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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
LING 3009 A: Linguistic and Social Aspects of Inuktitut Description: This course explores both linguistic and social aspects of Inuktitut, the language of Canadian Inuit. In the first part of the course students will be introduced to the structure of Inuktitut through readings and a guest instructor. They will then analyze the phonology,... More
Friday, May 20, 2016
Cree and Ojibway languages featured on webinar on Nationtalk with Carleton University's Dr. Marie-Odile Junker and Alan Corbiere of the Anishinaabemowin Revival... More
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
"When I tell people that I am studying Linguistics and Discourse Studies, the common response that I get is, “Oh, what is that?” You have probably all heard of linguistics before and know that it has something to do with language, but what is it really all about?" Visit the Admissions student blogger site... More
Friday, April 22, 2016
The language of texting is a special world where using a period can mean you're angry or annoyed, LOL doesn't necessarily mean you're actually laughing out loud, ellipsis (...) can mean one of at least 12 different things, and watch out if you don't respond to a text after the right amount of time.... More
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
When it comes to a student’s undergraduate university experience, Teaching Assistants play an important role and a truly exceptional TA can have a lasting influence on students long after the final mark is submitted. Today SLaLS celebrated the contributions of 4 outstanding TA’s at the 2015-16 SLaLS Outstanding TA Awards. And while the... More
Friday, April 8, 2016
Stephanie Smith, BA (Linguistics) /11 Studying Spanish at Carleton taught me more than just the language. After learning about Latin and Spanish culture I decided I wanted to experience living in a Spanish speaking country. This eventually led to me looking for jobs in Spain. With the help of my linguistics degree and CTESL I... More
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
SLaLS made a strong showing last Wednesday’s annual Vin d’Honneur celebration held at the Carleton University Art Gallery. Congratulations to Marie-Odile Junker on winning a FASS Research Award and to Eva Kartchava on her FASS Teaching Award. Also on display were books by faculty members published in the past year: Ida Toivonen David Wood... More
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
“I grew up in a Swedish-speaking area of Finland, and I studied Finnish in school. I also studied English, French, German and Spanish. I loved the classes, but I seemed to like the languages for different reasons than my peers.” Curious about what makes a linguist tick? Visit linguistlist.org to read more about the... More
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Erik Anonby on receiving the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Click here to learn more about how Erik plans to use this prestigious... More
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Spoken Cree III, the third of three textbooks developed by C. Douglas Ellis, was launched February 11, 2016 at the Great Moon Gathering in Timmins, Ontario. Dr. Ellis is an Adjunct Research Professor with SLaLS. The book was edited by Dr. Marie-Odile Junker with help from Assistant Editors Caitlyn Martinuzzi and Gabrielle Lacroix, both... More
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Congratulations to Linguistics professor Dr. Ida Toivonen and her co-editors on the publication of Structures in the Mind: Essays on Language, Music, and Cognition in Honor of Ray Jackendoff. “This volume (published by The MIT Press) offers new research by leading scholars, exploring different areas of cognition with an emphasis on language. The... More
Monday, September 14, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Ida Toivonen on the appearance of a thoroughly revised second edition of her textbook, Lexical Functional Syntax, co-authored with Ash Asudeh (Carleton, Cognitive Science), Joan Bresnan (Stanford) and Stephen Wechsler... More
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