UBC Linguistics is hosting a joint meeting of SULA and TripleA in Vancouver, on May 12-15, 2026.

The call for papers is out now, please spread the word! @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @ucalgaryling.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social @uvichumanities.bsky.social

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On the topic of road safety: what can cities do independently?

I always wonder why marked pedestrian crossings like the ones on Bay Street (where I got hit) are not also speed bumps - is this a road safety measure council can make moves on?

And what consequences do drivers face if something does happen?

I got hit on a pedestrian crossing in Jan in a hit-and-run. Police presses MVA charges, but without criminal charges, I'm left not only with physical consequences (concussion, still recovering) but also unrecoverable financial losses.

New paper!

Henry Davis and I wrote a paper for the Salish Conference (ICSNL), in which we examine a suffix we call 'intransitive -t.' t-suffixation is found in almost all Salish languages, but we take a deep dive into its use in change-of-state predication in Interior Salish.

Looking to read something for over Christmas break?
Our XSyn paper "Underspecified they becomes specified early in sentence processing" is out now. We used some cool methods and found cool results :)

You can read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Next step: force politicians to explicate their choices as who should carry the burden of higher taxes and how they are levied.

Accepting the obvious premise of the visual is necessary but not sufficient for responsible politics.

I'll be teaching Intro Morphology and Syntax at the University of Victoria next term. If you have morphological data (e.g., allomorphy, syncretism) that you wouldn't mind to see students practice with, and that exposes students to a wealth of linguistic diversity, please reach out! #linguistics