Linguistics Pro-Seminar
The UC Davis Linguistics Ph.D. program offers a pro-seminar one or two quarters every year, to allow students to become acquainted with the research done by the Linguistics Faculty, the Graduate Group, and the ESL Lecturers and to interact with these faculty in a seminar setting.
Course Details: The class will have an informal meeting once a week with a different faculty member. The faculty member will lead a discussion of their papers, and any provided background works. Having read the speaker's papers, the students will be prepared to discuss the work with each speaker. There are no assignments beyond advance reading of the papers (which shouldn’t exceed 2 background and 2 discussion papers per session) and participation in the discussion. Class is graded on a pass/no pass basis. (1-2 units).
This course is not required, but is strongly recommended for Ph.D. students in Linguistics. Graduate students from other departments/programs are welcome to participate as well.
Winter 2008
Faculty Facilitator: Janet Shibamoto-Smith. Student Facilitator: Dionne Soares.
Meeting Time and Location Thursdays, 2-3:30, 104 Sproul (unless otherwise noted)
Readings for each class will be posted on this page in PDF format, approximately 1 week before each presentation.
Schedule
1/10 Cecilia Colombi (Spanish); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
1/17 Bruce Anderson (French); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
1/24 Adam Sennet (Philosophy); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
1/31 Orhan Orgun (Linguistics); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
2/07 Carlee Arnett (German); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
2/14 Cancelled for colloquium talk: Mary Schleppegrell
2/21 Michael Glanzberg (Philosophy); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
2/28 Travis Bradley (Spanish); Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2
3/06 Janet Shibamoto-Smith (Anthropology); Paper 1, Paper 2
3/13 Last Day—meet for coffee
Fall 2007
Faculty Facilitator: Robert Bayley. Student Facilitator: Tammy Gales.
Meeting Time and Location Fridays, 9-10:30, 104 Sproul (unless otherwise noted)
CRN (Lin 298): 60109 (You may sign up for either 1-2 credits based on your needs).
Readings for each class will be posted on this page in PDF format, approximately 1 week before each presentation.
Schedule
9/28 Introduction
10/5 Raúl Aranovich (Linguistics) [Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3]
10/12 Eric Russell Webb (French) [Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2]
10/19 EndNote Presentation Location: Shields Library Instruction Lab, Room 165
10/26 Julia Menard-Warwick (Linguistics) [Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2 Handout]
11/2 Bob Bayley (Linguistics) [Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2]
11/9 Patrick Farrell (Linguistics) [Readings: Main Paper, Background 1, Background 2] Location: 53a Olson
11/16 Janet Shibamoto Smith (Anthropology) [Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2] Location: 53a Olson
11/30 Noriko Iwasaki (Japanese) [Readings: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3]
12/7 Last Day—meet for coffee
Duane Leonard: Nancy Webb Scholarship Recipient