Here's a nice piece about politeness, including our own work. Thanks to Melinda Wenner Moyer! melindawmoyer.substack.com/p/whats-the-ma…

Come explore our graduate programs Dec 1-2!

South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (online), 2-3 December. Visit the conference website to register: sites.google.com/view/safal2022…

We did the Ig Nobels via Zoom for the past couple of years, but here's a snippet that shows what they really look like! We have a lot of fun. youtu.be/GJ9WD0rsnzw

CU Boulder Linguistics is proud of the 17 faculty & students giving courses, panels, talks & posters at عشق. Come learn about scholarship, teaching & community research going on just up the road from Denver at CU Boulder 🦬 🧵Chronological list (see handbook for details)! #GoBuffs 1/18

My PhD student, Norielle Adricula, was awarded a Junior Fellowship at the 'Prominence in Language' Collaborative Research Centre to work on grammatical choice in Tagalog. A great opportunity to work with the wonderful, interdisciplinary group in Cologne. Congrats to Norielle!

Abstract submission now OPEN for the 3rd Many Paths to Language workshop, at MPI for Psycholinguistics (online/in person) from 25-27 October ,2023. Join us to discover the astonishing variation in the way children acquire language. More info here: mpi.nl/events/many-pa…

What shapes the structure of languages? The Grambank database, initiated by the MPI for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig contains a third of the world’s 7000 languages—and their grammatical structure. mpi.nl/news/grambank-…

Hannah Haynie provides an introductiom to the new Grambank database in a paper / video talk for the SIGTYP conference: sigtyp.github.io/ws2023-sigtyp-…

Applications for the Paula Menyuk Award for #BUCLD48 travel assistance to students are open and due next week on June 15th. The award is in honor of Paula Menyuk, the founder of BUCLD. More info here! bu.edu/bucld/travel-h…

Registration is starting soon for our 2nd edition of the /L+/ International Summer/Winter School! Stay tuned!

What can we learn from people speaking Hindi in Europe? Tune into my PhD defence next week Thursday 22 June 2023 at 5PM and find out. Register here to attend (live or online): docs.google.com/forms/d/11QAv4… UGentIndia #hindi #SLA #PhD

REMINDER: Paula Menyuk Award Applications for student travel assistance are due tomorrow by midnight EDT!

Coming to /𝐋+/ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫/𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Start applying by going to lplusschool.org/registration by 23rd June, 2023. Head over to lplusschool.org for more details.

Deadline Extension! Come register for the 2nd edition our FREE Summer/Winter school on language acquisition and development. Spread the word to undergrads/graduate students you know. Register:lplusschool.org/registration

Towards Diversifying Early Language Development Research: The First Truly Global International Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition (/L+/). New paper by Aravena-Bravo & al., including Rowena Garcia and Dr Caro Rowland. doi:10.1080/15248372.2023.2231083.

The Wug Test is 65 years old! There are still a few copies of this new bright new edition of the classic pictures and text before we reprint larchwood-press-publishing.square.site/product/the-wu…

The Linguistics Department at the University of Colorado Boulder would like to introduce our department, and its diverse community of learners, to excellent potential graduate applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. Register here: tinyurl.com/2p5xyp58

Please join us in congratulating the new Honorary Members of the Linguistic Society of America: Professor Antonella Sorace Antonella Sorace The University of Edinburgh, Professor Artemis Alexiadou ZAS Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Professor Raghavachari Amritavalli Univ of Hyderabad 👏

Participate in an online language production study conducted via Zoom at a time that is convenient for you. The study is open to (U.S. resident) mothers of 3-5-year-old children who are acquiring English as a first language. Study Details: sites.google.com/a/colorado.edu…