Machine Voices

November 15
Presenter: Ellie Kaiser
Topic: QP workshopping: Perceptions of Spanish-accented English in Utah

November 22
Presenter: William Thomas
Topic: Social meaning of refutational too (and possibly additive too too)

November 29
THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO MEETING