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SFU Linguistics & Indigenous Languages
@sfulinguistics.bsky.social
Diverse, interdisciplinary, research-focused. Approachable, unconventional, fearless. Follow to pick the brains of the Linguists at Simon Fraser University.
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Python for Text Analysis is a 1-credit elective offered fully online (LING 380). Open to all students, no prerequisites.

@mtaboada.bsky.social is director of the Discourse Processing Lab and a Royal Society of Canada Fellow.

Spring 2026 outline: www.sfu.ca/outlines.htm...

@sfufass.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Join us Nov 14 at 3:30pm for a research talk about linguistics fieldwork on Indigenous languages. Harbour Centre, Room 2270. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Learn more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...

@sfufass.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Congratulations to professor Maite Taboada, SSHRC Insight Award finalist! The award is for outstanding achievement arising from SSHRC-funded initiatives which contributed to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world: sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
@mtaboada.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Join us on July 31 at 12:30 pm for an MA Project Presentation by Vanja Vekic Chen titled Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey from Novel to Film. Details at www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
July 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
SFU and UBC present a joint showcase of research in linguistics: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/... #langsky #linguistics #languageresearch
June 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Impact of Al on human language" is the topic of Michelle Cohn's upcoming research talk discussing her work at #UCDavis Phonetics Lab. Fri May 30 at 12:30pm in RCB 6152 & via Zoom. Find out more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
May 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Celebrating 1,000 followers and sending a huge thank you to each and every one!
May 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
SFU Linguistics & UBC Linguistics invite you to a joint research showcase featuring presentations from students, postdocs, faculty, labs and reading groups! Join us on May 16th at 12pm in the Dodson Room at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC Point Grey: www.eventbrite.ca/e/linguistic...
May 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Join us on Thurs May 1st 11:30am for a research talk by Colin Brown, titled Clause typing and clitic linearization in #Gitksan. Brown is an SSHRC Postdoctoral Scholar at UBC Linguistics who received his PhD from #UCLA. More info & Zoom link: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Learn more about this exciting course for Summer 2025: www.sfu.ca/students/cal... @sfufass.bsky.social
@mglinguist.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Join us Monday at 12:30pm for a talk titled X̱aad Kíhlga Tl'a Guusuugiigang: A Haida Research Framework for Learning X̱aad Kíl. Zoom link available. Info here: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
February 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Join us for a talk titled X̱aad Kíhlga Tl'a Guusuugiigang: A Haida Research Framework for Learning X̱aad Kíl. Mon, Feb 24, 12:30pm. Zoom link available! Free event. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/multilingu...
February 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Join us on Monday for a research talk by Dr Ife Adebara. Her work is breaking barriers by pioneering natural language processing for African languages. Free event, open to all. Details inc Zoom: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/... @sfufass.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Join via Zoom the launch of a report tracing the colonial origins of SFU Burnaby, detailing racist assumptions of empty land, white supremacy, and colonial ‘improvement’. Presented by SFU Geography, Sociology and Anthropology, & Indigenous Studies. Register here: events.sfu.ca/event/43085-...
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Interested in helping others learn English? The program is aimed at undergraduate students with no prior teaching experience. Courses include English grammar, second language acquisition, classroom practices, and a 30-hour practicum. More here: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/... #langsky #tesl
January 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We are excited to welcome our newest member of faculty, Jozina Vander Klok. She is a field linguist specializing in Javanese, a surprisingly understudied language: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
January 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
SFU Linguistics 2024 Wrapped: secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...
December 19, 2024 at 4:49 AM
The 2024 LinguisticsNOW Colloquium was delivered by @cbchang.bsky.social in partnership with UBC Linguistics. Sharing research from @pamlab.bsky.social, Dr. Chang explored the dynamics of cross-linguistic influence among one’s first and additional languages.
#langsky #language #multilingual #SFU
December 17, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Register now for LING 100 with award-winning lecturer Margaret Grant. Analyze language from a scientific perspective, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, & linguistic research. More info: www.sfu.ca/students/cal...
⁦‪#linguistics #langsky #language @sfufass.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Applications are now open for graduate studies in Linguistics at Simon Fraser University in metro Vancouver. Prospective MA and PhD students are invited to apply: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
@sfufass.bsky.social #langsky #linguistics
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 AM