Are you thinking about getting a linguistics degree? Here’s everything I wish I knew before enrolling in my first linguistics class. Note: Most of what I talk about here is based on my own experiences studying linguistics at the University of Toronto, St. George and how their linguistics program is structured. If you are looking…
Michif is the official language of the Métis Nation. It is one of many languages connected to the Métis people and is part of their history. This is part 3 in a three-part series on the history of French in Canada. Check out part 1 on Quebec French and part 2 on Acadian French. Who are the…
In linguistics, we observe a phenomenon known as contact languages. Contact languages emerge, as the name suggests, because of prolonged interactions between speakers of two ore more distinct and mutually unintelligible languages who do not otherwise share a lingua franca. They are mostly associated with trade and settler colonialism. This is largely because of the…
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