TULCON 12

The twelfth annual TULCON (Toronto Undergraduate Linguistics Conference) is taking place on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th. Given the designation of 2019 as the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages, the keynote speakers will be Suzi Lima (faculty) and Jessica Denniss (Ph.D.). Suzi's talk is "Language maintenance and revitalization in Brazil: A case study," and Jessica will be presenting "The mutual value of linguistic work with Indigenous communities: A perspective from Ngarinyman (Australia)". Undergraduate students of ours presenting at TULCON this year are:

Anissa Baird (BA) and Rachel Keir (BA):
"Word-final vowel deletion: Italian's influence on Faetar?"

Kai Ian Leung (BA) and Monika Molnar (faculty, Speech-Language Pathology)
"The role of voice familiarity during bilingual spoken language processing."

Nazia Mosin (BA), Lisa Sullivan (Ph.D.), and Yoonjung Kang (faculty)
"Gender phonology of Urdu first names."

Breanna Pratley (BA):
"The importance of methodological choices in the typology of uncommon phenomena:
A Gilaki case study."

Mark Smith (BA):
"Choosing between VVPE and OG in Brazilian Portuguese."

Aileen Song (BA) and Grace Ryu (BA):
"Exploring the universality of pro-drop patterns: An analysis of Korean heritage and homeland speakers."

Rosemary Webb (BA):
"Modifier reduplication in Gilaki."