Member Spotlights
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March 27, 2024On data collection and standard languages – a conversation with Dr. Stefan Dollinger
A dialogue with Dr. Stefan Dollinger about his research on non-dominant varieties of languages, and how data-collection intersects with the work of a linguist.
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February 16, 2024Member Spotlight: Dr. Harini Rajagopal on antiracist pedagogy and her other studies
We are delighted to have a chat with Dr. Harini Rajagopal prior to her presentation at our next LangSci Talk on Thursday, 22 Feb, 2024.
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February 13, 2024A Conversation with Dr. Molly Babel on speech, attractiveness, and mother languages
We spoke with Dr. Molly Babel about her research on speech and attractiveness, as well as mother languages.
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January 16, 2024Relational Lexicology: A conversation with Christine Schreyer and Mark Turin on a special issue of the journal Dictionaries
In this story, Language Sciences is delighted to chat with Dr. Christine Schreyer and Dr. Mark Turin about their experience editing the latest special issue of Dictionaries: The Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America. While the journal is dedicated to publish articles on all aspects of…
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November 21, 2023Member Spotlight: Walter Sena
Walter Sena is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. His goal is to engage in research that utilizes content analysis of speech to help identify cognitive decline in elderly populations and thought disorders in vulnerable patients. Sena is also…
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September 27, 2023UBC Computer Science researchers receive Outstanding Paper Award for advanced solution to abusive language detection
This article was developed by UBC Computer Science and has been re-posted by Language Sciences.
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September 10, 2023Arts Perspectives on AI: Fearing (your own) Language in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Dr. David Gramling & Matthew Chan
Written by Dr. David Gramling (he/they), professor and head of the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, and Matthew Chan, third-year undergraduate student in Arts. Originally published by UBC Arts. Re-published by Language Sciences. You might fear that the language…
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August 8, 2023Member Spotlight: Ifeoluwanimi Adebara
Ifeoluwanimi Adebara is a PhD student in the Cognitive Systems program at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on natural language processing for low resource languages. Lately, she has been working on African languages including developing language resources and tools…
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July 12, 2023Amplifying Knowledge Mobilization: Ensuring Full Literacy SSHRC Partnership Grant Reaches Mid-Point
As the Ensuring Full Literacy team reaches the mid-point of their Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant, the next phase leans toward knowledge mobilization and sharing key research findings with the public. Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and…
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June 2, 2023First Cohort Graduates from UBCO’s Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency Program
UBC Okanagan’s Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency program, which launched in 2021, will watch its first cohort of students graduate this summer having completed the brand-new degree program. Not only have the students acquired profound knowledge of the language from the program, but they’re also…