UCSC LINGUISTS OF THE PAST REUNITE IN HISTORIC LINGUIST SUMMIT OF THE PRESENT

This past Thursday and Friday, several of our alumni came together as part of a general conference for Google linguists. And they took pictures! Herewith, evidence:

From left to right: Jonni Kanerva, Jesse Saba Kirchner, Noah Constant, Oliver Northrup, Karl DeVries, Brianna Kaufman, Jeremy O’Brien

As we noted in the past, one semantic generalization that almost perfectly characterizes this group is the property of having been Computer Czar(ina) for the department. Another one that the phonologically inclined (or, perhaps, onomastically inclined) of you will notice is this: they all have a name beginning with /k/, /d͡ʒ/, or /n/.