Early Career Colloquium: Gérard Avelino

Krieger 111 @ 3400 N Charles St Baltimore, MD, United States

The case of Tagalog Case Abstract: In this talk, I revisit the longstanding debate on the nature of the Philippine-type morphosyntactic alignment system, often also referred to as "Austronesian voice". This system is typologically unique in tracking a privileged argument (the "pivot") through affixes on the verb rather than relying solely on nominal case marking […]

Event Series CogSci Colloquia

Colloquium: Karen Emmorey

111 Krieger Hall 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Title to be announced Abstract to come Dr. Karen Emmorey is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University and the Director of the Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr. Emmorey’s research focuses on what sign languages can reveal about the nature of human language, […]