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July 5, 2023The Possibility of Secular: Sikh Engagements with Modern Punjabi Literature: Q&A with Dr. Anne Murphy
Within the book, 'The Sikh World', Dr. Anne Murphy, Associate Professor in the Department of History at UBC and, explores Sikh participation in the practice of modern Punjabi literature, and the way this has provided a domain for the articulation of progressive interests and secular…
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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…
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June 2, 2023A Kinetic Analysis of Visual Prosody: Head Movements in Habitual and Loud Speech - Q&A with Dr. Doris Mücke, Lena Pagel, Dr. Simon Roessig and Dr. Márton Sóskuthy
Prosodic prominence manifests itself in intonation, timing and magnitude of supra-laryngeal articulation, as well as speech-accompanying gestures. The interplay of prosody and gesture has been described as ‘visual prosody’ and is known to play an important role in communication. However, few…
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June 1, 2023Member Spotlight: Dr. Giuseppe Carenini
Dr. Giuseppe Carenini is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. He has broad interdisciplinary interests and his work on Natural Language Processing and Information Visualization to support decision making has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed papers …
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May 5, 2023Call for Applicants: Language Sciences Co-Director
Applications are invited to fill the position of Co-Director of the Language Sciences Global Research Excellence Institute, at UBC Vancouver.
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May 5, 2023Reduction of Vowel Space in Alzheimer's Disease - Q&A with Arian Shamei
Reduced vowel space area (VSA) is a known effect of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD). In the study, 'Reduction of Vowel Space in Alzheimer's Disease' by Arian Shamei, Yadong Liu and Dr. Bryan Gick, using large publicly available corpuses, two experiments were conducted…
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May 5, 2023A Review of Three Recent Dictionaries of Indigenous Languages Spoken in South America - Q&A with Ana Laura Arrieta-Zamudio
In the essay, 'A Review of Three Recent Dictionaries of Indigenous Languages Spoken in South America,' authors Dr. Mark Turin, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UBC, and Ana Laura Arrieta-Zamudio, PhD Student in Linguistics at UBC, compare three recent dictionaries of Indigenous…
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March 28, 2023Sign Language Phonetic Annotator and Analyzer: changing how sign languages are transcribed
A new software being developed is allowing researchers to give detailed, phonetic transcriptions of signs used in sign languages, such as American Sign Language (ASL), one of the sign languages used in Canada. The Sign Language Phonetic Annotator/Analyzer (SLP-AA) is a graphical user interface…
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March 28, 2023"You betcha I'm a 'Merican" The rise of 'YOU BET' as a pragmatic marker - Q&A with Dr. Laurel Brinton and Tomoharu Hirota
In the study titled, 'You betcha I'm a 'Merican" the rise of YOU BET as a pragmatic marker', researchers Dr. Laurel Brinton and PhD student, Tomoharu Hirota, both of whom are from UBC's Department of English Languages and Literatures, explore parenthetical and free-standing…
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March 5, 2023LSURC 2023: Connecting undergrads from all backgrounds through language research
Students have countless opportunities available to explore language and communication throughout their undergraduate careers, though gaining valuable research experience in those fields is an opportunity many undergraduate students feel isn’t readily available to them. Fortunately, the Language…