WELCOME TO UBC LINGUISTICS!
The Department of Linguistics at UBC is an active center of research and teaching. We are well known for our work on First Nations languages, African languages, experimental linguistics (production, perception and first language acquisition), and linguistic theory (syntax, semantics, phonology, and phonetics). The department offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. For more information about the department and the field of linguistics, go to the about page.
Announcements for Undergraduate Students
Linguistics students, please see the undergraduate announcements page for news and updates from your undergraduate advisors.
For general news and announcements from the department, please scroll down.
Workshop on Focus (in the NW and Elsewhere)
Tue, 05/08/2012 - 9:45am — mkiyotaInvited speakers: Karsten Koch (University of Calgary), Angelika Kratzer (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Michael Rochemont (UBC), Lisa Selkirk (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Totem Field Studios Seminar Room
Thursday May 10th, 9.00-5.00
Please click here to download the schedule.
Linguistics at MURC
Wed, 03/21/2012 - 9:01pm — heijlThe Linguistics Department will be well-represented at the upcoming Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference! Taking place Saturday, March 24th, at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, MURC offers a chance for undergraduate students to share their research projects. Linguistics undergrads Becky Laturnus, Sophie Walters, and Lisa Murphy will be among the student presenters. Grad students Jen Abel, Heather Bliss, Michael McAuliffe, and Anita Szakay will be among the adjudicators at the conference.
UBC Faculty Members are co-authors of "Linguistics for Dummies"
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 8:30pm — dechaineStrang Burton, Rose-Marie Déchaine and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson are the three co-authors of the recently released book "Linguistics for Dummies", published by Wiley-Blackwell. The book is a user-friendly introduction to the study of linguistics, and to recent advances in the field.
UBC Linguistics Newsletter
UBC Linguistics Newsletter December 2011 edition is now available on our website. Please click "NEWSLETTER" in the main menu or please click the edition you would like to view or download:
The Kinkade Collection: the On-Line Archive of Papers for the International Conference on Salish (and Neighbo(u)ring) Languages
Welcome to the Kinkade Collection, hosted by the UBC Department of Linguistics website.
Announcement: The volumes from the years 2003 and 2011 are now available on the archive.
Please note:
- The articles in this archive are working papers, and copyright remains with the authors. Our thanks to them for allowing us to distribute these papers electronically.
Announcements
Our many thanks to Joe Stemberger for his years of service and leadership as Department Head - and welcome (back!) to Doug Pulleyblank who recently took over as the new Head as of January 2012!
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events planned at this time.
