McLing is happy to welcome three new graduate students to the Linguistics program, and one to the Ad Hoc MA in Indigenous Language Revitalization!
Nicolas Poisson (he/him) is particularly interested in logic, formal semantics and pragmatics, specifically topics like presupposition, scalar implicatures, questions and conditionals. He studied in a multidisciplinary Bachelor’s program in Marseille (France), followed by an MA in Cognitive Sciences in Paris at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Beside his interests in literature, in his spare time he enjoys playing chess, bouldering and trying to learn bass.
Sama’a Salama is an aspiring fieldwork semanticist working in the fields of evidentiality, epistemic authority, and focus. Thus far this research has focused on epistemic authority in Imbabura Kichwa and ħatta/ʔslan (‘even’) in Egyptian Arabic as an undergrad at the University of Ottawa. Sama’a is interested in incorporating experimental eye-tracking methods within fieldwork as well as expanding how we think of evidentiality. Beyond academics, Sama’a enjoys reading, writing, and martial arts (Karate & Muay Thai).
Clara Tran is primarily interested in second language acquisition, especially regarding sentence processing and sound production. Her target population so far has been Vietnamese learners of English. She also finds sociolinguistics intriguing as she spends (a lot of) time observing Internet language and people giving opinions about language. Clara completed her B.A. Honours in Linguistics, with a minor in Psychology, at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, NS). She enjoys cleaning/tidying her living space, grocery shopping, cooking, playing guitar, learning new things, some of which must be done with music.
Arihwisaks Colin Benedict (He/Him) is Kanien’kehà:ka Wolf Clan from the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. He is interested in Kanien’kéha Adult-Immersion Teaching Methodology and Kanien’kéha dialect preservation in Akwesasne. He is a graduate of the Onkwawén:na Kentyóhkwa immersion program in Ohswé:ken. He also has a B.A. from Six Nation Polytechnic’s Ongwehoweh Language program, and a B.S. from Cornell University’s School Industrial and Labor Relations. He enjoys hockey, waterskiing, and hiking.
