ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LASC

The department hosted another successful Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) on Saturday (March 5). This year’s conference, which showcases the research of second- and third-year graduate students, featured talks and posters from every subdiscipline of linguistics with evidence from diverse languages of the world. After UCSC alumnus Ryan Bennett’s (Yale University) fascinating talk, “Stop contrasts in Kaqchikel: Production, perception, and the lexicon,” current and prospective graduate students and faculty convened at the home of Bill Ladusaw for a fun and lively dinner.

LASC 2016 Presenters: Ryan Bennett, Kelsey Kraus, Maho Morimoto, Nate Clair, Steven Foley, Jeff Adler, Deniz Rudin, Ben Mericli (back row); Jason Ostrove, Jennifer Bellik, Margaret Kroll, Hitomi Hirayama (front row)