Linguistics seminar: Phrase structure and prosodic phrasing
Lecture
Presented as part of the ANU Linguistics Seminar Series Much current work is based on the rather simplistic assumption that higher-level prosodic boundaries such as intonation unit boundaries are derivative of syntactic boundaries (syntactic phrase boundaries serve as input for the computation of…
Constrained Creativity: Towards a Natural History of Language in Fantasy Novels
Lecture
Presented by the ANU Humanities Research Centre Any fiction writer creates an alternate world, but in some genres, the alternate world is intended to be different from the novelist’s own society. This is most noticeable in science fiction, historical novels, fantasy novels, steampunk, and novels…
‘Out of Place’: Diasporic travel writing and the impossibility of return
Lecture
Presented by the ANU Humanities Research Centre In the last fifty years forced and unforced migrations have resulted in some of the greatest upheavals and displacements seen in history. Refugees, economic migrants, and political exiles have moved away from their geographical places of origin to…
See you during 2017 O-Week!
Lecture
Want to know more about what studying literature, languages and linguistics at ANU really means to you now and in your future? In the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics (SLLL) our students and staff study language, literature, culture and linguistics in English, in classical and…
Books that Changed Humanity: A Christmas Carol
Lecture
In our fifth and final event for 2016, Associate Professor Jenny Gribble will introduce and discuss A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens in 1843. Join us by the Christmas tree for a cheery Friday evening at the HRC. Dickens' novella tells the story of the peevish miser Ebenezer…
Divas down under: the gendered reception of European silent film stars in pre-WWI Australia
Lecture
Public lecture is hosted by the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the Gender Institute Already by the early 1910s, cinema attendance was a national pastime in Australia, with 12.5% of the population going to the pictures every Saturday night. Australian film production was…
Book Launch: The West Verandah
Meeting
The West VerandahThe Life and Work of Les Murray The Humanities Research Centre and the Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University proudly invite you to the launch of The West Verandah: The Life and Work of Les Murray, edited by Sonia Mycak and published by…