In LING 531 and LING 532, the students spent eight months learning about linguistic field methods from Lisa Matthewson, with a focus on Nɬeʔkepmxcín.  We were so fortunate to work with three speakers: Bev Phillips, C̓úʔsinek Marty Aspinall, and Kʷaɬtəzétkʷu Bernice Garcia.  In April 2023, to celebrate our progress thus far, we held a poster session attended by students and faculty from our department.  Thanks to everyone who came out!

Student Zara (Gazelle) Khalaji Pirbaluti (right) fields question on her poster.

Students Ella Hannon (front left) and Cayla Smith (behind left) take questions on their poster.

Student Anna Stacey (right) presents her poster (with student Farhan Samir (not pictured)).

Student Katie Givens (left) presents their poster.

Student Reed Steiner (centre) explains his poster.

Student Danica Reid (right) walks attendees through her poster.

Student Brent Hall (left) presents his poster.

Nɬeʔkepmxcín is a Northern Interior Salish language, spoken along the Thompson and Fraser Rivers in British Columbia, Canada. This lab group, hosted at the University of British Columbia and managed by UBC faculty and students, works on all aspects of Nɬeʔkepmxcín, including its syntax, semantics, phonetics, and phonology.

We are committed to community language work and to making our linguistic work accessible to community members.

kʷukʷstéyp! (Thank you all!)