News & Events
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Lifelong Indigenous language advocate dedicates degree to Tlingit heritage
October 04, 2023For Elder Kèyishí Bessie Cooley, obtaining her master's degree in Indigenous... read more
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Call for Papers: 5th Cascadia Workshop in Linguistics
September 06, 2023Call for papers are now open for the 5th Cascadia Workshop in Linguistics, hosted by Simon Fraser... read more
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Meet our new cohort of graduate students!
September 01, 2023This upcoming Fall 2023 semester, we are excited to welcome nine new students to our graduate... read more
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Monthly Roundup: May to June 2023
July 04, 2023A monthly update on the latest news, events and announcements from the Department of Linguistics!... read more
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SLP Admission Story: Farzana Ali
June 02, 2023This year, we received news that nine students from our department will be starting graduate... read more
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SLP Admission Story: Rebekah Stevens
May 31, 2023This year, we received news that nine students from our department will be starting graduate... read more
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SLP Admission Story: Julianne Bittante
May 29, 2023This year, we received news that nine students from our department will be starting graduate... read more
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Announcing the 2023 Becker Essay Prize Recipient: Rebekah Wong
May 16, 2023We are pleased to announce this year's recipient of the Becker Essay Prize, Rebekah Wong! Her... read more
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Monthly Roundup: March to April 2023
May 04, 2023A monthly update on the latest news, events and announcements from the Department of Linguistics!... read more
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2023 Yvonne Becker Colloquium
April 20, 2023The Department of Linguistics invites you to the first annual Yvonne Becker Colloquium! Join us on... read more
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Spring 2023 Linguistics Student Poster Session
April 14, 2023On April 13, we were joined by graduate and undergraduate students who presented their posters at... read more
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Dr. Nathan Sanders on teaching linguistics with equity, diversity and inclusion
April 11, 2023Dr. Nathan Sanders from the University of Toronto visited the Department of Linguistics on March... read more
2021
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2021 SFU Linguistics Student Poster Session
November 25, 2021The Fall 2021 Poster Session is scheduled remotely on December 2nd at 12:30pm. Graduate and... read more
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Linguistics Undergraduate Students Expand their Horizons through Research Assistantships
November 23, 2021This fall, SFU Linguistics launched a pilot program aimed at expanding research opportunities for... read more
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Dr. Murray Munro named to the Royal Society of Canada
November 22, 2021On November 19, 2021, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) welcomed the Class of 2021 new RSC Fellows.... read more
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Linguistics in the Real World Spring 2022 explores indigenous languages
November 09, 2021Interested in learning about our Indigenous Languages? Linguistics 280 - Linguistics in the Real... read more
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Career Path Exploration on-line with Alumna Celine Reyes
November 03, 2021Join Linguistics Alumna Celine Reyes for an informative talk and Q&A around her experiences in... read more
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Professor Henny Yeung Awarded 2021 Cormack Teaching Award
October 22, 2021Congratulations Linguistics Professor Henny Yeung, one of 7 recipients of the Cormack Teaching... read more
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Alivia Ungaro already on her way to Speech Language Pathology career
October 15, 2021Alivia Ungaro, Fall 2021 Grad: “Having a degree that consisted of a major in Linguistics and... read more
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Linguistics grad ready to make a difference--on campus for Fall Convocation
October 14, 2021We were delighted to celebrate students like Patty Cervantes at Fall 2021 convocation on campus and... read more
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Social Data Analytics Minor Virtual Info Session October 19
October 08, 2021Department of Linguistics is collaborating to offer the exciting new Social Data Analytics Minor.... read more
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Volunteering opened up Valuable Opportunities for Ali Wilson in the PhonoLab
October 08, 2021To gain valuable research lab experience apply to be an Undergraduate Student Reseach Assistant.... read more
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Maelle Le Rudulier graduates and is already putting her education to work
October 06, 2021Maelle Le Rudulier is only one of our Linguistics Majors convocating this fall, already working in... read more
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Congratulations to all our Fall 2021 Linguistics Graduates!
October 05, 2021Happy convocation to all graduates from the Department of Linguistics!... read more
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Truth and Reconciliation Day 2021
September 29, 2021September 30th this year marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as... read more
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FASS Announces Cormack Teaching Award to Henny Yeung
September 21, 2021The department of Linguistics heartily congratulates Dr. Murray Munro whose ground-breaking... read more
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Royal Society Honours Eleven Including Murray Munro
September 07, 2021The department of Linguistics heartily congratulates Dr. Murray Munro whose ground-breaking... read more
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USRA recipient Sophia Draper gains breadth of skills in the LangDev Lab
August 12, 2021Studying as a Linguistics major with an extended minor in Psychology, Sophia Draper gained valuable... read more
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Linguistics, Apply by Aug 9
August 03, 2021Looking for research experience in Linguistics? Check out our RA and volunteer postings for the... read more
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MA Thesis Defense - Ethan Pincott
August 03, 2021Pincott will be defending his MA thesis The past and present of lexical suffixes in the... read more
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July 16: 3pm Join us for a virtual TESL Q & A session
July 12, 2021July 16, 3pm Join the LSU for a virtual Q & A session with faculty member, Claudia Wong.... read more
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July 15: Linguistics Colloquium
July 11, 2021July 15, 2021, 12:30-1:30pm Andrew Cheng, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine.... read more
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Tara McGee Ling Major and Global Asia grad combines culture language studies
June 29, 2021Studying languages for her major in Linguistics, led Tara McGee into the Global Asia Program.... read more
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Sydney Osenton Welch graduates with Joint Major in Linguistics and Anthropology
June 28, 2021Sydney Osenton Welch graduates with a Joint Major in Linguistics and Anthropology. We ask her to... read more
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Message from Linguistics Chair June 25
June 25, 2021Dr. Panayiotis Pappas’ message to the SFU Linguistics community regarding the recent news on... read more
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Donna Modeste the first Double Minor BA Indigenous Languages and Linguistics
June 24, 2021Donna May Modeste’s Hul’qumi’num’ name is Qwuthqwithulwut. She is the first... read more
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Congratulations to our 2021 Linguistics Graduates!
June 24, 2021Happy convocation to all graduates from the Department of Linguistics!... read more
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Linguistics Honours BA grad Jane Li heading to PhD
June 23, 2021Spring Convocation: In high school, Jane Li participated in North American Computational... read more
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Congratulations Ron Ignace Appointed First Indigenous Languages Commissioner
June 15, 2021The Linguistics Department at SFU offers our congratulations and celebrate the appointment of Dr.... read more
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Undergraduate Sydney Walton is “learning by doing” in the Phonological Processing Lab
June 07, 2021Sydney is awarded a USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Award) to work on the lab’s Learning... read more
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Extending a commitment of support
June 02, 2021Dr. Panayiotis Pappas’ message to the SFU Linguistics community regarding the recent news on... read more
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Semester in Podcasting Offers Linguistics Student a New Perspective on Communication
June 02, 2021Like many SFU students, Jeremy Li commutes up the mountain. As this daily commute can seem... read more
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Congratulations to our Graduating Students Pursuing Speech Language Pathology!
June 01, 2021Speech Language Pathology is a popular career path for many of our Linguistics graduates. To... read more
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LSURC 2021
March 17, 2021This year at UBC's 5th annual Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC),... read more
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Face-mask use and language development: Reasons to worry?
February 25, 2021Linguistics' Dr. Henny Yeung and co-researchers from UBC and Brock University question how... read more
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Staying on Track- Linguistics Graduate Achieves Educational Goals
February 24, 2021Taylor Goff came across a Youtube channel that ended up defining her university career path. Goff,... read more
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SFU Emerge Offers Professional Skills Training
January 25, 2021Jumpstarting a professional career will require more than hard-won academic skills. Many workplaces... read more
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Passion and Perseverance Bring Linguistics Alumnus to the End of Her Masters Program Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
January 07, 2021Growing up with a younger brother with non-verbal Autism played a defining role in Chantelle... read more
2020
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Dr. Maite Taboada's op-ed for the CSPC
November 09, 2020Congratulations to Maite Taboada and Lucas Chambers on their op-ed entitled "Who is quoted and... read more
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November Monthly Roundup
November 09, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of November... read more
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Fall 2020 Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards
October 21, 2020Happy convocation and congratulations to our Outstanding Academic Achievement Award recipients! ... read more
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Colloquium: Jack Grieve, University of Birmingham
October 19, 2020Colloquium is taking place on Thursday, October 29 at 9:30 am via Zoom... read more
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September Monthly Roundup
October 05, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of September... read more
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Defence proposal announcement: Lauren Schneider
October 05, 2020Lauren Schneider is defending her PhD proposal on Monday, October 19th at 2:30pm.... read more
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Academic Integrity Week
September 26, 2020Sept 28 to Oct 2 is Academic Integrity Week at SFU! Learn how you can cite your sources, prepare... read more
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Dr. Maite Taboada's interview on CKNW
September 24, 2020Dr. Maite Taboada talks about misinformation, bias, comments, and the Gender Gap Tracker on CKNW's... read more
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Tara McFarlane: Winner of a 2019 SFU Staff Achievement Award – Work Performance
September 24, 2020SFU Department of Linguistics alumnus Tara MacFarlane’s contributions earned her a 2019 Simon... read more
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Dr. Marianne Ignace Receives Title of Fellow in The Royal Society of Canada
September 08, 2020Dr. Marianne Igance from SFU's Department of Linguistics and Indigenous Studies has received the... read more
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August Monthly Roundup
September 05, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of August... read more
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Students Explore Career Opportunities in LING 280
September 03, 2020In Summer 2020, Dr. John Alderete taught a special topics course focusing on careers for linguists,... read more
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Congratulations! Dr. Stan Anonby Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis
September 01, 2020Dr. Stan Anonby successfully defended his PhD Thesis on August 13th, 2020.... read more
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Congratulations! Sander Nederveen Sucessfully Defends MA Thesis
September 01, 2020Sander successfully defended his MA Thesis on August 12th, 2020.... read more
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Victor Guerin is dedicated to revitalizing the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language and pressing for Indigenous rights
August 25, 2020Beginning his PhD in the fall, the Musqueam master’s student has been awarded the 2020-21... read more
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Linguistics alumnus analyzes social data in work for the Gender Gap Tracker
August 10, 2020Junette Gonzales is a Simon Fraser University (SFU) alumnus from Linguistics. She has used her... read more
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Social Data Analytics Minor Launch Event
August 06, 2020A new minor in Social Data Analytic is being offered starting in Fall 2020. On August 12th, 2020... read more
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July Monthly Roundup
August 05, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of July... read more
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PhD Thesis Defence - Stan Anonby
August 04, 2020"Prolonged Multilingualism among the Sebuyau: An Ethnography of Communication" --... read more
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Congratulations - Zack Gilkison's Successful MA Thesis Defence
July 27, 2020Zack successfully defended his MA Thesis on Thursday, July 23, 2020.... read more
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Linguistics Q&A - July 24, 2020
July 23, 2020Join Dr. Heather Bliss, Dr. Margaret Grant, Dr. Suzanne Hilgendorf, and Dr. Claudia Wong in a live... read more
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Linguistics alumnus uses big data for social good
July 20, 2020Elisha Cooper is a Simon Fraser University (SFU) alumnus from Linguistics and Political Science.... read more
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MA Thesis Defence - Sander Nederveen
July 16, 2020"Embedded Verb Second in German: Experiments at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface" --... read more
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Congratulations to our future SLPs!
July 13, 2020Congratulations to the eight SFU Department of Linguistics Students who will be attending the... read more
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MA Thesis Defence - Zack Gilkison
July 09, 2020"How What Was Said Was Said: Quotation in Hul’q’umi’num’ Narrative... read more
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June Monthly Roundup
July 06, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of June... read more
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Summer 2022 Roundup
August 26, 2022Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the Summer 2022 semester.... read more
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Looking at linguistic diversity as a key to language revitalization
June 22, 2020In Fall 2020, Linguistics 280 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Linguistics will focus on the topic of... read more
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Linguistics grad Julienne Ignace follows footsteps of barrier-breaking parents
June 12, 2020Sydney is awarded a USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Award) to work on the lab’s Learning... read more
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Congratulations to our Linguistics Graduates!
June 11, 2020Happy convocation to all graduates from the Department of Linguistics!... read more
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Student investigates her own research questions throughout BA
June 11, 2020Honours graduate Simone Kurschner knew when she started at SFU that she wants to be a teacher.... read more
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An early interest in Sociolinguistics paves the path to a PhD
June 11, 2020Noortje de Weers has always been fascinated by languages and their social implications. She decided... read more
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MA graduate looks forward to continuing her studies at SFU
June 11, 2020Danielle Deng has always had a knack for languages. Having now completed her Master's degree, she... read more
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A love of French leads to one BA graduate’s fascination with Linguistics
June 11, 2020Corliss Ng's love for languages inspired her to take a Linguistics elective while pursuing a French... read more
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Taking the MA outside of academia
June 11, 2020Heikal Badrulhisham is taking the data fluency skills he learned during his MA outside of academia.... read more
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Volunteering on campus a rewarding experience for this BA graduate
June 11, 2020Linh Nguyen's time at SFU was shaped in part by her volunteer experiences. As a volunteer... read more
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Graduate Rachelle Deutsch followed her love of languages to a degree in linguistics
June 10, 2020Rachelle Deutsch has always loved studying languages so it’s not surprising that she found... read more
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BA graduate proves that sometimes the long way is the right way
June 08, 2020In addition to learning about Linguistics and Archaeology during her time at SFU, Taylor Ferguson... read more
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May Monthly Roundup
June 01, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of May... read more
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Debra Purdy Kong retires from Linguistics General Office
June 01, 2020The Department of Linguistics extends its best wishes to Debra Purdy Kong on her retirement this... read more
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Combining a love of travel and teaching with the Certificate in TESL Linguistics
May 25, 2020Kana Wiens applied to the Certificate in TESL Linguistics already knowing that she wanted to be a... read more
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Internship Opportunities a Highlight of the SFU Experience
May 20, 2020Currently pursuing a joint major in Computing Science and Linguistics, Dawn Chandler has completed... read more
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Certificate in TESL Linguistics Inspires Student's Career Path
May 12, 2020Linguistics student Morgan Applewood recently completed his 30-hour practicum as part of the... read more
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April Monthly Roundup
May 04, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of April... read more
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Linguistics Beyond the Classroom Walls
April 30, 2020Professor Trude Heift and her students just finished up a semester learning about how the language... read more
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March Monthly Roundup
April 02, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of March... read more
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MA Thesis Defence - Luca Cavasso
April 01, 2020"English as a voicing and aspirating language: evidence from nonnative speech perception"... read more
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MA Thesis Defence - Xizi Deng
March 27, 2020"Processing Tone and Vowel Information in Mandarin: An Eye-tracking Study of Contextual... read more
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February 2020 Monthly Roundup
March 02, 2020Updates from the Department of Linguistics for the month of February... read more
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Big SFU presence at undergraduate research conference
February 24, 2020The fourth annual Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC) held earlier this... read more
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Linguistics alumna Emily Huang leverages her multilingualism into a career
February 14, 2020A love for languages led Emily Huang to study linguistics at SFU. Now enrolled in an interpretation... read more
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January 2020 Monthly Roundup
February 05, 2020As the Spring semester gets underway, we take a look at the news and updates from January 2020. ... read more
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Career direction inspired by teaching experience in South Korea
January 28, 2020Two years ago in the small town of Sunchang, Elaine Chuong unexpectedly found exactly what she was... read more
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PhD Thesis Defence - Noortje de Weers
January 27, 2020[NEW DATE] Noortje will be defending her PhD thesis 'A critical (re-)assessment of the effect of... read more
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Co-op program prepares student for career in language learning and technology
January 22, 2020As a fifth year student in her final semester, Kelly Liu already has a head-start on her plans... read more
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SFU education sets foundation for linguistics alumna's career path
January 13, 2020BA linguistics alumna Laura Dand is on her way to achieve her goal of becoming a speech-language... read more
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Silvana Di Tosto retires as Chair's Secretary
January 08, 2020The Department of Linguistics extends its best wishes to Silvana Di Tosto on her retirement this... read more
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December Monthly Roundup
January 03, 2020Happy new year and welcome back! As we start off 2020, here is a recap of what happened this past... read more
2019
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The Department of Linguistics in 2019 December 17, 2019
As we approach the end of 2019, here is a quick look at some of the Department's top highlights and... -
Fall 2019 Poster Session December 10, 2019
The Department of Linguistics successfully hosted its biannual poster session last Friday on... -
November Monthly Roundup December 02, 2019
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Aspiring SLP receives Mitacs award for research project in France November 27, 2019
LangDev Lab RA Clarissa Montgomery received the Globalink Award to collaborate on research in... -
Linguistics student gains global perspective through exchange program November 07, 2019
An academic exchange presented Sophia Theodorakis the opportunity to study and travel at the same... -
MA Thesis Defence - Arwa Alosaimi November 07, 2019
"Diglossia and Codeswitching among Public Figures in the Arabian Gulf Region" --... -
MA Thesis Defence - Heikal Badrulhisham November 06, 2019
"Formulaicity of affixes in Turkish" -- Wednesday, November 27, 10am at RCB 7402 -
October Monthly Roundup November 01, 2019
A look at the news and updates that happened in the Department of Linguistics this past October. -
Fall 2019 Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards October 07, 2019
Happy convocation and congratulations to our Outstanding Academic Achievement Award recipients! -
More than just a BA: Student finds empowerment through education October 07, 2019
Holly Wilbee's fascination with linguistics started with an Audrey Hepburn movie when she was ten... -
Entrepreneurial MA graduate takes his love for teaching online October 07, 2019
Trevor Block had always been interested in logic and solving puzzles so it was only natural he was... -
BA graduate on an accelerated path to complete a Master's degree October 07, 2019
Although he is just receiving his bachelor of arts (BA) majoring in Linguistics with a Philosophy... -
Aspiring speech-language pathologist on the right track to dream career October 07, 2019
Although he just completed his undergraduate degree and has yet to cross the convocation stage,... -
Student enriches her BA experience by volunteering on-campus October 07, 2019
Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way you planned, and the same can be said for Susanna Firley's... -
September Monthly Roundup October 02, 2019
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FASS News: Going out of his comfort zone September 17, 2019
Over his career Dr. Pappas has built an impressive teaching portfolio. But it is his leadership... -
FASS News: Waking sleeping languages for silent speakers September 17, 2019
Dr. Ignace will be honoured with a Cormack Teaching Award for her work in Indigenous languages. -
A 'linguistics summer camp' in California September 12, 2019
Over the summer, MA student Sander Nederveen attended the 2019 LSA Linguistic Institute at UC... -
August Monthly Roundup September 03, 2019
As we welcome the start of the new semester, let's take a look at the news and updates that... -
Psycholinguistics researcher moves from Germany to teach at SFU August 20, 2019
Dr. Margaret Grant is joining the department as a lecturer in a joint appointment with the... -
Claudia Wong joins the Department of Linguistics August 12, 2019
The Department of Linguistics welcomes Dr. Claudia Wong who will be joining the department this... -
Two weeks in Belize: A student's learning experience outside her comfort zone July 30, 2019
Lauren Jang recently joined a two-week study abroad program in Belize where she swam with sharks,... -
Dr. Bliss and Dr. Ignace present at international conference on Indigenous language revitalization July 23, 2019
More than 1,000 advocates and language experts from over 20 countries gathered in Victoria on June... -
SFU presence at the 2019 International Symposium on Bilingualism July 18, 2019
Associate Professor Dr. Suzanne K. Hilgendorf was invited to organize one of six featured theme... -
Publication - Tone Slips in Cantonese July 17, 2019
Professor Dr. John Alderete, Assistant Professor Dr. Henny Yeung, and former MA student Queenie... -
Dr. Hilgendorf and Bouchra Kachoub present at IAWE 2019 in Ireland July 16, 2019
Associate Professor Dr. Suzanne K. Hilgendorf and PhD student Bouchra Kachoub both presented at the... -
Virtual Museum explores history and language of Greek-Canadian immigrants July 15, 2019
After World War II, the influx of Greek immigrants to Canada has had a profound impact on the... -
Dr. Hilgendorf pens article in memory of her mentor Braj B. Kachru July 11, 2019
Dr. Suzanne K. Hilgendorf was invited to contribute an article to a special issue of the... -
Publication - Quinlingualism in Maghreb? July 09, 2019
Department of Linguistics Associate Professor Dr. Suzanne Hilgendorf and her graduate...
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Spring Convocation 2019
June 13, 2019Our department had the opportunity to hold a reception on June 13 for faculty, students, and their... read more
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First Cohort of FNLP MA Students Graduating; Elder Ruby Peter Receiving Honorary Doctorate
June 13, 2019This spring's Convocation marks two very important milestones in First Nations linguistics and... read more
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"What are you going to do next?" - Vagrant Gautam, Spring 2019
June 10, 2019Convocation is happening this week, which means having to confront a reality that can be... read more
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Colliquium - Peggy Mok (CUHK): The Acquisition of Lexical Tone by Cantonese-speaking Children
June 20, 2019The acquisition of lexical tone by Cantonese-speaking children Peggy Mok, The Chinese University of... read more
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Linguistics Student Union Events - Summer 2019
June 19, 2019The LSU represents all linguistics majors, minors, and anyone taking a LING class... this could... read more
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Dr. Marianne Ignace awarded Governor General's Innovation Award
May 15, 2019Dr. Marianne Ignace of our department and her husband, Chief Dr. Ronald Ignace, have been awarded a... read more
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Proposal Defence - Keith Leung
April 10, 2019Come support Keith during his PhD proposal defence.... read more
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Dr. Nancy Hedberg's Article Exalted in Language
March 17, 2019Dr. Nancy Hedberg's co-authored article, "Cognitive status and the form of referring... read more
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3-Minute Thesis: Noortje to Compete at the University Level
March 11, 2019Congratulations to PhD student Noortje de Weers, who achieved second-place and people's choice... read more
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LING 350: Hands On at Science World!
February 25, 2019Last Year, Dr. Henny Yeung received a $6000 Teaching and Learning Development grant for a project... read more
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Release of the Gender Gap Tracker
February 07, 2019Informed Opinions, in partnership with Simon Fraser University, has developed a new tool to track... read more
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Dr. Kyeong-min Kim Successfully Defends!
January 15, 2019Congratulations to Dr. Kyeong-min Kim, who successfully defended his dissertation on December 20,... read more
2018
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FASS Mentor Spotlight: Rachelle Deutsch
December 13, 2018Rachelle Deutsch has been part of the FASS Connections program for the past semester. We've asked... read more
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MA Defence - Danica Reid
November 30, 2018DATE: Monday, December 3 TIME: 1:00 PM PLACE: LIB 2020 TITLE: Acoustic Cues Used by Learners of... read more
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Dr. Pappas, Irina Presnyakova at NWAV 47
November 01, 2018Dr. Panos Pappas and Irina Presnyakova delivered two papers at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 47... read more
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Recent Publications by Dr. Suzanne Hilgendorf
October 30, 2018Dr. Suzanne Hilgendorf has seen recent success this year. Suzanne has recently had some... read more
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Co-Op Spotlight: Hannah Babki
October 04, 2018What did you do in your position? During my Summer 2018 work term, I worked as an Events and... read more
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FASS Profile: Heather Bliss
October 01, 2018Meet Dr. Heather Bliss, lecturer, in this article published by FASS.... read more
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Meet LING 282W!
September 20, 2018All new linguistics majors will be required to take this course after LING 220.... read more
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Best of Luck, Dr. Keir Moulton
August 16, 2018Keir Moulton has been appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.... read more
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Linguistics Electives in Surrey and Vancouver
July 09, 2018Fill out your Fall 2018 schedule with these great linguistics courses.... read more
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MA Defence - Emilie Francis
July 03, 2018Misinfowars: A Linguistic Analysis of Deceptive and Credible News Date: Tuesday, July 31,... read more
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Dr. Maite Taboada on Project Debater
June 29, 2018A computer designed by IBM is making some remarkable strides in artificial intelligence. It’s... read more
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Course Spotlight: FNLG 133 - Introduction to Cree
June 27, 2018This fall, Darlene Willier is running FNLG 133 - Introduction to a First Nations Language, with a... read more
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Proposal Defence - Noortje de Weers
June 24, 2018Come support Noortje during her PhD Proposal Defence.... read more
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Congratulations to Future SLPs!
June 19, 2018Many students choose to study Linguistics because they envision themselves working in a helping... read more
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Congratulations to our Summer Graduates!
June 15, 2018Congratulations to all students who crossed the stage this summer! We hope you enjoyed the... read more
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Katy Thompson Earns Governor General's Silver Medal
June 12, 2018Congratulations to Katy Thompson for earning the Governor General's Silver Medal! Feel free to read... read more
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Katrina Heinonen Speaking at Thursday's Convocation
June 12, 2018Katrina Heinonen, an undergraduate in the Department of Linguistics, is speaking at this Thursday's... read more
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Dr. Trude Heift on CTV
June 06, 2018Dr. Trude Heift appeared in a video clip on CTV this week discussing the headline: "Can an app... read more
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MA Defence - Sara Williamson
June 05, 2018You might should come to this one! Double modal inversions in SUSE.... read more
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Dr. John Alderete Accepted as a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society
May 25, 2018John Alderete was just accepted as a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society. This honor was given in... read more
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News Trolls: Radio Interviews with Dr. Maite Taboada
May 24, 2018Following the article in The Conversation about online news trolls, Dr. Maite Taboada discusses the... read more
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Dr. Thomas Perry's Retirement
May 18, 2018A brief walk through 39 years of hard work and great accomplishments.... read more
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SSHRC Doctoral Award Recipient: Sylvia Cho!
May 15, 2018The department would like to congratulate Sylvia Cho for receiving the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship!... read more
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Online News Trolls Not as Bad as We Think
May 08, 2018Dr. Maite Taboada published an article in The Conversation about online news trolls.... read more
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Student Experiential Learning in a Daycamp Setting
May 07, 2018Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble, assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics, has received a... read more
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Postdoc Spotlight: Dr. Varada Kolhatkar
May 07, 2018We interviewed one of our wonderful Postdoctoral Fellows.... read more
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Exploring First Language Acquisition from a Different Perspective
April 23, 2018Dr. Henny Yeung, assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics, has received a $6000... read more
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MA Defence - Wafa Al-Ali
April 20, 2018Wafa Al-Ali, MA candidate in Linguistics, will be defending her thesis MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 ... read more
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Pappas & Presnyakova headed for Cascadia Workshop
Dr. Panayiotis Pappas and PhD candidate Irina Presnyakova will be presenting at the 3rd annual... read more
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2018 Spring Poster Session
The 2018 Spring Poster Session is April 12th from 10 to noon in Halpern 126.... read more
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Another Great Poster Session for Spring 2018
Thank you to everyone, presenters and visitors, for a lively poster session. ... read more
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SFU linguist collaborating on Canada-wide Indigenous languages project
Dr. Peter Jacobs is co-principal investigator on a SSHRC Partnership Grant with Dr. Onowa McIvor... read more
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Dr. Murray Munro CELLTR Presentation
What does research tell us about L2 pronunciation learning & teaching? April 4th, 12:30 pm WMC... read more
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Babies Wanted!
The Language Learning and Development (LangDev) Lab is thrilled to begin welcoming parents and... read more
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Phon-Olympic Day Camp
On February 16th, the Phonological Processing Lab ran another successful day camp! These camps are... read more
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Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace win the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
Congratulations to Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace on recieving the UBC Basil Stuart-Stubbs... read more
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SFU Opinion and Comments Corpus
The Discourse Processing Lab has released the SFU Opinion & Comments Corpus (SOCC)! It contains... read more
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Marianne & Ronald Ignace Book Launch
We are proud to announce a new book by linguistics professor and director of our First Nations... read more
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Looking Back on Ten Years of Research
Dr. Maite Taboada presented highlights from a decade of research to a full house at her inaugural... read more
2017
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Postdoc Katharina Ehret featured in FASS story
May 07, 2018Our very own Katharina Ehret was recently featured in an article by SFU Faculty of Arts and Social... read more
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Fall 2017 Poster Session
May 07, 2018Falling asleep at your desk? Stand up and wander to our poster session and you might even find that... read more
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MA Defence - Lisa Shorten
May 07, 2018Thesis defence day is also known as the best day of grad school. It's the summit, the... read more
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2017 2nd Annual Speech Language Pathology Panel
May 07, 2018Have you heard of, read about, or experienced Speech Language Pathology firsthand? Would you like... read more
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Local Students to Represent Canada at International Linguistics Olympiad
June 04, 2017SFU is a local site for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO).... read more
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Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble - 2017 Cormack Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble, recipient of the 2017 Cormack Teaching Award for an... read more
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Spring 2017 Convocation
June 08, 2017On Thursday, June 8, 2017, the Department of Linguistics held its Spring convocation reception.... read more
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Spotlight: Cathy Lin
June 08, 2017The Department of Linguistics is proud to celebrate with Cathy Lin as she ends a remarkable... read more
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Congratulations to future SLPs!
May 23, 2017Many students choose to study Linguistics because they envision themselves working in a helping... read more
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International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages
May 23, 2017Simon Fraser University will host the 52nd Annual International Conference on Salish and... read more
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Dr. Maite Taboada - Special Issue of Computational Linguistics
May 04, 2017Dr. Maite Taboada, Professor in the Department of Linguistics, is editing a Special Issue of the... read more
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Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble - 2017 Linguistic Institute Course
April 23, 2017Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble, Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at SFU, will be... read more
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Spring 2017 Poster Session
April 14, 2017The Linguistics Poster Sessions are held twice a year and give current graduate students and... read more
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FASS Canada 150 Speaker Series: Dr. Henny Yeung
April 13, 2017SFU's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary of... read more
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Dr. Keir Moulton - Keynote Speaker at WCCFL 35
April 11, 2017The 35th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) is taking place at the University of... read more
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Lisa Shorten at TESOL 2017
March 31, 2017Lisa Shorten, MA student in the Department of Linguistics, travelled to Seattle, Washington to... read more
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LSU Careers Night
March 24, 2017The Linguistics Student Union (LSU) hosted a successful Careers Night on Tuesday, March 21, 2017,... read more
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Profile: Noortje de Weers
February 22, 2017The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) profiled Noortje de Weers, PhD student in the... read more
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MA Defence - Queenie Chan
February 17, 2017Queenie Chan joined the Department of Linguistics MA program in the Fall of 2014 and successfully... read more
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Squamish Speakers Revitalize Language
February 13, 2017Through a partnership between Kwi Awt Stelmexw, SFU's First Nations Languages Centre and the... read more
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First Nations Language Centre
January 16, 2017Dr. Marianne Ignace, Director of the First Nations Language Centre (FNLC), describes efforts in... read more
2016
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MA Defence - Pocholo Umbal
December 08, 2016Pocholo Umbal, or Poco for short, joined the Department of Linguistics MA program in Fall 2013. On... read more
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Fall 2016 Poster Session
December 09, 2016The Linguistics Poster Sessions are held twice a year and give current graduate students and... read more
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NWAV 45: Photos and Recap
November 15, 2016Held November 3-6, 2016, NWAV 45 brought over 300 scholars and students to SFU Vancouver, Harbour... read more
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Alumni Profile: Jill Chernecki
November 03, 2016Jill Chernecki graduated from SFU in 2014, with a Major in Linguistics and an Extended Minor in... read more
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Fun with phonology!
October 31, 2016When Hallowe'en was only days away, Dr. Ashley Farris-Trimble challenged her LING 321 and LING 482W... read more
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NWAV 45 Conference
October 28, 2016Co-hosted by the Department of Linguistics at SFU and the University of Victoria, NWAV - New Ways... read more
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Calling all little linguists! Free Language Day Camp at SFU
Is your child interested in learning more about language? ... read more
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New Course Offering for Spring 2017: LING 282WQ
September 20, 2016Whales from space? What does that headline mean? The headline above is ambiguous. When the elided... read more
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Linguistics Graduate Student Conference Participation
September 01, 2016The Department of Linguistics encourages graduate student participation in conferences world wide.... read more
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Spring 2016 Convocation
June 09, 2016On Thursday, June 9 2016, the Department of Linguistics held its Spring convocation reception.... read more
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Congratulations Linguistics Graduate Students!
May 02, 2016Melissa MacAskill, MA, Kayleigh MacMillan, MA, Reem Alsadoon, PhD, Rima Ibata, PhD On November 17,... read more
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Phonology Day Camp - Spring 2016
April 30, 2016There are lots of little linguists around! On Saturday, April 30th, the Phonological Processing Lab... read more
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Lecture: Professor Anvita Abbi
March 31, 2016Breathing Life into a Dying Language: Experiencing Great Andamanese A public lecture by Prof.... read more
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Alex Katz, MA student, 3 Minute Thesis
March 18, 2016In the video above, Department of Linguistics MA student Alex Katz recites their 3 Minute... read more
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NACLO 2016 at SFU
January 21, 2016SFU is a local site for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO).... read more
2015
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Fall 2015 Poster Session
December 10, 2015The Fall 2015 poster session was held on December 10, 2015. This well-attended event featured... read more
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SFU President's Faculty Lecture Series - Dr. Marianne Ignace
October 26, 2015Why First Nations Languages Matter British Columbia’s indigenous languages represent one of the... read more
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Leveraging Linguistics
October 01, 2015Dr. Wei Li has been recognized as one of SFU's 50 Inspiring Alumni as part of SFU's... read more
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Raghavachari Amritavalli, Linguistics Alumni
September 28, 2015SFU's Dean of Graduate Studies is profiling 50 SFU graduates as part of the 50 year celebration.... read more
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Welcome Dr. Nancy Hedberg, Chair, Department of Linguistics
September 01, 2015The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce the appointment of our new department... read more
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Graduate Student Conferences Summer 2015
August 31, 2015Beverly Hannah, MA student, and Keith Leung, PhD student, attended the International Congress of... read more
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Gloria Mellesmoen - Convocation Speaker
June 11, 2015Gloria Mellesmoen, undergraduate student in Linguistics, was chosen to be a speaker at the June... read more
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Spring 2015 Convocation Reception
June 11, 2015On Thursday, June 11, 2015, the Department of Linguistics hosted a reception for the Fall 2014... read more
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Yiri7 re Stsq'ey's-kucw: Secwepemc Oral History and Indigenous Laws: Q&A with Dr. Marianne Ignace
April 10, 2015Dr. Marianne Ignace and Chief Ron Ignace presented "Yiri7 re Stsq'ey's-kucw: Secwepemc Oral... read more
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Linguistics PhD Student Emma Mileva's Three Minute Thesis
March 31, 2015Following her win in the FASS Three Minute Thesis heat, Linguistics PhD student Emma Mileva... read more
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Rita Parmar Wins 2015 Staff Achievement Award
February 10, 2015The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce that our very own Rita Parmar, Manager,... read more
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Getting the "Pig" Picture
January 30, 2015If you ever thought of Linguistics courses as book-intense and not "hands on," you were... read more