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Friday, March 18, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Christie Brien on receiving one of this year’s Contract Instructor Teaching Awards. This award recognizes teaching excellence by contract instructors. Christie teaches courses in phonetics, phonology, and linguistics here in SLaLS. Click here to learn more about Christie and about this... More
Monday, January 17, 2022
Angel Arias and his colleague from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), Dr. Jamie Schissel, are pleased to announce their recent publication in a special issue of the Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices. An open access introduction to the special issue can be accessed here. Schissel, J., & Arias, A. (Eds.).... More
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
SLaLS contract instructor Dr. Tracy Hodgson-Drysdale recently presented at the 1st International Online Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group (SFLIG) Conference with colleagues Dr. Maria Estela Brisk (Boston College) and Elizabeth MacDonald (Boston Public Schools). Their talk was titled "Teaching writing informed by Systemic Functional... More
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Chris Smith, a graduate of the Ph.D. in ALDS and a current contract instructor in SLaLS was recently published in the RELC Journal. Smiths paper, "One Does Not Simply Teach Idioms: Meme Creation as Innovative Practice for Virtual EFL Learners" can be found here. ... More
Monday, October 25, 2021
SLaLS faculty member Dr.Rachelle Vessey gave an invited talk on language ideology and corpus linguistics in the series "Corpus linguistics and applied linguistics research" (University of Murcia, Spain). She also presented new research about Canadian Chief Medical Officer's public health advice at the "Language of COVID-19 Conference" (University... More
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Caitlin Bergin, a PhD candidate in Linguistics, Language Documentation, and Revitalization, was featured in the Toronto news last month! Bergin is currently working on a sociolinguistic research project which seeks to answer the question “how do Torontonians pronounce ‘Toronto’?” by utilizing a survey designed to i) determine which... More
Friday, October 15, 2021
Please join us in welcoming Dusty to the team. With floppy ears and endearing charisma, this empathetic golden lab with a constant smile loves to be petted (when he’s not wearing his guide dog vest). Guide Dogs in... More
Monday, September 27, 2021
Are you graduating with a SLaLS degree this fall? If so, we'd love to add your graduation profile to our virtual graduation. Please submit it by November 3rd, 2021 so we have time to add... More
Thursday, May 6, 2021
We note with great sadness, the passing of Janice Yalden, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Carleton, founding Director of Carleton's Centre for Applied Language Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts during the 80's and 90's. Professor Yalden spent many years at Carleton as a researcher, teacher, and... More
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Are you graduating with a SLaLS degree this spring? If so, we'd love to add your graduation profile to our virtual graduation. Please submit it by May 28, 2021 so we have time to add... More
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Carleton community is saddened to learn of the passing on February 16, 2018, of Dr. Giovanna Panico, professor of Italian language, and passionate advocate for Italian language and culture. Giovanna was a beloved teacher of Italian and Latin at Carleton, acting as Chair of the Italian Department for many years. She was the... More
Monday, June 24, 2013
Congratulations to Dr. David Wood for being one of eight recipients of the 2013 FASS Junior Research Award, for his project, "An Idiodynamic Investigation of the Relationship between Willingness to Communicate and Speech Fluency in a Second Language". ... More
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