Reminder: Noam Chomsky at BU tonight (on politics)

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This was mentioned in class a while back, but the date is now upon us. Prof. Noam Chomsky is coming to campus tonight, to speak about issues concerning Palestine.

To reiterate, this isn’t a Linguistics talk, it’s a talk about politics, but it is a chance to see Prof. Chomsky speak if you haven’t. Needless to say, politics being what it is, I can’t guarantee you’ll agree on his take on everything. But whether you do or don’t, it’s still interesting to hear him speak.

There are details on the BU Calendar, and a Facebook event set up for the talk.

Tuesday March 2, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
CGS Auditorium (Jacob Sleeper auditorium)
871 Commonwealth Ave

Lydia White talk, Fri 3pm KCB 106

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You’ve probably gotten this announcement in other places, but: Lydia White is coming to BU to give a talk tomorrow (Friday). The talk should be interesting, it’s theoretical syntax as applied to second language acquisition, and it should be accessible.

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

Note: We start in week 3

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In case you hadn’t noticed, the schedule of Spring 2010 is such that the first day of Monday classes is not actually until the third week of classes (the first week starts on a Wednesday, the following Monday is a holiday). So, we’ll start on Monday, January 25.

Given that, you can also expect that this course site will probably still be undergoing development up until then, so don’t assume that anything here is definitive until class has actually started.

See you on January 25th!