As I’ve announced a couple of times: Lydia White is coming to BU to give a talk tomorrow (Friday). This is definitely worth going to, I hope everyone in the class can attend.

Prof. Lydia White (McGill University) will be talking about some of her current research in second language acquisition, with a focus on the “definiteness effect” in sentences like “There is a talk on Friday.” A basic background in linguistics will be assumed, but will be accessible to non-specialists. If you are (or think you might be) interested in what’s going on in theoretically-informed second language acquisition research, this is a great opportunity to hear about it from one of the most prominent researchers in the field today.

Lydia White is James McGill Professor of Linguistics. She has a BA/MA in Moral Sciences and Psychology from Cambridge University (1969), and a PhD in Linguistics from McGill (1980). Lydia White is Co-Editor of the book series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders (published by John Benjamins) and she is on the Editorial/Advisory Boards of Applied Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Second Language Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and the Japanese Second Language Association