2015 Linguistic Institute at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago served as the host campus for the recently concluded biennial Linguistic Institute, held July 6 - 31, 2015. As the long-time sponsor of the Linguistic Institute, the LSA hosts an archive of selected materials from the Chicago event.
Videos
Videos of Institute lectures are available on the LSA's YouTube channel, including:
- "Professional Paths for Linguists: Preparing For What's Next" (Anna Marie Trester and Anastasia Nylund; workshop)
- "Extracting social meaning from language" (Dan Jurafsky; Fillmore Lecture)
- "The 'genius' of the language" (Tony Woodbury; Hale Lecture)
Presentation Slides and Materials
- Building a web presence presented by Colin Phillips
- Imposter syndrome presented by Penny Eckert & Monica Macaulay
- Getting published (PDF) presented by Keren Rice
- CV Design presented by Beth Levin (LSA member log-in required)
Fellowship Recipients
Linguistic Academic Depository
Course materials* from the 2015 Institute including handouts, syllabi, and lecture notes from the following courses/professors:
- Topics in Austronesian Syntax, Professor Edith Catherine Aldridge
- Linguistic Applications of Mereology, Professor Lucas Champollion
- Syntax-Prosody Interface, Professor Caroline Fery
- Unsupervised Learning of Linguistic Structure: Morphology, Professor John Goldsmith
- Topics in Bantu Syntax, Professor Brent Henderson
- Neuroscience of Language, Professor Ellen Lau
- Empirical Applications of Type-Logical Categorial Grammar, Professors Yusuke Kubota & Robert Levine
- Computational Theory Course 335, Professor Giorgio Magri
- A Program for Evolutionary Syntax, Professor Ljiljana Progovac
- Introduction to Historical Linguistics, Professor Martha Ratliff
- American Dialects, Professor Joseph Salmon
- Variationist Sociolinguistics: 227, Professor Sali Tagliamonte
- The Data Goldrush, Professors Andy Wedel and Bodo Winter
- The Syntax and Semantics of Discourse-Oriented Features: The grammar of speaker and addressee, Professors Miok Pak, Paul Portner and Raffaella Zanuttini
*Available for non-student members only
Other
- "Report on the July 2015 Lingstitute Wikipedia editathons" (All Things Linguistic)
- Twitter 'timelines' of 2015 Institute lectures and poster sessions
- Transcript Request Form
Please check back as we continue to update this page with resources.