Alana Johns, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Polysynthesis and wordhood in Inuit
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$93,921
Sinâni: Inuttitut on the edge
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$242,418
A pilot atlas of the Inuit language in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$199,800

All 14 grants and awards

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Polysynthesis and wordhood in Inuit

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Compton, Richard J.

Keywords: syntactic theory; universal grammar; polysynthesis; wordhood; word formation; incorporation; restructuring; modification; prosody; Inuit; Inuktitut; Inuinnaqtun

$93,921

Sinâni: Inuttitut on the edge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Johns, Alana

Keywords: ergativity; Inuit language; dialects; clitics; information structure; agreement

$242,418

A pilot atlas of the Inuit language in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Murasugi, Kumiko

Keywords: inuit language; regional dialects; language map; lexicon; database; cybercartography; linguistics; sociolinguistics; language vitality; language documentation

$199,800

Tradition and transition among the Labrador Inuit

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: Labrador Inuit traditions and culture

$2,296,351

Construction of two Utkuhiksalingmiutitut dictionaries, stage 4: publication of postbase dictionary and pilot study of options for wordbase lexicon construction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Briggs, Jean L.

Keywords: Inuktitut (Inuit language); lexicography; dialectology

$49,963

Within and beyond the Inuktitut word

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Johns, Alana

Keywords: syntax; morphology; Inuktitut; Inuit stories

$136,960

Utkuhiksalingmiutitut Inuktitut postbase (affix) dictionary

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Public Outreach Grant Open Category

Principal investigators: Briggs, Jean L.

Keywords: Inuktitut (Inuit language); lexicography; dialectology

$78,220

Mapping the syntax of the Inuktitut word

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Johns, Alana

Keywords: syntax; morphology; polysynthesis; Inuktitut; dialects; oral stories; sentences

$72,331

A community grammar of Labrador Inuttitut

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Northern Research Development Program

Principal investigators: Johns, Alana

Keywords: Inuttitut; grammar; community linguistics

$40,000

Utkuhiksalingmiutut Inuktitut dictionary construction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Briggs, Jean L.

Keywords: Inuktitut (Inuit language); lexicography; dialectology

$140,095

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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