News / Posts from Linguistics http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/ Reason Carleton College, 2009 Join linguists and friends on Tuesday evenings for a movie! All viewings will take place in Goodsell 03 at 8:15p. Popcorn and soda are provided. The final linguistics movie night of the fall term will be Tuesday, November 17. The movie is 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire', a 2001 Disney animated film featuring a linguist as its protagonist. Our hero, Milo, discovers the lost civilization of Atlantis and learns Atlantean, a language created for the film by real life linguist Dr. Marc Okrand. For more information on linguistics movie nights, including future screenings, contact Andrew Terwilliger (terwilan). Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:52:23 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=571223 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:57:15 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=579216 Wed, 20 May 2009 23:32:32 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=534050 Wed, 20 May 2009 23:26:55 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=534048 We are pleased to announce that Catherine Fortin, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Carleton since 2007, will be joining the Carleton Linguistics Department as Assistant Professor of Linguistics beginning in fall 2009. Professor Fortin earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University, where she majored in French Language and Literature, with a minor in Economics. She earned a master’s degree in Linguistics, with a Certificate in American Indian Languages, from the University of Pittsburgh. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan, where she worked primarily in the areas of syntax and semantics. Her dissertation is titled Indonesian Sluicing and Verb Phrase Ellipsis: Description and Explanation in a Minimalist Framework. In addition to her dissertation work on Indonesian, Professor Fortin has also worked on Moroccan Arabic and Minangkabau, a language which is spoken by members of a large matrilineal society in West Sumatra, Indonesia. At the University of Michigan, she was awarded the prestigious Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. She will teach Linguistics 325: Syntax of an Unfamiliar Language in the fall of 2009. Wed, 13 May 2009 10:47:12 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=531009 We are very happy to announce that Cherlon Ussery will be joining the Carleton Linguistics Department for the 2009-2010 academic year. Professor Ussery earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she majored in Political Science and African and African American Studies. She earned a master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Professor Ussery is currently completing her Ph.D. at the University of Massachussetts, Amherst, where she is working primarily in the areas of syntax and the syntax-morphology interface. Her dissertation is on case and agreement patterns in Icelandic. Professor Ussery will teach three courses in 2009-2010: Ling 115: Introduction to the Theory of Syntax (4a fall term, no prerequisite), Ling 217: Phonetics and Phonology (4a winter term, prerequisite Ling 110), and an elective in the spring term. Wed, 13 May 2009 10:26:37 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=530991 Tue, 12 May 2009 14:34:42 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=530639 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:09:10 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=512689 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:30:00 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=506405 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:22:27 -0600 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ling/news/?story_id=506395