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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; text-shadow: auto">The UCLA
Department of Linguistics and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">UCLA</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for World
Languages<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-STYLE: italic">are pleased to
announce<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><I><FONT
face="Baskerville Old Face" size=7><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Are
Creoles Exceptional Languages?</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
face="Baskerville Old Face" size=7><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">a presentation
by</SPAN></FONT></I><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT face=Arial
size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 26pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Derek
Bickerton,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">the author
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><IMG id=_x0000_i1031
height=301 src="image001.jpg" width=201><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Friday, April 11,
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">11:00am –
1:00pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Rolfe
1200<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Reception to
Follow</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Recent
work by Mufwene, DeGraff and others have challenged the status of Creoles as
"exceptional" languages, languages deserving of study for properties peculiar to
them. In their opinion, Creoles are simply cases of language change.
I review the arguments pro and con and show that, while there is obviously only
one language faculty, the particular circumstances that gave rise to creoles
license their treatment as a category outside the range of "normal" language
change, which does not instantaneously introduce grammatical structures wholly
alien to the typology of the alleged 'parent".<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">About Derek
Bickerton:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Derek
Bickerton</SPAN></FONT></I></B><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"> is known the world over for his
work on creoles and on the evolution of language. His books
include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Tropicana, A
Novel.</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">,
1963<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Dynamics Of A Creole
System</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">,
1975<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Bickerton, Derek (1981).
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Roots of
Language</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">. Karoma Publishers. <A
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0897200446
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0897200446">ISBN
0-89720-044-6</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">The language bioprogram
hypothesis</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">, in: The Behavioral Sciences 7,
173-188, 1984.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Bickerton, Derek (1990).
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Language and
Species</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Press. <A
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0226046109
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0226046109">ISBN
0-226-04610-9</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Language and Human
Behavior</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">,
1995<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling
Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">, 2000 (co-author with <A
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Calvin William H. Calvin"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Calvin">William H. Calvin</A>)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing
Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages,
</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">2008</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I>
</LI></UL>
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align=center><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">He is currently touring the country
to promote</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"> Bastard
Tongues.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">More on Bickerton at <A
title=http://www.derekbickerton.com/author.php
href="http://www.derekbickerton.com/author.php">http://www.derekbickerton.com/author.php</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">LA Times review of Bastard
Tongues</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">: <A
title=http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-rich30mar30,0,3454158.story
href="http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-rich30mar30,0,3454158.story">http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-rich30mar30,0,3454158.story</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">NY Times review of Bastard
Tongues:</SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic"> <A
title=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/review/Erard-t.html?ref=todayspaper
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/review/Erard-t.html?ref=todayspaper">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/review/Erard-t.html?ref=todayspaper</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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