Author: Adrian Stegovec

Lydia Palaiologou | New Student

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Hello, I’m Lydia Palaiologou. I’m from Athens, Greece. I got my BA in Art Theory and History from the Athens School of Fine Arts, my first MA in Art Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and my second MA in Linguistics also at the University of Amsterdam. My first MA thesis was on Wittgensteinian grammar and color terms across the world’s languages. Although I always had a strong interest in linguistics, this thesis was what made me decide to actually study it. I am now very excited to be studying it at UConn, surrounded by so many smart and interesting people.

My main research interests are language acquisition and development and sign languages (including established sign languages, rural sign languages, and homesign). Other interests of mine include language processing, gesture processing, and syntax. I am also currently cultivating an interest in formal semantics.

Besides studying, I love listening to music, watching movies (mostly old ones), reading, kickboxing, and watching Youtube videos on prehistoric animals.

Yao Lin | New Student

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Hi! I am Yao Lin (林曜) from Wenzhou, China. Here is an interesting fact. Growing up, I had numerous experiences where my given name 曜 (yào) was mispronounced as 濯 (zhuó), 翟 (zhái) or 瞿 (qú) due to their orthographic similarities.

My passion for linguistics started with an interest in cross-dialectal variation (particularly between Mandarin and Wu). Currently, my research interests lie in syntax and its interfaces with semantics and morphology. Before coming to UConn, I did my BA at Beijing Forestry University and my MA at Peking University.

Outside of linguistics, I enjoy doing photography, exploring nature, and trying different foods.

UConn Linguistics at SinFonIJA

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The 17th Conference on Syntax, Phonology and Language Analysis (SinFonIJA 17), is being held on 26-28 September 2024 at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. UConn linguistics will be represented at the conference by the following talks:

  • Praval Yadaav & Giulio Muramatsu. Reduplication dislikes Specificity: Restrictions in Long-Distance Agreement in Hindi-Urdu
  • Elena Guerzoni, Furkan Dikmen & Penka Stateva (PhD 2002, now at University of Nova Gorica). A novel account of Turkish singular and plural marking

… and with an invited talk by:

  • Luisa Martí (PhD 2003, now at Queen Mary University of London). Impossible determiners

UConn Linguistics at SuB

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Sinn und Bedeutung 29, hosted by Consorzio Universitario Mediterraneo Orientale (CUMO) in Noto, Italy, took place September 17-19, 2024. UConn linguistics was represented at the conference, with the following poster presentations:

  • Seungho Nam & Aarón Sánchez. Expressive contexts and descriptive subjects of Spanish imperatives
  • Giulio Ciferri Muramatsu & Pravaal Yadav. PPI Disjunction and Epistemic Lists

 

Photo: Seungho and Giulio at SuB 29

Lewis Defense & Job

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Beccy Lewis successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled Cross-linguistic variation in the function of heterogeneous plural marking and its theoretical consequences on August 30th. Since then, Beccy has already been busy with starting her new job as visiting lecturer in linguistics at UMass, Amherst.

Congratulations, Beccy!

 

Beccy during the defense:

 

Dr. Lewis with her committee after the successful defense:

 

 

UConn Linguistics at GALA

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The 16th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition conference (GALA 16), was held September 12-14 at the NOVA University of Lisbon. UConn linguistics was represented at the conference with talks by:

  • Yixuan Yan. A-not-A Questions in child Mandarin: Deletion or reduplication?
  • Zixi Liu and Giulio Ciferri Muramatsu. Early mastery of the Japanese Case system: New evidence from relative clauses.

… and posters by:

  • Ting Xu (PhD 2016, now at Tsinghua University), Lyn Tieu (PhD 2013, now at University of Toronto) and Stella Christie. Children are sensitive to the presupposition of you ‘again’ in Mandarin: Evidence from two alternative methods.
  • Ayaka Sugawara, Koji Sugisaki (PhD 2003, now at Kwansei Gakuin University), Eri Tanaka, Satoshi Tomioka and Yoichi Miyamoto (PhD 1994, now at Osaka University). Japanese-speaking children’s association of “only” in ditransitive sentences.

 

Part of the UConn linguistics contingent at GALA:

UConn Linguistics at FEAST

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The 2024 edition of the meeting of the Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST) colloquium took place August 6-8 in Ann Arbor, MI. UConn linguistics was represented at the conference with the following talks:

… and the following poster presentations:

 

Photo of (from left to right): Linghui Eva Gan, Kazumi Matsuoka (PhD 1998, now at Keio University), and Diane Lillo-Martin at the FEAST:

 

    UConn Linguistics at the DGfS Summer School

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    The DGfS Summer School on Form-Meaning Mismatches in Spoken and Visual Communication is taking place at the University of Goettingen between August 12th-August 23rd, and Željko Bošković and Magdalena Kaufmann are both teaching courses at the summer school: