McLing is happy to welcome Samantha Prins, who is joining us for a two-year Canada Impact+ Research Training Award (CIRTA) postdoctoral fellowship, working with Jessica Coon.
Sam’s research combines morphosyntactic theory, documentation, and (re)vitalization. Her theoretical work centers on formal models of inflection, agreement, and reference-tracking in Algonquian languages, particularly Blackfoot. Her documentary work focuses on Mayan languages, including Kaqchikel and Highland Mayan Sign Language. Her applied work involves collaborative language research, resource development, capacity-building, and organizing with community language workers in (re)vitalization contexts. Sam completed her PhD in linguistics at the University of Arizona. Her dissertation, supervised by Heidi Harley, explores inflectional syncretism in Algonquian languages, and the intersections of grammatical analysis with Indigenous language pedagogy. At McGill, she’ll join Jessica Coon in researching animacy and hierarchy effects in Haudenosaunee and Algonquian languages and developing reciprocal approaches to language work through community-university partnerships.McLing is happy to welcome Samantha Prins, joining us in September as a postdoctoral fellow working with Jessica Coon.
Sam’s research combines morphosyntactic theory, documentation, and (re)vitalization. Her theoretical work centers on formal models of inflection, agreement, and reference-tracking in Algonquian languages, particularly Blackfoot. Her documentary work focuses on Mayan languages, including Kaqchikel and Highland Mayan Sign Language. Her applied work involves collaborative language research, resource development, capacity-building, and organizing with community language workers in (re)vitalization contexts. Sam completed her PhD in linguistics at the University of Arizona. Her dissertation, supervised by Heidi Harley, explores inflectional syncretism in Algonquian languages, and the intersections of grammatical analysis with Indigenous language pedagogy. At McGill, she’ll join Jessica Coon in researching animacy and hierarchy effects in Haudenosaunee and Algonquian languages and developing reciprocal approaches to language work through community-university partnerships.
