Christopher Hammerly, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

OjibweMorph: an approachable finite-state transducer for Ojibwe (and beyond).
Language resources and evaluation · 2026 · first author
Person-based prominence guides incremental interpretation: Evidence from obviation in Ojibwe.
Cognition · 2022 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

The grammar of hierarchy effects
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$99,784
Mapping and modelling grammatical person and voice in Ojibwe
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$27,458
Re-thinking EDI: Relational Coordination and the Implications for Management Practices
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$54,188

All 6 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

OjibweMorph: an approachable finite-state transducer for Ojibwe (and beyond).

Hammerly C, Livesay N, Arppe A, Stacey A, Silfverberg M

Language resources and evaluation2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10579-025-09887-4 PMID: 41773200

02

Person-based prominence guides incremental interpretation: Evidence from obviation in Ojibwe.

Hammerly C, Staub A, Dillon B

Cognition2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105122 PMID: 35461112

The grammar of hierarchy effects

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Coon, Jessica

Keywords: linguistic theory; syntax; agreement; language documentation; Indigenous languages

$99,784

Mapping and modelling grammatical person and voice in Ojibwe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hammerly, Christopher

Keywords: grammatical person; grammatical voice; Algonquian; Ojibwe; language revitalization; language documentation; psycholinguistics; syntax; morphology

$27,458

Re-thinking EDI: Relational Coordination and the Implications for Management Practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gellatly, Ian R.

Keywords: equity diversity and inclusion; demography; human resources management; organizational behavior; organizational culture

$54,188

Mapping and modelling grammatical person and voice in Ojibwe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hammerly, Christopher

Keywords: grammatical person; grammatical voice; Algonquian; Ojibwe; language revitalization; language documentation; psycholinguistics; syntax; morphology

$87,517

Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages

$713,000

21st century tools for Indigenous languages

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: language revitalization; language technology; on-line dictionaries; on-line collections of speech and text; spell-checkers; computer-aided language learning; Indigenous languages; Algonquian languages; Dene languages; morphology; lexicon

$732,638

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 Dear Professor Hammerly, 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]. I read your paper "OjibweMorph: an approachable finite-state transducer for Ojibwe (and beyond)." (2026), and it 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 "Mapping and modelling grammatical person and voice in Ojibwe" (2023), 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]