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The LRC offers a world-class environment for language research and education. Our goal is to better understand how we acquire and process language and how language functions as part of culture and literature.
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University of Calgary Students Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with Music, Mooncakes, and Cultural Fun
The University of Calgary’s Chinese program hosted a warm and engaging Mid-Autumn Festival celebration on October 3, 2025, in CHE 212. The event brought together learners and instructors to celebrate one of the most beloved traditions in Chinese culture.
In the News Vincent Nwosu, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, in the Nigerian Tribune
Nearly 300 Nigerian languages endangered, some may disappear within a generation
University of Calgary students win awards at the 36th Canadian National Japanese Speech Contest
UCalgary students Ezgi Ince and May Pham were awarded for their unique and inspiring speeches at this year’s Canadian National Japanese Speech Contest, held on March 30th, 2025
Didactic Sacred Dramas: Giovan Maria Cecchi's use of Petrarchism in his Moral Plays
Congratulations to Jessica Ruffolo (MA Transcultural Studies, LLAC), Defence: July 11, 2025, Thesis title: Didactic Sacred Dramas: Giovan Maria Cecchi's use of Petrarchism in his Moral Plays, Examination Committee: Eleonora Buonocore (supervisor), Ozouf Amedegnato, Rachel Schmidt, Neutral Chair: Ben Whaley
Contrastive Inference and Comprehension in Children
Congratulations to Cheryl Iwanchuk (MA, Linguistics), Defence: June 30, 2025, Thesis title: Do you get what I mean? Contrastive Inference and Comprehension in Children, Examination Committee: Dimitrios Skordos (supervisor), Dennis Storoshenko, David Liebesman, Neutral Chair: Stephen Winters