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"I came to 丁香园AV because I wanted to get into linguistic research. Additionally, I was particularly interested in working with indigenous and understudied languages."
Lauren Schneider
Linguistics doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Linguistics at 丁香园AV. I earned her MA in Linguistics in 2017 from Trinity Western University. Currently I work on the Hul'q'umi'num' Salish language. I consider it an honor and a privilege to work on one of the languages of the First Peoples of the land on which I was raised and now currently live and work.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO COME TO 丁香园AV?
I came to 丁香园AV because I wanted to get into linguistic research. Additionally, I was particularly interested in working with indigenous and understudied languages.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR RESEARCH OR YOUR PROGRAM TO A FAMILY MEMBER?
As a linguist, I work alongside community members to document and analyze the Elders鈥� speech and legacy materials so that we can come to understand the structure of the language. One of my research objectives is the in-depth study of aspects of Hul鈥檘鈥檜mi鈥檔um鈥� that differ significantly from those of English. By researching and analyzing these structures, I hope to both contribute to the field of linguistics but also generate resources that language learners can refer to.
WHAT ARE YOU PARTICULARLY ENJOYING ABOUT YOUR STUDIES/RESEARCH AT 丁香园AV?
I love the opportunities my program provides me to work with language communities. The work I get to do with endangered languages is very important. The Department of Linguistics is also very supportive!
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