Dalia Pratali Maffei | Usages, Perception, and Creation of Social Meaning in Ancient Greek Dialects: The Case of Epigram

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

We will resume our regular Grad Sem programming on Tuesday, May 6th from 6-8pm PDT in Dodd 248 and on Zoom (https://ucla.zoom.us/j/9055112669). PIES will welcome Dalia Pratali Maffei (Universiteit Gent), presenting Usages, Perception, and Creation of Social Meaning in Ancient Greek Dialects: The Case of Epigram. As usual, the seminar will be accompanied by food and drink.

Nick Guymon and Coralie Cram | A systematic review and meta-analysis of the development of coarticulation in child speechysis

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

PIES grad sem will meet for Week 7 on Tuesday, May 13 between 6-8pm in Dodd 248 and on Zoom at this link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/9055112669?omn=99451694791 Meeting ID: 905 511 2669 This week we welcome two presentations: Nick Guymon and Coralie Cram, "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the development of coarticulation in child speech" Anahita Hoose,...

Anahita Hoose | Yathādarśanam: More Than Meets the Eye

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

PIES grad sem will meet for Week 7 on Tuesday, May 13 between 6-8pm in Dodd 248 and on Zoom at this link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/9055112669?omn=99451694791 Meeting ID: 905 511 2669 This week we welcome two presentations: Nick Guymon and Coralie Cram, "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the development of coarticulation in child speech" Anahita Hoose,...

Tandy Warnow | Addressing polymorphism in IE language phylogeny estimation

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

PIES grad sem will meet for Week 8 on May 20 between 6-8pm in Dodd 248 and on Zoom at the following link: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/rehanmuh This week, we are very excited to welcome Tandy Warnow, the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UIUC, for a presentation titled "Addressing polymorphism in IE language phylogeny estimation" (joint work...

Brent Vine | Latin paene ‘almost’ and Related (?) Forms

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

PIES grad sem will meet for Week 9 on May 27 between 6-8pm in Dodd 248 and on Zoom at this link: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/rehanmuh As usual, the seminar will be accompanied by food and drinks.

Alex Roy | “Don’t (do) worry”: Support verbs and phraseological templates in Epic Sanskrit

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

For our final Grad Sem of the year, we will meet on Tuesday, June 3, from 6-8pm in Dodd 248 and on Zoom at this link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/9055112669 This week, we welcome our very own Alex Roy, presenting: "Don’t (do) worry”: Support verbs and phraseological templates in Epic Sanskrit. As usual, the seminar will be accompanied...

Aidan Holmgren | Ring-Composition in Lower Land Luwian

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

We will start this year's iteration of grad sem with a meeting Monday September 29, 2025 from 6-8pm in Dodd 248. Aidan Holmgren will start us off with a presentation tilted "Ring-Composition in Lower Land Luwian". As usual, the seminar will be accompanied by food and drinks.

David Inman | Modeling Obstruent Evolution

Dodd 248 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

We will be meeting for Week 6 on Monday, 3rd November between 6-8pm in Dodd 248 and on Zoom at this link: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/rehanmuh This week, we are happy to welcome David Inman, Assistant Professor of Language Science at UC Irvine, who will be giving a talk titled "Modeling Obstruent Evolution". David Inman has kindly shared...