ACAL 50

The fiftieth Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 50) is taking place from May 23 through 25 at the University of British Columbia. We have several alumni taking part:

Monica Irimia (Ph.D. 2012, now at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and colleague Patricia Schneider-Zioga (California State University, Fullerton):
"Differential object marking in Kinande."

Sharon Rose (BA 1990, now at the University of California, San Diego), and University of California, San Diego colleagues Michael Obiri-Yeboah and Sarah Creel:
"Perception of ATR vowel contrasts by Akan speakers."

Keffyalew Gebregziabher (former postdoc, now at the University of Calgary):
"Clitics and agreement affixes: A view from Tigrinya possessive, modal necessity, and copular constructions."