<div dir="ltr">FOS,<div><br></div><div>MSU emerita Dr Myers-Scotton is giving a talk at University of Michigan this Thursday. Her talk will be followed by a screening of <i>Talking Black in America</i>. Details are below. It looks like a very worthwhile afternoon!</div><div><br></div><div>Suzanne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Rachel Elizabeth Weissler <<a href="mailto:racheliw@umich.edu">racheliw@umich.edu</a>><br>Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 7:36 AM<br>Subject: Carol Myers-Scotton and "Talking Black in America" Film Screening<br>To: <<a href="mailto:so-con-di@umich.edu">so-con-di@umich.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif">Hi All,</font></span></span><div><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></span></div><div><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif">Two more events happening this week that I'd like to bring to your attention -</font></span></span></div><div><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></span></div><div><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ">Thursday, October 26th at 4:00</span></span> in Lorch 265</b><br></font></span></span></div><div><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></span></div><div><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ"><font face="times new roman, serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:17.1200008392334px">Carol Myers-Scotton will deliver at <span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ">4:00PM</span></span> a lecture in Lorch 265. The title of the public lecture is: The abstract nature of morpheme types with evidence from contact phenomena. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:17.1200008392334px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:17.1200008392334px"><i>The abstract nature of morpheme types with evidence from contact phenomena</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:17.1200008392334px"><i><br></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:17.1200008392334px">This presentation suggests that recognizing differences at the abstract level in morpheme types offers some explanations for differences in their distribution in language contact phenomena. The level at which morpheme types are elected may affect their distribution in surface level constructions; that is, there is a contrast between morphemes that convey more semantic/pragmatic information from those realizing hierarchical structures. Such differences may also lie behind the preferences for selecting one language over another in some structures in some bilingual data. I look especially at codeswitching, but also consider examples from borrowing across languages and discuss briefly mixed languages and creole development. I will be referring to an Asymmetry Principle and the Matrix Language Frame (MLF) model, but more to the 4-M model of morpheme classification. I will present several hypotheses that seem to explain some surface distributions.</span></p><div><span style="line-height:17.1200008392334px"><br></span></div></font></span></span></div><div><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aBn"><span class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail-aQJ">Thursday, October 26th at 5:00-7:00pm</span></span> in Lorch 140 (Askwith Auditorium)</font></b></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><br></b></font><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="times new roman, serif">"Talking Black in America" film screening and panel discussion. </font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Gotham Narrow SSm A','Gotham Narrow SSm B',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Talking Black in America follows the unique circumstances of the descendants of American slaves and their incredible impact on American life and language. Speech varieties from the African American community reflect the imprint of African language systems, the influences of regional British and Southern American dialects, and the creativity and resilience of people living through oppression, segregation and the fight for equality. Filmed across the United States, Talking Black in America is a startling revelation of language as legacy, identity and triumph over adversity. With Reverend Jeremiah Wright, DJ Nabs, Professor Griff, Quest M.C.O.D.Y., Dahlia the Poet, Nicky Sunshine and many others.</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></font></div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">"Talking Black in America" film screening and discussion panel with executive producer Walt Wolfram, Quest MCODY, who appears in the film, and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in LSA Angela Dillard, responding to the film and comments from the audience.</span></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7167002654692202571gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Be Well,<div>Rachel Elizabeth Weissler</div><div>Ph.D. Student in Linguistics</div><div>University of Michigan</div></div></div>
</div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Suzanne Evans Wagner<div>Associate Professor of Linguistics</div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">B-401 Wells Hall<br>Department of Linguistics and Languages<br>Michigan State University<br>East Lansing, MI 48824<br><br>Tel: +1 (517) 355-9739<br><a href="http://www.msu.edu/~wagnersu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.msu.edu/~wagnersu</a><br><a href="http://sociolinguistics.linglang.msu.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">sociolinguistics.linglang.msu.edu</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Office hours:<span class="inbox-inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://swagner.youcanbook.me/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://swagner.youcanbook.me</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Associate editor, <a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lingvan" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:italic">Linguistics Vanguard</a></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Co-editor,<span class="inbox-inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/series/RSLC/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Routledge Studies in Language Change</a></i></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>