Barrow Arctic Science Consortium Bringing the community and scientists together About BASC BASC on YouTube Posted by: crhammond | November 10, 2011 Saturday Talk, November 12th: Linguist Signe Berthelin This Saturday, November 12th at the Barrow Arctic Research Center at 1:30 pm. Host: Nokinba Acker, BASC All Ages Welcome! Need a ride? A van will be in front of the Hospital door C at 1:00 and then at Tuzzy Library at 1:15 pm to take people to and from the presentation. Modality and Evidentiality in Language Signe Rix Berthelin Masters Student of Linguistics, focusing on Iñupiaq Signe will give an overview of the different kinds of modal meaning, and discuss the puzzling issues related to talking about these meanings. She will also introduce the exciting category of Evidentiality. Evidentials are expressions by which the speaker indicates how he got the information he is passing on to the hearer. Modal expressions, e.g. English must and Iñupiaq –palliq-, indicate obligations, permissions, probability and certainty. In Linguistics, describing the exact meaning of modal expressions is challenging, and the task is not made easier when the expressions have more than one meaning. Share this: TwitterFacebook Loading... Related A Linguist’s Look at Language November 22, 2011 With 1 comment Saturday Talk: Talking Trash November 17, 2011 Upcoming Saturday Talks: Matthem Druckenmiller & Andrew Chang October 20, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized « BASC, Wildlife & AEWC team up to support KBRW Saturday Talk: Talking Trash » LEAVE A REPLY CATEGORIES Uncategorized BROWSE Monthly Archives November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 LINKS Discuss Get Inspired Get Polling Get Support Learn WordPress.com Theme Showcase WordPress Planet WordPress.com News SUBSCRIBE Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) Blog at WordPress.com. Follow

Barrow Arctic Science Consortium Bringing the community and scientists together About BASC BASC on YouTube Posted by: crhammond | October 28, 2011 No Saturday Schoolyard, but check out Debby at the Heritage Center! There will be no Saturday Schoolyard talk this weekend because there is a very special event going on at the Iñupiat Heritage Center on Saturday. The Friends of the Tuzzy Library are hosting an official book launch for local author Debby Dahl Edwardson and her new book My Name is Not Easy. Debby’s new book was just announced as a finalist for the National Book Award, the winners of which will be announced mid-November at an event in New York. Join the Friends of Tuzzy Library and Debby this Saturday, October 29th from 1pm-3pm at the Heritage Center to celebrate the release of Debby’s award winning new book! Share this: TwitterFacebook Loading... Posted in Uncategorized « Ecologist Katey Walter Anthony Speaks Tonight at the Hospital No Saturday Talk November 5th » LEAVE A REPLY CATEGORIES Uncategorized BROWSE Monthly Archives November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 LINKS Discuss Get Inspired Get Polling Get Support Learn WordPress.com Theme Showcase WordPress Planet WordPress.com News SUBSCRIBE Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Follow