Yvonne Lam, University of Alberta

Research

multilingualism immigrant languages heritage speakers translanguaging language attitudes language ideologies identity linguistic insecurity

Latest funding

Speaking half and half: Ideologies of translanguaging and identity construction among multilingual heritage speakers in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$32,783
Upper Necaxa Totonac in context: exploring the past, present, and future of Northern Totonac
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$449,068

All 2 grants and awards

Speaking half and half: Ideologies of translanguaging and identity construction among multilingual heritage speakers in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lam, Yvonne

Keywords: multilingualism; immigrant languages; heritage speakers; translanguaging; language attitudes; language ideologies; identity; linguistic insecurity; Tagalog; Cantonese

$32,783

Upper Necaxa Totonac in context: exploring the past, present, and future of Northern Totonac

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Beck, David J.

Keywords: linguistics; language documentation; historical linguistics; sociolinguistics; language shift; computational linguistics

$449,068

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: multilingualism Dear Professor Lam, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on multilingualism connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Speaking half and half: Ideologies of translanguaging and identity construction among multilingual heritage speakers in Canada" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]