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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).
Come get to know your professors while getting tipsy on
free wine and cheese!
Friday Oct. 16
Slum Lounge
5pm
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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
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 23rd: 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 24th: 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 25th: 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 26th: 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 
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