Archives: Research

Monday, August 19, 2024

New Evidence Illustrates Success of Minority-L1 Students in French Immersion

Congratulations to the collaborative research team, which includes SLaLS associate professor Tamara Sorenson Duncan, for their recent publication in the International Journal of Bilingualism. Their article, titled "Academic achievement in English: Minority home language students in early French immersion," demonstrates that students who speak a... More

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Mako Hirotani Receives REALISE Seed Grant

The Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) recently introduced support for 12 new research projects through the REALISE Seed Grant, an internal funding program offered on a one-year pilot basis to initiate new interfaculty, multidisciplinary research collaborations. We are pleased to share that Professor Mako Hirotani is one of... More

Friday, July 12, 2024

Jaffer Sheyholislami Receives 2024 CU SSHRC Exchange Grant: Knowledge Mobilization

Congratulations to Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami, who has received a 2024 Carleton University SSHRC Exchange Grant: Knowledge Mobilization. The grant is awarded to mobilize knowledge gained while preparing the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics. Sheyholislami is one of the editors for the handbook, which consists of 27 chapters... More

Friday, April 19, 2024

Celebrating Student Research

As we finish up another term, it is a fitting time to celebrate the brilliant research output from students in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies. Earlier this month, the graduate students’ Society for Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (SALaDS) hosted their 19th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in St. Patrick's Building. The... More

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Kumiko Murasugi Receives FASS Research Excellence Award

Congratulations to Professor Kumiko Murasugi, who has received a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Research Excellence Award. The FASS Research Excellence Awards are meant to assist with advancing a program of research. In this case, the award will support Murasugi's project titled "Documenting Language in the Field: A Guide to Small... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Emily Udle to Share Research at TLS Showcase and NCUR

This week, upper-year undergraduate student Emily Udle's research will be on display at Teaching and Learning Services’ (TLS) 2024 SaPP & I-CUREUS Showcase. A few days later, Emily will travel to Long Beach in California to present her research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Emily’s project, “A Systemic... More

Friday, March 22, 2024

Beth MacLeod and Tamara Sorenson Duncan Receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants

Congratulations to Professors Beth MacLeod and Tamara Sorenson Duncan on receiving SSHRC Insight Development Grants in the February 2023 competition. Beth’s project “Individual variation in the perception-production link: evidence from phonetic imitation,” with a co-applicant at the University of Ottawa, explores the link between the way an... More

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Natasha Artemeva and Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget Publish Book on Multimodality

ALDS Professor Natasha Artemeva and Dr. Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget, in collaboration with Dr. Liliana Vázques Rocca, a colleague from Chile, have recently published an edited collection on multimodality studies in international contexts. The book investigates the impact of unprecedented global challenges, such as Covid-19, on the way people... More

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

SLaLS Faculty Featured in FASS Research Review

Two SLaLS faculty members are featured in the inaugural edition of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Research Review - a publication that celebrates the vibrant, multidisciplinary landscape of research within FASS. Professor Erik Anonby, an expert on languages of the Middle East, is featured for his work supporting endangered language... More

Friday, September 1, 2023

Professor Erik Anonby Has Published an Article in Science

Professor Erik Anonby has published an article in Science, one of the world’s top academic journals. The article, titled “Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages”, is the result of six years of intensive research though a large-scale collaboration between 33 different co-authors.... More

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