Events in 2018

Linguistics Talks @ Western

December 12, 2018 (12:30pm, UC 3120)

Olga Tararova (Modern Languages & Literatures, UWO)
"Bilingual contact in Chipilo, Mexico. The transfer of negative doubling.”


Spark

November 26, 2018 (University College, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)

Linguistics outreach event
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Linguistics Talks @ Western

November 20, 2018 (11:30-12:30. UC 3120)

Angélica Hernández (UWO French Studies Department)
"Subject Pronouns in Canadian Spanish"


Awards and Scholarships Recipients - Fall 2018

November 1st, 2018

Congratulations to the undergraduate students in Linguistics who received scholarships awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities!

Katherine Rose Butler (Honors Specialization in Linguistics)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarship

Abigail Elizabeth Edwards (Honors Specialization in Linguistics)
Rogers Family Award in Arts

Margaret Graham (Double Major in Linguistics and Arts and Humanities)
Faculty Association Scholarship

Damaris Ruth Holmes (Double Major in Linguistics and Arts and Humanities)
Stephanie Spinks Arts Scholarships

Shatha Najeh Jisrawi (Double Major in Linguistics and Computer Science)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarship

Yanfei Lu (Honors Specialization in Linguistics)
Memorial Scholarship

Holly Bronwyn Scott (Honors Specialization in Linguistics, Major in French Studies)
Harriet Beatrice Freele Scholarship


Linguistics Talks @ Western

October 26, 2018 (1:30pm, UC 3120)

Adriana Soto-Corominas (University of Alberta)
"The acquisition of partitivity in Catalan-Spanish bilingualism: dominance and age effects"


Convocation 2018

June 19, 2018

azizCongratulations to Jacob Aziz on winning the University of Western Ontario Gold Medal for Honors Specialization in Linguistics for his academic performance in this field.

Jacob is pictured here during the Graduation Ceremony with Dr. Ileana Paul, Co-director of the Inter-Faculty Program in Linguistics.


Linguistics Talks @ Western

April 20 (AHB 2R09, 3:00pm)

Angélica Hernández
"Pluralizing Existential haber in the Caribbean and Latin America: 
Is a subject-like complement to blame?"


Linguistics Talks @ Western

March 29, 2018 (UCC 54A, 11:00 am)

Anne-Michelle Tessier (University of Michigan)
"Segmental identity in the very informal lexicon: sh*tgibbons and f*ckfrisbees"


Linguistics Talks @ Western

March 14, 2018 (AHB 2R07, 2:30pm)

Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins (University of Victoria)
"Dictionaries are more than words"


Linguistics Talks @ Western

February 28, 2018 (AHB 2R07, 2:30pm)

Jacques Lamarche (Western University)
"Phrase structure without head features"


Linguistics Talks @ Western

February 7, 2018 (UCC 54A, 2:30pm)

Ken McRae (Western University)
"The importance of event knowledge in the organization and structure of semantic memory"


Linguistics Talks @ Western

January 24, 2018 (UCC 63, 2:30pm)

Ileana Paul (Western University)
"Syntax and phonology of pronoun-noun constructions in Malagasy"