Linguistics Circle and Graduate Proseminars

Linguistics Circle (LingCircle) is colloquium and workshop series sponsored by the CU Linguistics Department.听You will need to use your CU identikey to log in to Zoom if it is a Zoom event.听LingCircle events are open to all members of the CU community.听

Spring 2026

Weds, February 4, 11:15-1PM 听Hellems N380 and via Zoom:

LingCircle and 抖阴传媒在线 NLP Seminar present
Idan Blank (UCLA)
听鈥淯nderstanding 鈥楿nderstanding鈥 in LLMs"

Monday, Feb 16, 3:30-5:00PM N253 and via Zoom:

CU Linguistics, Anthropology and CNAIS present
Rich Sandoval (Metro State University)听
鈥淗ieroglyphs, Handsigns and the Language of Calendars in Ancient Maya Texts鈥

Fall 2024听

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

ECCS 1B12

Dr. Wesley Leonard

Associate听Professor, Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside听

Indigenous Peoples, Ethics, and Linguistic Data: Approaches to Decolonizing Linguistics


Spring 2024听

Wednesday, April听10, 2024

11:30am - 1:30pm

Duane Phsyics 1B27

Dr. Archie Crowley听

Assistant Professor, English, Elon University

鈥淕et off my lawn! What are all these labels?鈥: Intra-community Evaluations of Transgender Linguistic Innovation

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

11am - 1pm

UMC 247

Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.听

Independent Cognitive Scientist

Our Metaphorical Bodies: Why Metaphor May be Everywhere!

Fall 2023听


Thursday, December 7, 2023

4:00-6:00pm

UMC 245

Karen Boyd

抖阴传媒在线

Thursday, November 2, 2023

3:30-5:00pm

LBB 430

Kristine Stenzel

抖阴传媒在线 / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

My talk, others' talk - Quoted speech and evidentials in Kotiria conversation

Spring 2023听


Wednesday, April 26, 2023

4:00-5:30pm

CASE E351

Kate L. Lindsey

Boston University

Ghost Elements in Ende Phonology


Wednesday, April 19, 2023听

4:00-5:30pm
CASE E422

Linguistics Circle Capstone Lecture 听

Joan Bybee

University of New Mexico

Hyperbole and Bleaching in Semantic Change: the Case of听grab


Fall 2022

Monday, October 31, 2022

4:00-5:30pm

UMC 247

Nathan Schneider

Georgetown University

The Ins and Outs of Preposition Semantics: Challenges in Comprehensive Corpus Annotation and Automatic Disambiguation


Wednesday, November 30, 2022

4:00-5:30pm

CASE E422

Megan Figueroa

University of Arizona

I Tried to Study Language Development and All I Got Was Linguistic Discrimination

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During the Academic year 24-25, LingCircle events may take place on Zoom or as an in person or hybrid event. You will need to use your CU identikey to log in to Zoom if it is a Zoom event. Registration details are given below. For professional development events, the Department encourages PhD and MA students to attend the weekly听 (GRoW).听You can also watch the 2021听Linguists听at Work career exploration series.听