February 10, 2010
Renowned linguist Bill VanPatten, Ph.D. will give a free lecture, "Ain't Givin' It Up: Why Language Fascinates Me" at The Overlake School in Redmond at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25, in Discovery Hall.
VanPatten, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies at Texas Tech University, is an expert in second language acquisition, bilingualism and language instruction.