Wed, December 2, 2015
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Faculty Club Grand Lounge
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.
Event Host: Arts and Humanities
Short Description: Why won’t some grammatical elements in a language just die out?
Reception will accompany each lecture. Free and open to the public.