The event will be held via Zoom: ubc.zoom.us/j/64763345823.The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Barbara Bullock & Jacqueline Almeida Toribio (The University of Texas) will present a colloquium entitled, “Linguists and speech-scientists collaboratively advancing research on multilingual mixing” Abstract: A considerable body of research has explored the linguistic properties and functions of language mixing […]
UBC will host the 37th annual Northwest Linguistics Conference (NWLC). The NWLC is an annual conference, hosted on an alternating basis by Simon Fraser University, UBC, University of Victoria, and University of Washington. The conference is an opportunity for students to present their research, and make connections with their peers and other researchers.
The event will be held via Zoom: ubc.zoom.us/j/64763345823.The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Samuel Akinbo (UBC) will present a colloquium entitled, “Featural Affixation as Featural Correspondence in Fungwa”. Abstract: This paper investigates a pattern of featural affixation in Fungwa (Kainji, Nigeria). In the language, diminutive and augmentative are marked by fronting and […]
The event will be held via Zoom: ubc.zoom.us/j/64763345823.The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.). Dr. Alayo Tripp (University of Minnesota) will give a colloquium talk entitled, “Social Inference and Early Lexical Learning”. Abstract: Infants represent differences between groups of talkers, and use this information to guide their social preferences. Nevertheless, models of word […]
LinguisticsNOW is a joint colloquia series hosted by the Department of Linguistics at UBC and Simon Fraser University that aims to bring the most exciting new work in linguistics to the Northwest. The speaker for this year’s edition of LinguisticsNOW is Nicole Holliday (Pomona College). The event will be held in-person at the Harbour Centre […]
You are invited to meet alumni from the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics program. Feel free to ask any questions you have about the program — our alumni are here to answer them and provide their perspective on the faculty, the curriculum, and what it’s like to learn computational linguistics at UBC. […]
Philip J. Monahan (University of Toronto) will give a virtual colloquium on November 4th. Title: Our Neurophysiology Supports Abstract Phonological Features: Before and During Speech Abstract: The fundamental nature of speech sound representations remains intensely debated. This is despite over a half-century of detailed work. While generative theories have long posited a role for abstract phonological […]
Have admissions questions about the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) in Computational Linguistics program? On December 6, 2022, join Miikka Silfverberg, Assistant Professor, MDS Computational Linguistics who will be on a panel with Joel Östblom, Assistant Professor of Teaching, MDS Vancouver and Jeff Andrews, Principal Co-Director and Associate Professor, MDS Okanagan, for a questions […]
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 Ask Me Anything session on January 11, 2023 from 11:30am to 12:30pm PT. This is your opportunity to ask any last-minute questions you may have […]
Northwest Linguistics Conference
Master of Data Science in Computational Linguistics Alumni Panel
Master of Data Science Admissions Q&A
MDS Computational Linguistics Program Director AMA