Stephen Levey, University of Ottawa

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Latest funding

Learning to sound like a native speaker: the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in English by Canadian Francophones
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$72,568
Grammatical trajectories of change in preadolescence
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$84,449

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Learning to sound like a native speaker: the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in English by Canadian Francophones

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Levey, Stephen S.

Keywords: variationist sociolinguistics; sociolinguistic competence; sociolinguistic approaches to L2 acquisition; Francophones

$72,568

Grammatical trajectories of change in preadolescence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Levey, Stephen S.

Keywords: variation; change; Canadian English; child language

$84,449

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

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Levey, 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 connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]