Kaili Vesik
Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)
Department of Linguistics
The UBC Linguistics Department has high-quality and very lively graduate programs in linguistics; the Ph.D. program also offers an interdisciplinary stream in cognitive systems. Our students are actively engaged in research from the moment they enter the department, and they have an excellent track record of publishing and presenting their work at national and international conferences. We welcome applications from outstanding students who want to do research in the areas that define our department’s unique profile.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abdul-Mageed, Muhammad | Deep Learning; Natural Language Processing; Machine Learning; Computational Linguistics; Social Media Mining; Arabic; Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, Social Media Mining, Arabic |
| Babel, Molly | Phonetics; Recognition of Speech; Perception and Representation; Acoustics; Dialects; acoustics of speech production; phonetic variation; speech perception; spoken word recognition; Phonetics, Recognition of Speech, Perception and Representation, Acoustics, Dialects, Acoustics of speech production, Phonetic variation, Speech perception, Spoken word recognition |
| Bochnak, Ryan | Linguistics; Semantics; linguistic fieldwork; linguistics, semantics, linguistic fieldwork |
| Davis, Henry Thomas | First Nations languages |
| Dechaine, Rose-Marie | Native American languages; Algonquian language family, Cree, Blackfoot, Ojibwe; French / English bilingualism policy; formal linguistics; generative grammar (Chomsky); West African languages (Niger-Congo, Yoruba, Igbo, Edo); Nigerian languages; literacy vs. oralcy; language planning re: French, Indigenous languages, Speech/gesture coordination, syntactic interface relations |
| Gick, Bryan | phonetics, speech science, speech motor control, speech perception, multimodal perception, tactile perception, ultrasound imaging of speech, sounds of the world’s languages, Physical mechanisms of speech production, speech research |
| Hall, Kathleen | Phonology; Phonetics; Laboratory Phonology; Sign Languages; Phonology, Phonetics, Laboratory Phonology, Sign Languages |
| Hammerly, Christopher | Syntax & Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe); Syntax & Morphology, Psycholinguistics, Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) |
| Hansson, Gunnar | theoretical phonology; morphology-phonology interface; phonological typology; historical linguistics (language change); locality relations; Icelandic; theoretical phonology, morphology-phonology interface, phonological typology, historical linguistics (language change), locality relations, Icelandic |
| Hudson Kam, Carla | Language development, second language acquisition, critical periods for learning, input and language learning, language learning and language change, Psychology, First and second language acquisition, gesture and language learning, language contact and language change |
| Matthewson, Lisa | Semantics; Austronesian languages; Cross-linguistic variation and universals; Salish languages; Semantic fieldwork; Tsimshianic languages; Semantics, Austronesian languages, Cross-linguistic variation and universals, Salish languages, Semantic fieldwork, Tsimshianic languages |
| Morzycki, Marcin | adverbial modification; degree modifiers; expressive meaning; grammar of modification; knowledge of meaning; measure phrases; modification of quantifiers; nonrestrictive modification; semantic restrictions on modifier order; Semantics, syntax, and their interface; Adverbial modification, Degree modifiers, Expressive meaning, Grammar of modification, Knowledge of meaning, Measure phrases, Modification of quantifiers, Nonrestrictive modification, Semantic restrictions on modifier order, Semantics, syntax, and their interface |
| Pulleyblank, Douglas | Phonology; Morphology; African languages; Yoruba; Phonology, Morphology, African languages, Yoruba |
| Rullmann, Hotze | Semantics; Semantics |
| Soskuthy, Marton | language change; Computational modeling; Statistics; Phonetics; Cognitive systems; Cognitive systems, Computational modeling, Language change, Phonetics, Statistics |
| Tessier, Anne-Michelle | Constraint-based grammars; Phonological acquisition; L2 production and perception in childhood; Lexical avoidance; Phonological theories; Shitgibbons; Constraint-based grammars, Phonological acquisition, L2 production and perception in childhood, Lexical avoidance, Phonological theories, Shitgibbons |
| Zhu, Jian | Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Speech Sciences |