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I am a second year undergraduate student at Pomona College in Los Angeles, CA. Currently, I plan on majoring in linguistics and German. I have had general exposure to phonology; however, my personal interest is the syntax/semantics interface. The framework in which I have been taught has been exclusively generative grammar.
I am quite excited about the cognitive focus of this year’s program. I have not yet had the opportunity to thoroughly delve into such topics as language acquisition, SLI and neurolinguistics. Thus, I would like to get the chance to explore these areas more in depth this summer.
I attended the previous EGG in Debrecen, Hungary last summer and had a wonderful experience. The school was stimulating not only from an intellectual point of view, but it was great to have the chance to connect with linguists my own age. In light of all above considerations, I would love to return this year.
Attending EGG, or should I say, returning, would thus be a unique opportunity to take specialized courses in linguistics and cognitive science on many topics not offered at my school! |