Language Science Center
Lunch talk double-header!
Mina Hirzel (LING)
Young children’s elicited productions of modal words: children differentiate modal “flavors” and forces
Paulina Lyskawa (LING) & Bethany Dickerson (UMass)
Phonological representation in two laryngeal systems
Assisting Interpreters with Technical Terms
Abstract: To assist simultaneous interpreters with their work, one needs to find a balance between providing useful information and minimizing distraction. This talk will discuss a simple method for detecting and translating technical terms and a crowdsourced experiment to determine whether the method strikes the right balance for interpreter assistance--without actually using interpreters.
Lunch served by 12:15.
Title: Improving access to bilingual education in DC at the DC Language Immersion Project
Lunch served at 12:15.
Title: Outputs as inputs: Sequential model of the products of infant “statistical learning” of language
The 9th annual Language Science Day is scheduled for Friday, October 5, 2018.
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