Morphology Circle @ PSU
Welcome to our homepage! Our research focuses on issues relate to 'words' and the mental lexicon and the syntax-morphology interface. We adopt a decompositional approach to the formation of these structural units. Along these lines, we understand 'morphology' to be distributed across differ modules of grammar rather than housed in any particular domain. From a more experimental perspective, we investigate issues related to the storage and computation of lexical items in an attempt to better understand the general properties of the mental lexicon. Although we collectively work on issues related to morphology and its interfaces, we individually have diverse interests in comparative, contact, diachronic, and experimental approaches to morphology. We hold weekly lab meetings during the semester. We will soon announce when and where we will host these meetings during the Fall 2024 semester. During these meetings we discuss current literature, receive training on new data elicitation techniques, and provide feedback on student presentations (among other things). If you are interested in attending, or being involved in our research group in any capacity, please contact Prof. Mike Putnam ([email protected]). Every semester we also host an online (via Zoom) speaker series. Invited speakers from Penn State and beyond present their research and engage in a Q&A following their presentation. The schedule for the Fall 2024 can be found to the right under Fall 2024 Speaker Series. If you would like to attend these presentations via Zoom, please contact Prof. Mike Putnam ([email protected]). Our lab group is affiliated with The Linguistics Program and The Center For Language Science at Penn State. |
Fall 2024: Speaker Series
Our Fall 2024 speaker series takes place via Zoom. We're currently in the process of finalizing the schedule, but this is what's planned so far!
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