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Scott Schwenter, Would you just die already? Priming and Obsolescence in Grammar

Arts and Humanities Inaugural Lecture
December 2, 2015
5:00PM - 6:30PM
Faculty Club Grand Lounge

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Add to Calendar 2015-12-02 17:00:00 2015-12-02 18:30:00 Scott Schwenter, Would you just die already? Priming and Obsolescence in Grammar Time: 5 p.m. Event Host: Arts and Humanities Short Description: Why won’t some grammatical elements in a language just die out? Why won’t some grammatical elements in a language just die out? In this talk, Scott Schwenter provides evidence to show that persistence in discourse, the priming of a grammatical item G by some prior mention of G or one of its variants in discourse, plays a crucial role in keeping obsolescing grammatical items from dying out completely. Examples will be drawn from Spanish, Portuguese and English. RSVP.Reception will accompany each lecture. Free and open to the public.List of 2015-2016 lectures. Faculty Club Grand Lounge College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: 5 p.m.
Event Host: Arts and Humanities
Short Description: Why won’t some grammatical elements in a language just die out?


Scott Schwenter
Why won’t some grammatical elements in a language just die out? In this talk, Scott Schwenter provides evidence to show that persistence in discourse, the priming of a grammatical item G by some prior mention of G or one of its variants in discourse, plays a crucial role in keeping obsolescing grammatical items from dying out completely. Examples will be drawn from Spanish, Portuguese and English. RSVP.

Reception will accompany each lecture. Free and open to the public.

List of 2015-2016 lectures.

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