Members

Current lab members (affiliated with UBC unless otherwise indicated):

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Lisa Matthewson
Principal investigator
Lisa is interested in everything about how meaning is expressed in Nɬeʔkepmxcín. Right now she is working on the two different ways that you can ask yes/no questions like ‘Is it raining?’ The two ways are used in slightly different types of contexts, depending on whether the asker thinks the answerer is going to answer ‘yes’.
Brent Hall
BA graduate
Brent works on syntax and stories in Nɬeʔkepmxcín.
Ella Hannon
PhD student
Co-investigator
hén̓ɬeʔ kp! nskʷést Ella. I'm a Ph.D candidate working on the semantics of temporal interpretation (including the question of whether nɬeʔkepmxcín is a tensed or a tenseless language, as well as the semantics of aspectual auxiliaries and clitics), and on the temporal semantics of clausal co-ordination. I examine how times are tracked in nɬeʔkepmxcín stories and conversation (both of which feature a lot of co-ordination!).
Zara (Gazelle) Khalaji Pirbaluti
MA student
Gazelle is interested in describing and documenting aspects related to sounds and sound patterns. She hopes to contribute to creating descriptions and pronunciation guides for learners.
Mila Loginova
MA student
Mila is an MA student interested in Indigenous language documentation and preservation. She’s hoping to do fieldwork focusing on syntax and semantics.
Noah Luntzlara
PhD student
Noah is a third year PhD student studying phonetics. He is originally from Michigan. He is interested in understanding the glottal sound patterns in Nɬeʔkepmxcín, especially associated with diminutive reduplication, i.e., words for "little" things which involve internal copying.
Sander Nederveen
PhD student
Sander works on documentation and analysis of the grammatical structure and meaning of aspectual marking of verbs -- i.e., marking that indicates the time span of a verb.
Danica Reid
PhD student
Co-investigator
Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Danica works on describing and documenting aspects related to sounds and sound patterns.
Cayla Smith
MSc student
University of Alberta
Cayla is interested in evidentials, or words which describe a speaker's source of evidence for a statement.
Anna Stacey
MA student
Anna primarily works on developing technology to support language documentation, but also works with speakers directly on recording conversations/stories.
Reed Steiner
PhD student
Reed works on meaning and grammar in Nɬeʔkepmxcín.

Past lab members: Katie Givens (BA graduate)