McGill undergraduate student open house
The McGill Open House 2026 took place on October 24, in the Arts & Leacock buildings. We were very lucky to have a strong team of some of the current undergraduate students in Linguistics, helping prospective students and their family members, answering many questions from them. A big thank you…
November 1, 2026
Syntax-Semantics Group 10/26: von Heusinger “Island constraints for conceptual anaphora.”
The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, October26th, at 1-2pm in Room 002 of the McGill linguistics department, 1085 Dr. Penfield. Online participants can join with this zoom link. Klaus von Heusinger (Universität zu Köln) will be presenting “Island constraints for conceptual anaphora.” Here is the abstract: Conceptual anaphors, as in (1), from Morton Ann…
October 25, 2026
McGill @ NELS 57
McGill linguists presented their work at this year's meeting of the North East Linguistics Society (NELS 57), which was held at the CUNY...
October 25, 2026
First PhD in Indigenous Language Revitalization to Mary McDonald
The McGill Reporter featured an article on Mary Tekahawáhkwen McDonald, known to many as Wá:ri, who graduated Monday with McGill's first PhD in...
October 25, 2026
McGill at AMP 2026
Several current and former McGillians were involved in talks and poster presentations at the Annual Meeting on Phonology (AMP) 2026, held October 9-11...
October 18, 2026
Palucci and Alonso-Ovalle in Semantics of Natural Languages
Jonny Palucci and Luis Alonso-Ovalle’s paper “Have causatives always project possibilities from facts” was just accepted for publication in Semantics of Natural Languages.
October 18, 2026
Syntax Semantics Group 10/19: Hannah Katinsky “’What’ is a verb? Question formation in Kanien’kéha.”
The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, October 19th, at 1-2pm in Room 002 of the McGill linguistics department, 1085 Dr. Penfield. Online participants can...
October 18, 2026
Welcome picnic photos
On September 18th, the Graduate Linguistic Association of McGill (GLAM) hosted a beginning-of-year picnic in Parc Jeanne-Mance. Good food and company abounded. Thanks...
October 4, 2026
Syntax Semantics Group 09/28: Yosef Grodzinsky “How Deeply Human is Language? Chomsky, the Brain and the AI Fantasy.”
The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, September28th, at 1-2pm in Room 002 of the McGill linguistics department, 1085 Dr. Penfield. Online participants can join with...
September 28, 2026
Colloquium 10/2 – Lefteris Paparounas
The first talk in our McGill Linguistics Colloquium Series will be given by Lefteris Paparounas (UQAM), next Friday, October 2nd, at 3:30pm in Arts Building, room 150. The...
September 27, 2026
Syntax Semantics Group 21/09: Emma Custer “Long-distance allomorphy in Pulaar is locally conditioned.”
The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, September21st, at 1-2pm in Room 002 of the McGill linguistics department, 1085 Dr. Penfield. Online participants can join...
September 20, 2026