Courses
There are three courses. Each course consists of 4 lectures + 4 tutorials + 1 guest lecture.
- Formal semantics by Hazel Pearson (Queen Mary) & Yasu Sudo (UCL)
- 14 Oct: Perspective and the Self in Natural Language 1 by Hazel Pearson [ lecture ] [ tutorial ]
- 04 Nov: Mass/count by Yasu Sudo [ handout ]
- 11 Nov: Plurality by Yasu Sudo [ handout ]
- 18 Nov: Perspective and the Self in Natural Language 2 by Hazel Pearson
- Guest lecture by Jacopo Romoli (Ulster) at 11-12:30 on 11 Nov. [ slides ]
- Syntax (Dialect Syntax and Variation) by Craig Sailor (Cambridge) & David Hall (Queen Mary)
- 21 Oct: Labov (1966), Wilson & Henry (1998) [ lecture ] [ tutorial ]
- 28 Oct: Barbiers (2009), Biberauer & Roberts (2016), Barbiers (2013), Kayne (2005), Thoms et al. (2013) [ lecture ] [ tutorial ]
- 18 Nov: [ lecture ] [ tutorial ]
- 25 Nov: [ lecture ]
- Guest lecture by David Adger (Queen Mary) at 13:30-15:00 on 25 Nov.
- Phonology by Jamie White (UCL), Sam Steddy (UCL), Linnaea Stockall (Queen Mary) & Wendell Kimper (Manchester)
- 21 Oct: Universal biases in phonological learning by Jamie White [ lecture ] [ tutorial ]
- 28 Oct: Anti-lexicalism and morphology by Sam Steddy [ lecture ] [ tutorial ]
- 04 Nov: Phonological representations in the neurobiology of speech processing by Linnaea Stockall
- 02 Dec: Lond-distance processes in phonology by Wendell Kimper
- Guest lecture by Aditi Lahiri (Oxford) at 15:30-17:00 on 02 Dec.
Timetable
All classes are held on Fridays in Chandler House (UCL Linguistics Department, 2 Wakefield St., WC1N 1PF, London). Please note that the morning session is in room B07 or G06, depending on the week. The afternoon sessions always take place in room 116.
Teaching does not start until 11 am to give participants travelling from outside London adequate opportunity to arrive on time using off-peak tickets.
| 11:00-12:30 | 1:30-3:00 Room 116 |
3:15-4:15 Room 116 |
4:30-5:30 Room 116 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct | Welcome Coffee at Lumen Cafe | Semantics Lecture 1 Hazel Pearson |
Semantics Tutorial 1 Hazel Pearson |
No class |
| 21 Oct | Phonology Lecture 1 (B07) Jamie White |
Syntax Lecture 1 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
Phonology Tutorial 1 Jamie White |
Syntax Tutorial 1 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
| 28 Oct | Phonology Lecture 2 (B07) Sam Steddy |
Phonology Tutorial 2 1:30-2:30 Sam Steddy |
Syntax Lecture 2 2:45-4:15 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
Syntax Tutorial 2 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
| 4 Nov | Semantics Lecture 2 (G06) Yasu Sudo |
Phonology Lecture 3 Linnaea Stockall |
Phonology Tutorial 3 Linnaea Stockall |
Semantics Tutorial 2 Yasu Sudo |
| 11 Nov | Semantics Guest Lecture (B01) Jacopo Romoli |
Semantics Lecture 3 Yasu Sudo |
Semantics Tutorial 3 Yasu Sudo |
No class |
| 18 Nov | Semantics Lecture 4 (B07) Hazel Pearson |
Syntax Lecture 3 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
Semantics Tutorial 4 Hazel Pearson |
Syntax Tutorial 3 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
| 25 Nov | No class | Syntax Guest Lecture David Adger |
Syntax Lecture 4 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
Syntax Tutorial 4 Craig Sailor & David Hall |
| 2 Dec | Phonology Lecture 4 (B07) Wendell Kimper |
Phonology Tutorial 4 2:00-3:00 Wendell Kimper |
Phonology Guest Lecture 15:30-17:00 Aditi Lahiri |
No class |
How to apply
First-year students in the MPhil/PhD programs at the participating institutions are expected to attend all the classes.
If you are not a first-year PhD student at one of the participating institutions, but still wish to apply, you should express you interest by emailing Yasu Sudo (y.sudo@ucl.ac.uk). Alternatively, a letter may be sent to:
Department of Linguistics
UCL
Chandler House
2 Wakefield St.
London WC1N 1PF
Applicants must have completed a graduate level (or equivalent) course in Linguistics. If you have attended ACTL in the past and would like to come back, you’re always welcome. If you do not fit either of these categories but would like to attend, please contact Yasu Sudo (y.sudo@ucl.ac.uk) to discuss your case.
Financial support
We will reimburse the first-year MPhil/PhD students at the participating intuitions for their travel expenses from outside of London at the end of the autumn school. Please keep your receipts and tickets. The courses themselves are offered free of charge.
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