SLUM: society of linguistics undergrads at mcgill

It is finally here! The awesome line of clothing provided by your Student Linguistic Society has finally arrived! We’ve got some truly awesome designs this year, including the highly sought after “This is a wug” design. There are 5 designs to choose from in THREE possible colours! Want a hoodie? No problem! Want a t-shirt? No problem! Want an American Apparel t-shirt? No problem! Feeling short on cash? No Problem! We even have, for the first time ever, a discount t-shirt! Thank you for all those who wrote in requesting a combined Linguistic/Psych design, due to popular demand, the SLUMwear 2010 catalogue now offers the hot design you wanted.

Take a look at the attached order form. They are due back Wed. Feb. 17th. You can hand them in with exact change to Connie in rm. 111 of the Linguistics Building (1085 Dr. Penfield).

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C’est lancé enfin! Les vêtements SLUM sont finalement disponibles. Nous avons les créations merveilleuses cette année. Parmi eux, celui de «This is a wug» pour laquelle il y avait beaucoup de demande. Nous offrons 5 concepts en TROIS couleurs! Voulez-vous un pull? Nous l’avons. Voulez-vous un t-shirt? Nous l’avons. Voulez-vous un t-shirt très chic American Apparel? Nous l’avons. Voulez-vous économiser? Nous avons même un t-shirt à rabais pour la première fois! Merci à tous qui nous ont envoyé un courriel pour dire qu’ils voulaient un t-shirt ou pull Linguistique et Psychologie. C’est grâce à vous que nous l’offrons cette année!

Jetez un coup d’œil au formulaire ci-joint. La date finale pour commander est Mec. Le 17 fév. Veuillez rendre les formulaires avec argent exact à Connie dans la salle 111 du pavillon linguistique (1085 Dr. Penfield).

SLUMwear order form

Hello all! Here is the first of many announcements regarding McGill’s fourth annual linguistic conference, better known as McCCLU (McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistic Undergrads)!
This year the conference will be held the weekend of March 12-14, from Friday evening to Sunday morning. Expect to learn loads and have an awesome time with your fellow linguists!
The conference is open to anybody interested in language, and we will keep you posted on registration fees and deadlines closer to the date. However, if you would like to present, you should submit an abstract (Max 1 page) to mccclu2010@gmail.com by February 15th, 2010.

So mark your calendars folks, and hope to see many happy, smiling, linguistic-loving faces this year!

Lizzie Smith (Co-Coordinator McCCLU 2010)

Come get to know your professors while getting tipsy on
free wine and cheese!

Friday Oct. 16
Slum Lounge
5pm

Feeling stressed, anxious or worried about an upcoming Linguistics midterm?

It is your lucky day, just visit one of the SLUM study sessions for your class to get all your questions answered.

Here are the dates:

LING 360 (semantics) - Oct 13, 4:30-6
Phonology - Oct 15, 4:30-5:30
Morphology - Oct 15, 5:30-6:30
Neuroscience of language - Oct 16, 3-5
LING 200 - Oct 19, 4:30-5:30
LING 201 - Oct 26, 4:30-5:30
Language acquisition - Nov 2, 4:30-5:30

All study sessions will take place in room 002 in the Linguistics Building.

Are you going on exchange this winter? Then this information is for you…

Dear Associate Deans and Faculty representatives,

The Pre-Departure Orientation session on October 5, 2009 is quickly approaching. Please remember to inform students travelling in Winter 2010. Note that the next session will take place March 2010. We hope that you will also join us. It would be helpful if you register by filling out the registration form on the website so we know how many people to expect (Enter Type of International Activity as “Other”; Regional Session Desired as “North America”; Country as “Canada”.) Refreshments will be served.

The information below is taken from the website www.mcgill.ca/students/international/predeparture/ .
Pre-departure information sessions
Studying Abroad in Winter 2010? Be prepared!
If you plan to study abroad this year you are required to participate in pre-departure orientation. One way to meet this requirement is to attend the University-wide session being hosted by the Office of International Education. This session will be offered twice a year, once in October and again in March 2010. Use the registration form below to sign up before Monday, September 28.
When:
Monday October 5, 2009
5:00 pm: Plenary Session
6:00 pm: Reception
6:30 pm: Regional Break-out Sessions
RSVP by: Monday, September 28

Where:
Pollack Hall, Strathcona Music Building, 555 Sherbrooke Street West

Why you should go:
At our Pre-Departure Orientation Session, you’ll:

* Learn about the new Travel Guidelines and Travel Registry ;
* Hear from McGill and Canadian government officials about consular services, regional safety, health, travel tips and much more;
* Participate in regional break-out sessions where you’ll meet country specialists and students from those regions; and
* Mingle with other students who are studying abroad.

Hey you linguistics student!

Want to be in the know about linguistics related conferences, paper submission opportunities?

Want to know where to meet other linguistics nerds?

Want to be spammed by a lot of cool linguistics knowledge?

Then sign-up for the SLUM Listserv by adding a comment to this post.

NOTE: If you are a U2+ Linguistics Student you will automatically be added to the listserv, but if you are U0 or U1 or an Exchange student sign up here or in the LING Lounge to recieve awesome SLUM emails!

 Here’s some linguistics related stuff…

Lectures

1. L2 acquistition of Russian Aspect

Larissa Nossalik in Arts 160 on Thursday Oct 1 2009 at 2pm

2. Bag Lunch Talks

The Linguistics Department offers a series of lectures called the bag lunch talks which are 20-30 min informal lectures on linguistics related topics.  These talks will be Thurdays at 1pm. Keep posted for further information. If you would like to GIVE a talk contact mordecai.lieberman@MAIL.MCGILL.CA.

3. Psycholinguistics Conference at OttawaU

One day conference on November 6 2009. For more information contact: psychoshorts@uottawa.ca

4. Linguistics Undergrad Conference at OttawaU

November 21, 2009. Stay tuned for more details. Or contact: ottawa.undergradcon@gmail.com or visit the website: oclu.ca

5. Scholarship Contest

www.desjardins.com/caissedelenvolee 

Thats all for now…stay tuned!

Hear ye, hear ye… let it be known the SLUM General Meetings shall take place every other Friday at 3:30pm in the SLUM Lounge.

Hey everyone!

Beer and Pizza this Thursday in the LING LOUNGE. At 5pm.

Details: There’s beer, there’s pizza…what else do you need to know?

(The ling lounge is located on Dr. Penfield in the LING Building on the Second Floor)

That is all.

ps: costumes optional

I thought it was time that I start actually doing my job, and communicating! :p If you havent met me yet, my name is Nate and I am the VP Comm for 2009/10. I’ve just had a look at the LING email and there are a couple interesting tidbits that y’all might like to know.

1. Suppression of Slovak Language. Here is a message forwarded from a Linguistics Prof at a Hungarian University.

Dear Fellow Linguists,

The National Council of the Slovak Republic passed an act on June 30th, 2009, modifying earlier regulations applying to the use of the Slovak language as the state language of the Slovak Republic. The new regulations restrict the use not only of other languages but also variants of the Slovak language, threatening violations of the law by imposing fines of EUR 100 to 5000 on individuals and businesses, running to EUR 165,000 in case of media organisations.

We find these restrictions untenable both linguistically and from the point of view of human rights. By determining the language, and the language variant to be used, the Act wishes to control communication in all public situations, also those outside the competence of the state, such as consultations among patients and doctors, scientific conferences, business meetings, communication in the offices of local governments.

Therefore we ask everybody who disagrees with the amendments of the Slovakian language law to sign the petition issued officially by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
To read about the details and sign the petition, go to http://peticio.nytud.hu/

Katalin Balogne Berces, PhD
Lecturer, Dept. of English Language
and Literature, Pazmany Peter
Catholic University,
Piliscsaba, H-2087, Hungary

2. Deadline for proposals for the 8th annual hawaii conference on arts and humanities
Submission Deadline: August 21, 2009

Sponsored by:
University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods

Web address: http://www.hichumanities.org
Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org

The 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities
will be held from January 13 (Wednesday) to January 16 (Saturday),
2010 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and the Hilton Waikiki
Prince Kuhio Hotel in Honolulu,

Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for
academicians and professionals from arts and humanities related fields
to interact with members inside and outside their own particular
disciplines. Cross-disciplinary

submissions with other fields are welcome.

Topic Areas (All Areas of Arts & Humanities are Invited):
*Anthropology
*American Studies
*Archeology
*Architecture
*Art
*Art History
*Dance
*English
*Ethnic Studies
*Film
*Folklore
*Geography
*Graphic Design
*History
*Landscape Architecture
*Languages
*Literature
*Linguistics
*Music
*Performing Arts
*Philosophy
*Postcolonial Identities
*Product Design
*Religion
*Second Language Studies
*Speech/Communication
*Theatre
*Visual Arts
*Other Areas of Arts and Humanities
*Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas.

Submitting a Proposal:

You may submit your paper/proposal by using our online submission
system! To use the system, and for detailed information about
submitting see: http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm

Thats all for now! Check back in the next couple of weeks, im going to try to update the website and blog when I get some time.See y’all in September!

Hey guys,

Panicked about your linguistics finals? Don’t worry, SLUM is here to help!

Here is the schedule for finals study sessions. They will all be held in the linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield) room 002.  

Ling 200:  April 15th at 3pm. (Led by a peer Tutor.)
Ling 201 (Intro): April 27th at 1pm. (Led by a peer Tutor.)
Ling 320 (Sociolinguistics): April 28th at 12:00pm. (No Formal leader.)
Ling 330 (Phonetics) : April 15th at 12:00pm (Led by a peer Tutor.)
Ling 371 (Syntax): April 27th at 12:00pm (Let by a peer Tutor.)
Ling 455 (Second Language Syntax): April 22nd at 12:00 pm (No formal leader.)

Good luck with finals everyone!!!!

The grad school info session will be held in room3001 of the Brown Student Services building.

Want to know more about the linguistics program at McGill? Wondering what you can do with a degree in linguistics? Curious about graduate school? To help answer your questions, SLUM has organized futureweek; a whole week of events devoted to your future in linguistics! Whether you are about to graduate or have yet to take your first linguistics course, have a look at the schedule of events below:

Monday March 23^rd: CV Drop in, 1:30-4:30 in the CAPS office. (Brown Building suite 2200)

If you are applying to grad school, looking for a summer job, or anything in between, a good CV is important. Here’s your chance to have a CAPS linguistics advisor go over your CV with you. If you would like to sign up for a short 15 minute meeting, then put your name down for a time slot on our sign-up sheet in the linguistics lounge or e-mail slum.linguistics@mail.mcgill.ca with a time from 1:30-4:30 that you would like to come. Don’t forget to bring a rough draft of your CV to the meeting!

Tuesday March 24^th: Career Pannel, 4:00-5:00 in the CAPS library (Brown Building suite 2200)

Wondering what jobs you can get with a degree in linguistics? Come hear our panelists from various fields talk about what they are doing and how they got there. On this year’s panel: Heather Goad, Eva Dobler and Jason McDevitt (a speech pathologist from Idilia).

Wednesday March 25^th: Peer advising session, 4:00-5:00 in the CAPS library (Brown Building suite 2200)

Want to know more about the linguistics program at McGill? Interested in doing a major or a minor in linguistics? Thinking about honours? Come meet current linguistics students and ask them all of your linguistics related questions! Or just stop by for some free beverages and snacks…

Thursday March 26^th: Grad school info session, 4:00-5:00 (Room TBD, keep an eye out for more info coming soon)

This session is geared towards students who are thinking about applying to graduate school in linguistics. The linguistics department’s Graduate Admissions Officer and a current graduate student will team up to tell you what you need to know about applying for graduate school and for funding.

Plus….In addition to the regular futureweek events, Prof. Boberg will be offering advising for returning students from 2:00 to 5:00 on Wednesday, March 25th in his office (1085 Dr. Penfield room 223).

The third annual McCCLU, McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates, will be happening this weekend! When McCCLU was first held three years ago, it was the only event of its kind in Canada; this year, we’re proud to continue in this auspicious tradition with a program that is more engaging than ever! For three days SLUM will host speakers discussing original research in all areas of linguistics. The majority will be undergraduates, just like you! If you’re interested in seeing the sorts of fascinating things your peers are working on, possibly even leading to inspiration for your own research, you won’t be disappointed! Other highlights include:

- Keynote speeches by faculty members Heather Goad and Bernhard Schwarz
- Wine & cheese reception and drinks at Carlos & Pepe’s on Friday, pizza party Saturday, and breakfast food throughout the weekend
- Your own classmates from McGill, presenting on their research conducted within this very department!

Check out our schedule: http://mccclu.ausmcgill.com/blog/2009-schedule/

If you’re intrigued, swing by registration on Friday - 4:00-5:45 in the Linguistics building, 1085 Dr. Penfield - to sign up and get more information; if you’ve already pre-registered, come by then to receive your nametag and program. If you’ve got any questions, contact mccclu2009@gmail.com.

Hope to see you there!

-Kate McCurdy
(conference coordinator)

This semester is going by soooooo fast, but SLUM still has some really exciting stuff coming up!

It’s that time of year again when SLUM offers you the chance to buy some LINGUISTICS APPAREL! And it’s not just for undergrads! This year we’re offering 2 AWESOME t-shirt/sweatshirt designs — a superschwa and a wuglife wug! You get to pick which piece of apparel you want (we’re selling womens and mens t-shirts and sweatshirts) and which design you want. Other possible customization options are that you can have the design printed on the front or back of your t-shirt, and you can opt out of the part that says “McGill Linguistics” (just be sure to indicate this clearly on your order form).  We’re also offering linguistics-themed cotton plaid boxers! Check out the links below for more info.

SLUMwear Apparel and Design Info
SLUMwear Order Form

SLUM is running Midterm Study Sessions! We want to help you succeed, so be sure to check out the times/locations:

- LING200 - Study session March 6th, 4-5pm in room 002 in the Linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield), led by a SLUM representative
- LING201 - Study session Feb 16th (tomorrow!), 4-5 pm in room 002 in the Linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield), led by a SLUM representative
- Syntax 1 - Study session March 2nd, 3-4pm in room 002 in the Linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield), led by a SLUM representative
- Phonetics 1 - Study session Feb 17th, 3-4pm in room 002 in the Linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield), led by a SLUM representative
- Sociolinguistics 1 - Study session March 2nd, 4-5:30pm in room 002 in the Linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield), with no formal leader (it will be an informal study group)
- Second Language Syntax - Study session Feb 16th (tomorrow!), 4-5:30pm in the Linguistics Lounge (1085 Dr. Penfield, rm. 212), with no formal leader (it will be an informal study group)
- Linguistic Aspects of Bilingualism - Feb 17th (Midterm 1) and March 17th (Midterm 2) from 4-5:30pm in room 002 in the Linguistics building (1085 Dr. Penfield), with no formal leader (it will be an informal study group)

And finally…. McCCLU is around the corner!

The deadline to submit an abstract for McCCLU has already passed, but pre-registration is now open.  I’m sure, since you’ve been getting the listserv, that you’ve already heard how awesome McCCLU is, but in case you missed it: McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates. March 6-8th. It’s going to be amazing. If you want to pre-register,  or if you just want more info,  check out the website, www.mccclu.com.  (By the way, if you register before March 2nd, you pay the reduced pre-registration price!)

See you around

<3

SLUM

I hope you all enjoyed winter break and are ready to jump right in to the new semester! SLUM has some exciting things planned for you… pizza parties, McCCLU (March 6-8), Future Week (end of March), and more!

First up is a PIZZA PARTY:  Thursday January 15th from 4:30-6:00 pm in the Linguistics Lounge (1085 Dr. Penfield, room 212). Come celebrate the new semester and catch up with your fellow Ling students (or meet some new ones) over free pizza and beverages!

In other news, here are two great ways for you to get involved with SLUM:

• SLUM wants you to be our AUS representative: Do you want to meet lots of cool linguistics undergrads, add something to your resume, and get involved with SLUM? Now’s your chance! We are looking for someone to represent SLUM at biweekly AUS council meetings (which often involve free food) and to keep SLUM abreast of all the news from AUS. Contact Laura (laura.kalin@mail.mcgill.ca) for more information.

• McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergrads (McCCLU):  McCCLU is back! This year, SLUM will be hosting the third annual McGill Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates from Friday, March 6 through Sunday, March 8. The past two McCCLUs have been great successes, attracting students from across North America, and this year promises to be just as exciting. Interested in getting hands-on experience in conference preparation? Volunteer! There will be a meeting for anyone interested in volunteering this Thursday at 3 in the Linguistics Lounge (right before the pizza party). If you can’t make it but still want to get involved, drop an email to mccclu2009@gmail.com. Interested in the opportunity to present original research? Send in an abstract (should be 1 pg in length - see attached call for papers) to mccclu2009@gmail.com. Your work will be reviewed, and if accepted, you will be able to share it at McCCLU!

Our next meeting will be this Wednesday (January 14th) from 12:30-1:30 in the Ling Lounge. We’d love to see you there!

That’s about it for now!! Don’t forget to join our facebook group, SLʌM! Stay tuned for more news later this semester

 (image credit: Bob Kennedy, “LOLphonology” Facebook group)

 HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!

In the next couple weeks,  SLUM will be hosting Final Review/Study Sessions for most LING classes:

LING 200 | Dec 3rd, 12:30-1:30 in room 002 (with tutors)
LING 201 | Dec 8th, 12:30-1:30 in room 002 (with tutors)
LING 331 | Dec 3rd, 11:30-12:30 in the ling lounge (with tutors)
LING 360 | Dec 15th, 12:30-1:30 in room 002 (with tutors)
LING 440 | Dec 8th, 12-2 in the ling lounge (group study )
LING 390 | Dec 17th, 12-2 in the ling lounge (group study)

The ling lounge (room 212, 2nd floor) and room 002 (basement) are both located in the Linguistics Building at 1085 Dr. Penfield.

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR EXAMS!

(image credit: Bob Kennedy, “LOLphonology” Facebook group)

SLUM Pizza Party | Thursday, November 20th, 4:30-6 | Linguistics Lounge

Come by for free pizza, beverages and some quality time with your linguistics classmates! Afterwards, we will be heading to Brutopia (and maybe joining some Concordia linguistics cohorts!) for Linguistics Pub Night.

Samosa Sale | Thursday, November 20th, 11:30-4ish | Leacock Building Lobby
Come early to support SLUM while the Samosas are still fresh and hot!  $1 for 1, $2 for 3!

Colloquium Talk | Friday, November 21st, 3:30 | 3459 McTAVISH Room # MS 24
 Everyone is welcome to attend this free talk! The subject is “Investigations into the second language acquisition of generic reference.” It will be followed by a free Wine and Cheese reception in the LingLounge.

Need help in one of your linguistics classes? Never fear! Sign up for a session or two with one of  SLUM’s friendly peer tutors! Click here for more info.

Wednesday, 22-Oct| 4:15 pm: SLUM general meeting, Ling Lounge

Wednesday, 5-Nov| 4:15 pm: SLUM general meeting, Ling Lounge

Tuesday, 11-Nov| 7-11pm: SLUMber Party, Arts Lounge (Leacock Basement)

Thursday, 20-Nov| 4:30-6:30: Free Beer and Pizza Party, Ling Lounge

Midterms are coming up, and SLUM wants to help you out! We’re organizing midterm study sessions, with free tutors there to answer your questions! All study sessions will be in Room 002 in the Linguistics Building (1085 Dr. Penfield, the first classroom on your left as you enter the building).

• LING 200 study session| Tues, Oct. 14, 4-5 pm
• LING 201 study session| Fri, Oct 17, 4-5 pm
• LING 440 study session| Tues, Oct. 14, 4-5 pm
• LING 331 study session| Fri, Oct 17, 4-5 pm
• LING 360 study session| Tues, Oct 21, 4-5 pm

We hope to see you there!

Happy new semester, everyone!

On Monday, SLUM held its first official meeting of the term. If you are interested in getting involved in McGill Linguistics this year, please come to our next meeting Wednesday, Sept 14,  4:15-5:15 in the Linguistics Lounge (room 212 on the 2nd floor of the Linguistics building; 1085 Dr. Penfield – the Northeast corner of Peel & Dr. Penfield). Everyone is welcome; don’t feel shy! We love new people!
Here’s a taste of what we have planned for this semester:

PIZZA PARTY!
Thursday, September 25th, 4pm
Linguistics Lounge
Our first event of this year will be a FREE pizza (and beverages) party (the first of many)!  Don’t worry if you don’t know anyone else in the department; this is a perfect opportunity to meet new friends! Come and enjoy lots of delicious FREE food and *drink*, play games and meet your fellow SLUMers! It’s gonna be a blast! 

FROSH INFO SESSION :
Tuesday, October 8th, 11:30 to 2:30
Linguistics Lounge

Are you a Freshman interested in majoring or minoring in Linguistics, or do you want to learn more about the subject? Come join a bunch of other Ling-kids for a totally relaxed, informal session where you can ask questions about linguistics, McGill, or life in general!

As always, this is just the beginning! A quick preview of this term ’s activities (with many more details to come):

- SLUM pub nights | starting at Gerts, 10-Oct, 7–10pm
- SLUMber party & movie night in the linguistics lounge | 7-Nov
- Midterm study sessions with SLUM tutors | TBA
- Library info sessions to show you how to use McGill’s resources for Linguistics research | TBA
- Monthly opinion meetings for all Ling students to give their feedback to SLUM
- Candygrams following final exams | Dec ‘08 & Apr ‘09
- FUTURE Week, or “What can one with a linguistics degree?” | early Mar ‘09
- McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates (McCCLU) | late Mar ‘09
- Linguistics guest lecturers from other universities, followed by reception | TBA
- SLUMwear (t-shirts, sweatshirts, and more!) | Apr ‘09
- Our famous Thompson House end-of-year party | Apr ‘09

If you have any questions or want to get involved with SLUM,  shoot us an email at slum(at)mail.mcgill.ca! Also join our Facebook group, slʌm!

The new SLUM executive team for 2008-2009 has been announced! Here they are:

President: Laura Kalin
VP Internal: Kevin Wylie
VP External: Masha Westerlund
Co-VP Academics: Alex Devieux & Lizzie Smith
VP Communications: Anna Howell
VP Finance: David Fromstein
AUS Representative: Shayna Cummings
Francophone Commissioner: Max Guerin
Senior Coordinator: Michelle Barnes
McCCLU 2009 Co-Coordinator: Kate McCurdy

Also, there will be one more SLUM meeting this year, where we hope all old and new execs can attend: Friday, April 11, at 12:30 in the Ling Lounge. Hope to see everyone there!

*NOTE CHANGE IN DATE*

It’s time for SLUM’s annual Thompson House end-of-year party! Come join us in drinking, eating, playing games and celebrating a wonderful year in Linguistics!

Thursday, April 3rd
5pm
Thompson House, McTavish St