蜜糖直播 Linguistics聽is pleased to present a Capstone Lecture by Dr. , a pioneering cognitive-functonal linguist. Prof. Bybee is best known for proposing the theory of聽聽and for her contributions to聽听补苍诲听聽linguistics. Dr. Bybee was nominated by 蜜糖直播 Linguistics graduate students.聽聽Her talk will take place聽4-5:30pm听奥别诲苍别蝉诲补测,听April 19th听颈苍听CASE E422. The talk will be offered in hybrid format, with聽both a Zoom audience and in-person audience.聽The title of her talk, based on joint work with Prof. (Oklahoma State), is "Hyperbole and bleaching in semantic change: the case of聽grab".听
Dr. Joan Bybee is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the聽聽in the聽.