Get to Know Your Instructors: Richard Futrell

By employing Information theory to the study of human language, Richard Futrell (UC Irvine) shows that the framework can be broadened from its usual applications such as analyzing the communication …

Get to Know Your Instructors: Elaine Francis

Elaine Francis (Purdue) will co-teach the course called “Acceptability Judgments in Syntax: Theoretical Interpretation and Experimentation Outside the Lab” with Savithry Namboodiripad (University of Michigan). Did you know that in …

Get to Know Your Instructors: Ryan Lepic

Ryan Lepic (University of Chicago) and Corrine Occhino (RIT) will teach the Gesture and Sign Language Analysis course at the Institute at Davis. Their course is set to highlight the …

Get to Know Your Instructors: Jeffrey Heinz

“Truth, not Tribalism.” Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook University) talks about the early days of his career that will inspire all the budding linguists out there. Find out what Professor Heinz …

Get to Know Your Instructors: Martin Kohlberger

Martin Kohlberger will be co-teaching a course called “Amazonian Languages: Diversity, Typology, Historical Change and Language Contact” with Katherine Bolaños at the 2019 Institute. The course is a comprehensive introduction …