“Methodologies in Semantic Fieldwork”
Methodologies in Semantic Fieldwork, edited by Ryan Bochnak and our own Lisa Matthewson, has just been published by Oxford University Press. The book also features contributions by UBC’s Meagan Louie and Strang Burton, and alumna Carrie Gillon! Click here for more information!
Congratulations, Dr. Heather Bliss!
Recent PhD graduate Heather Bliss has been making headlines in November. She was honoured in Ottawa for being a finalist for the SSHRC Talent Awards and is featured in the UBC news for her work on saving endangered languages. Congratulations to Heather and to her supervisor, Dr. Martina Wiltschko!
Flexible Learning & Large Classes
Kudos to Lisa Matthewson and the UBC Linguistics Flexible Learning Team for hosting a fantastic workshop on ways in which “flexible learning” techniques can be integrated into large classes. If you missed it, here’s a link to a video of the presentation and discussion: http://flexible.learning.ubc.ca/showcase/tcmt-1/ Featuring faculty members Lisa Matthewson, Hotze Rullmann, Martina Wiltschko, and Henry Davis; […]
BBC “On Language Location” Radio Series
UBC’s new director of the FNLG program, Mark Turin, will be hosting a two-part BBC Radio 4 series, “On Language Location,” starting next week. The episodes cover the languages of Bhutan (Monday 20 October) and Burma/Myanmar (Monday 27 October).The podcasts will be available online after they are broadcast through the series website:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lpsbz
FNLG Courses
Check out these great courses being offered by the FNLG program! Talk to your advisors to see how they can be a part of your degree!
Congrats: SSHRC Talent Award Finalist Heather Bliss
SSHRC has just released the names of its top three finalists for the Impact Talent Award, and recent UBC Linguistics alum Heather Bliss is one of them! This is an outstanding achievement — congratulations, Heather! “The annual Impact Awards recognize the highest achievements from outstanding researchers, students and research partners in social sciences and humanities […]
Undergrad Research Positions
Be sure to check out UBC Careers Online to search for linguistics research positions for the upcoming fall semester! Work-Learn positions are now posted.
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics
UBCWPL is pleased to announce the publishing of our second QP volume, which contains formatted QPs from 2011-2013. This volume was edited by Alexis Black and Meagan Louie. Information about the volume, including links to individual papers, is included athttp://www.linguistics.ubc.ca/QPConf-v2.
Courses Outside Linguistics
Many departments in the Faculty of Arts offer courses that complement our Honours and Major programs in Linguistics and Speech Sciences. Courses on the following list have been pre-approved as acceptable and do not require that you contact an Advisor. (If you wish to take a course not on this list, please email an Undergraduate […]
Congratulations, graduates!
The Department of Linguistics sends all of our graduating students a hearty congratulations and best wishes for the future. We hope you’ll stay in touch! Graduation is 21 May at 4:00 PM — click here for details!