A Space for Language: 10 Years of Linguistics at 10 Washington Place

Friday, November 15
6:00-7:30 Faculty Forum (5 Washington Pl.)
7:30-9:00 Reception & Linguistics Science Fair (10 Washington Pl.)

The NYU Linguistics Department is celebrating 10 years in 10 Washington Place. Join us on this commemorative evening to learn about child language development, social uses of language, meaning and interpretation, language and the brain, endangered languages, and more. A faculty forum will be followed by food, refreshments and a Linguistics Science Fair!

Faculty Forum Speakers
Moderated by Lisa Davidson, Department Chair

Lucas Champollion (NYU): Two switches and a light: what a logic puzzle tells us about language
Ailís Cournane (NYU): How children learn to talk about the mind
Patricia Irwin (Swarthmore, PhD ‘12): What a swear word reveals about grammar and social context
Laurel MacKenzie (NYU): What’s in a name? Linguistic richness in the study of names

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
To attend, reserve your ticket at:
https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/10yrs10wp