BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chikkutakku.com//RDFCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALDESC:GoogleカレンダーやiCalendar形式情報を共有シェ アしましょう。近所のイベントから全国のイベントま で今日のイベント検索やスケジュールを決めるならち っくたっく X-WR-CALNAME:ちっくたっく X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Sonya Bird (Victoria University) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260206T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260206T213000Z UID:728021826062 DESCRIPTION:There will be a small reception after the talk. Area of exper tise: Acoustic\, articulatory\, and perceptual phonetics\; Sound structur es of Salish languages\; Pronunciation &\; language acquisition\; Indig enous language revitalizationBio: Sonya Bird received her BA Honours in L inguistics from the University of British Columbia (1993-1996) and then co mpleted her MA and PhD at the University of Arizona (1997-2002). Her disse rtation was on the phonetics and phonology of intervocalic consonants in the Lheidli dialect of Dakelh (Carrier)\, a Dene language spoken in Briti sh Columbia. After finishing her PhD\, she returned to UBC as a SSHRC post -doctoral fellow to study the phonetic properties of glottalised resonants in St’át’imcets (Lillooet)\, an Interior Salish language also spoken in British Columbia (2002-2004). She joined the Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria in 2004 and established the Speech Researc h Lab in 2007\, supported by funding from the Canadian Foundation for In novation.Dr. Bird’s research combines Phonetics with Indigenous Language Documentation and Revitalization. She is particularly interested in the r ole of pronunciation and oral fluency in Indigenous Language Revitalizatio n. Thanks to a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (2018-2023) and in co llaboration with the Hul’q’umi’num’ Language &\; Culture Societ y\, her recent work has focused on speech production and perception among Hul’q’umi’num’ speakers of different ages and proficiency levels. The goals are to (1) document the pronunciation details of Hul’q’umi ’num’ across speakers\, (2) understand what the challenges are for lea rners\, and (3) help design tools and resources to overcome these challeng es\, with a focus on tools that incorporate “speech visualization” and phonetic analysis. Activities made possible by the SSHRC PDG can be found on the Hwulmuhwqun ~ xʷəlməxʷqən Pronunciation Lab website.Dr. Bir d has also been involved in supporting UVic’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Indigenous Language Revitalization. Since 2016\, she has part icipated in designing and delivering the Masters in Indigenous Language Re vitalization (MILR) program\, offered jointly by the Departments of Lingui stics and Indigenous Education\, for which she acted as Graduate Advisor i n 2020-22. She has also been the Academic Advisor of the (undergraduate) C ertificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization program.See more at: htt ps://www.uvic.ca/humanities/sllc/people/faculty/bird-sonya.php Regards\,G uest Speaker Committee (Ivan Bondoc\, Myrto Grigoroglou\, Tahohtharatye Jo e Brant and Samuel Akinbo) LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR