Language Sciences will host a panel discussion on parallels between Indigenous languages and creoles involving three members of the department. The session will be moderated by Prof. Molly Babel and features Prof. Henry Davis and doctoral student Mitchi Kamigaki-Baron, as well as Angelina Rose, an undergraduate in the St̓át̓imc Language Fluency program, and Samantha Jackson, […]
Linguistics doctoral candidate Farhan Samir will give an LOC colloquium in Swing Space 221 on Friday 29th at 3:30. Title: Locating Information Gaps and Narrative Inconsistencies Across Languages: A Case Study of LGBT People Portrayals on Wikipedia Abstract: Go to any page on Wikipedia about a prominent public figure, and you’ll find that they […]
Have admissions questions about the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) in Computational Linguistics program? On December 3, 2024, join Jungyeul Park, Lecturer, MDS Computational Linguistics who will be on a panel with Tiffany Timbers, Co-Director and Associate Professor of Teaching, MDS Vancouver and Khalad Hasan, Co-Director and Assistant Professor, MDS Okanagan, for a questions […]
Students in this year’s field methods class (LING 431/531) will present posters on their ongoing work on Ojibwe with Anishinaabe elder Nancy Jones from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation in Northwestern Ontario. Light refreshments will be available. This will take place on the 3rd floor of Koerner Library by the fireplace.
Charles Chang (Boston University) will give a LinguisticsNOW colloquium. LinguisticsNOW (‘NOW’ is for ‘Northwest’) is a colloquium series organized jointly by Simon Fraser University and UBC. Please note the downtown location.
Still have questions about the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics program? Join Garrett Nicolai, Director and Assistant Professor of Teaching, MDS Computational Linguistics, for a live virtual Question and Answer session on January 15, 2025 from 11:30am to 12:30pm PT. This is your opportunity to ask any last-minute questions you may have […]
Stefan Dollinger will present an in-person research seminar on January 17th at 3:30. Title The Pluricentricity Debate and the long reach of 19th-century linguistics: dehegemonization as an urgent desideratum for a more equitable sociolinguistics Abstract This talk retraces the interesting parts of my thinking over the past decade. Starting with a cross-linguistic comparison of […]
Doug Sladen will give an in-person research seminar on January 24th at 3:30. Title Benefits and Limitations of Cochlear Implants for Children Abstract Cochlear implants (CIs) are auditory prosthetics that provide partial hearing restoration to people with severe hearing loss. Children with congenital severe hearing loss generally receive CIs by 1-year of age and are, […]
Myriam Lapierre (University of Washington) will give an in-person colloquium. Two types of [NT]s in Panãra: Implications for the native speaker and scientific communities This talk provides articulatory and perceptual phonetic data on Panãra (ISO code: kre), a Northern Jê language of Central Brazil, supporting the existence of a previously undocumented phonological distinction. Maddieson & […]
Master of Data Science Admissions Q&A (December 2024)
LinguisticsNOW colloquium: Charles Chang
MDS Computational Linguistics Program Director Q&A
Myriam Lapierre colloquium