Welcome to Calgary Linguistics!

Home of ‘A Higher Clause’, the Graduate Students’ Association of Linguistics at the University of Calgary

We are a passionate group of Master’s and PhD linguistics students at the University of Calgary dedicated to fostering growth, collaboration, and connection among students in the field. At Calgary Linguistics, you’ll find a diverse group of scholars sharing groundbreaking research, thought-provoking discussions, paper writing, and innovative ideas in linguistic exploration. Whether you’re diving into phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, first language acquisition, or historical linguistics, Calgary Linguistics is the place to be.

Explore our website to find information on our graduate students (A Higher Clause), undergraduate students (Verbatim), research groups led by our faculty, and information on events, including colloquium talks and seminars by professors and professionals across North America aimed at developing our understanding of current linguistic research, and interdisciplinary nature of linguistics. Follow our social media to keep up to date on all things #UCalgaryLING!

September 27thSimon Roessig (University of York, UK)
Organized by the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Topic: “Syntagmatic prominence relations in prosodic focus marking”
Online broadcasting at Craigie Hall E212 – 3:30pm

October 18thKyumin Kim (Chungbuk National University & UCalgary)
Syntax topic (TBA)
Craigie Hall E212 – 3:30pm

November 2ndAlberta Conference on Linguistics
Craigie Hall E212

November 28th“An Evening of Language Love” with Julie Sedivy 
Taylor Family Digital Library – 6:00-8:00pm

November 29thAnja Arnhold (UAlberta)
Topic: “Prosody-syntax interactions, typology and linguistic complexity”
Craigie Hall E212 – 3:30pm

January 17thSusanne Carroll (UCalgary)
Topic: “Time in language acquisition research”
Craigie Hall E212 – 3:30pm

February 6thAlumni panel on alternative careers for linguists, featuring Jen Abel, Brittany McDonald and Svitlana Winters
Last Defense Lounge – 6pm

February 28thKeir Moulton (UToronto)
Experimental Syntax topic (TBA)
Craigie Hall E212 – 3:30pm

March 14thLyn Tieu (UToronto)
Experimental or Developmental Pragmatics topic (TBA)
Craigie Hall E212 – 3:30pm

Contact us

Craigie Hall (University of Calgary) 2940 University Way NW
Calgary, Alberta

calgarylinguistics@gmail.com

A Higher Clause would like to thank the Graduate Students’ Association of the University of Calgary for supporting the creation of this website through their Quality Money Program.
GSA Quality Money