Member Spotlights
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December 18, 2018
Language Sciences members win prestigious awards in 2018
Language Sciences members won a number of awards this year, including a University of British Columbia (UBC) Killam Research Fellowship, election to the Royal Society of Canada, and a Global Public Scholar award. Language Sciences member and doctoral student Khia Johnson won a…
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December 4, 2018
Camels and compliments: how language, culture and nature are interconnected
Have you ever been compared to a camel as a compliment? In Somalia, dromedaries are a favourable comparison for a woman’s beauty, something University of British Columbia Language Sciences Initiative invited speaker Luisa Maffi learned during her fieldwork for a Somali language dictionary…
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October 16, 2018
Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues, Oct. 29th and 30th
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August 23, 2018
Dr. Christine Schreyer creates language for Hollywood film Alpha
Like the crisp, white vista of frozen tundra, Christine Schreyer was given a blank canvas when it came to creating the dialogue for Alpha, a Hollywood historical drama released just last week. Set in the last ice age some 20,000 years ago, Alpha is the story of a young hunter who…
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June 15, 2018
New Living Language Course
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March 12, 2018
Founding Donor Marietta Hurst
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November 6, 2017
Storybooks Canada
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November 6, 2017
Artisynth
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November 6, 2017
eNunciate/Visible Speech