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  6. This Department of Linguistics colloquium will feature Dr. Maria Polinsky the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland

    Department of Linguistics Colloquium series: Dr. Maria Polinsky

    Totem Field Studios 121
    Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
    Canada

    January 17, 2020

    Join the Department of Linguistics for its 2019-2020 Colloquium series! These free colloquia are open to everyone. This event on January 17th 2020 will feature Professor at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, Maria Polinsky. Stay tuned for more information.

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    Department of Psychology: Dr Tessa Charlesworth, "A word is characterized by the company it keeps": Using word embeddings to uncover social beliefs in child and adult language

    Suedfeld Lounge, Kenny Room 2510
    2136 West Mall
    Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
    Canada

    January 13, 2020

    Social beliefs are known to be reflected in the language of children and adults. But how can they be quantitatively studied to understand the relative strength of social beliefs across language from different sources (e.g., books vs. speech), different speakers (e.g., children vs. adults), and even different time periods (e.g., 1900 vs.

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