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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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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
Linguistics Program Takes The National Stage
University of Calgary PhD student, Francisco Ongay González takes the prize for best student poster presentation at this year's Canadian Linguistic Association Conference
2025-2026 List of LRC initiatives and How to Apply
LRC Initiatives: Research, Teaching, Community Engagement
Role Play as a Teaching and Learning Technique in the Classroom
Congratulations to Capko Koffi Xavier AHODETOR (MA Applied Linguistics, LLAC), Defence: April 22, 2025, Thesis title: L'état des lieux de l'utilisation du jeu de rôle en classe de français langue seconde, Examination Committee: Ozouf Amedegnato (supervisor), Cyrielle Faivre, Miao Li, Neutral Chair: Cheryl Dueck