Myers and Chaperon in ACAL conference volume
Willie Myers and Brandon Chaperon (MA '25) both have papers published in the new volume 'Pamoja tena' Together again: African linguistics after COVID, a volume including select presentations from the 54th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at University of Connecticut in June 2024. Willie Myers – Headless relative clauses and anti-agreement…
August 30, 2026
Tewarihwí:saks workshops
McGill Linguistics affiliates partnered with the grassroots Kanien'kéha language group Ionkwahrhonkha'onhátie' to present three workshops in Akwesasne this summer. The first was on how to use linguistic elicitation as a second-language learner, the second was on transcribing language recordings with ELAN, and the third was on practices of archiving and…
August 30, 2026
Welcome incoming graduate students!
Ziru Chen (she/her) is interested in phonetics and laboratory phonology, particularly topics in speech production and perception. She is from Zhejiang, China. She...
August 30, 2026
LabPhon 20 in Montreal
June 24-29, LabPhon 20 was held in Montreal for the conference's 40th anniversary, organized by McGill Linguistics members and colleagues in Ottawa. More...
August 23, 2026
Alex Zhai to U Manitoba
Alex Zhai has accepted a two-year instructor position at the University of Manitoba –– congratulations Alex!
August 23, 2026
McGill @ Linguistics summer schools
Edward Flemming (MIT) and Michael Wagner co-taught a class on Prosody at the The 7th Crete Summer School of Linguistics in Rethymno, Crete, July 18–31. Jessica Coon taught a...
August 23, 2026
McGill @ SALT 36
Several current and former McGill affiliates travelled to Argentina for Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 36, held July 29-31 at the University of...
August 23, 2026
Welcome new post-doc, Sam Prins
McLing is happy to welcome Samantha Prins, who is joining us for a two-year Canada Impact+ Research Training Award (CIRTA) postdoctoral fellowship, working...
August 23, 2026
Summer dissertation defenses
McGill linguists had a number of successful PhD defenses this summer. These included: Alex Zhai, 7/28 – "Are Some Listeners More Lexical Than...
August 23, 2026
Thank you 2025-2026 McLing editors & summer hiatus
As the academic year wraps up, Jeanne and Morgan are stepping down as co-editors of McLing — thank you for your service! We're...
May 31, 2026
Irene Smith teaching position at UMass Amherst
Recent PhD graduate Irene Smith has accepted a one-year teaching position at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Department of Linguistics. Congratulations, Irene!
May 31, 2026