Scope and content:Audio and/or video recordings of PhD defenses in the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, with associated materials such as PDFs of slides and handouts, audio and video example clips, etc.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: . Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses, 2018-27, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XK8CQS.
Description:PhD candidate: Skilton; PhD dissertation committee: Michael (chair), Mikkelsen, Hanks (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. The first .wav file includes the research presentation followed by questions from Michael and Mikkelsen; the second .wav file includes questions from Hanks and the audience. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation; the other .pdf file, and the .mov file, are referenced in the presentation. To display correctly, the video clip must be opened in VLC Media Player together with the subtitles file.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Amalia Skilton: Spatial and Non-spatial Deixis in Cushillococha Ticuna, 2018-27.002, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26632.
Description:PhD candidate: Clem; PhD dissertation committee: Deal (chair), Jenks, Mikkelsen, Kavitskaya (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. The first .wav file includes the research presentation followed by questions from the committee; the second .wav file includes questions from the audience, excepting the first few minutes that were not recorded. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Emily Clem: Agreement, Case, and Switch-reference in Amahuaca, 2018-27.003, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26869.
Description:PhD candidate: Neely; PhD dissertation committee: Michael (chair), Sweetser, Davidson (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. There are audio and video files for each of four segments of the defense. (Some pairs of those files are not exactly equivalent, since the audio and video recorders were turned on and shut off at slightly different times.) Files containing 01 correspond to the research presentation, 02-03 to questions from the committee, and 04 to questions from the audience. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Kelsey Neely: The Linguistic Expression of Affective Stance in Yaminawa (Pano, Peru), 2018-27.001, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29C6VMT.
Description:PhD candidate: Dawson; PhD dissertation committee: Deal (chair), Jenks, Mikkelsen, Yalcin (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. The defense was held on Zoom due to COVID-19. There is a single video file that includes the research presentation, questions from the committee, then questions from the audience. One .pdf file consists of slides of the research presentation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Virginia Dawson: Existential Quantification in Tiwa: Disjunction and Indefinites, 2018-27.005, in "Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2SX6BJK.
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