Penn Linguistics Conference

    The 40th Annual Penn Linguistics Conference will take place March 18-20, 2016 at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, PA.

    PLC is a conference in linguistics run by the graduate students in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.

    This Conference is made possible by generous funding from:

    SASgov
    GAPSA

    Keynote Speaker: Brian Dillon

    Keynote title: Grammatical illusions in sentence processing: At the interface of performance and competence [abstract]

    The earlier announced keynote speaker, Jon Sprouse, is unfortunately not able to attend.

    Special Panel: Language Universals

    The panel speakers and the titles of their talks are:

    This panel will take place in the afternoon on Friday, March 18, 2016.

    Conference Schedule

    Here is the PLC 40 schedule of events. The schedule is subject to change.

    Friday Reception

    Please note that a state-issued ID or passport is required in order to consume alcohol at the panel reception Friday evening. University policy requires us to have security checking IDs and issuing wristbands to those over 21 at the door.

    Previous Conferences

    Proceedings of previous conferences are on the the Penn Working Papers in Linguistics website. Through PLC 30 the PWPL was an in-print publication and a hard-copy volume can be ordered. Since PLC 31 the PWPL has been a free-access online publication only.