Charles Boberg, McGill University

Research

Canadian English Dialects Sociolinguistics Regional variation Language change Survey Questionnaire Senior citizens

Latest funding

A New Survey of Canadian English: Fifty Years of Language Change
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$22,740
A New Survey of Canadian English: Fifty Years of Language Change
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$22,740
North American English in Film and Television: Variation and Change
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$61,500

A New Survey of Canadian English: Fifty Years of Language Change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boberg, Charles

Keywords: Canadian English; Dialects; Sociolinguistics; Regional variation; Language change; Survey; Questionnaire; Senior citizens; Retirement homes; Canadian culture

$22,740

A New Survey of Canadian English: Fifty Years of Language Change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boberg, Charles

Keywords: Canadian English; Dialects; Sociolinguistics; Regional variation; Language change; Survey; Questionnaire; Senior citizens; Retirement homes; Canadian culture

$22,740

North American English in Film and Television: Variation and Change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boberg, Charles

Keywords: (1) North American English; (2) Dialects; (3) Sound Change; (4) Film; (5) Television

$61,500

Foreign-a words and the third low vowel of Canadian English

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Boberg, Charles S.

Keywords: Canadian English; dialectology; acoustic phonetics; loan phonology; language contact

$67,780

Variation and change in the phonetics of Canadian English

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Boberg, Charles S.

Keywords: Canadian English; regional dialects; sociolinguistics; language variation and change; acoustic phonetics

$145,135

The phonetics of Canadian English: region, gender and the linguistics of Canadian identity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Boberg, Charles S.

Keywords: canadian english; dialectology; sociolinguistics; phonetics; sound change; language and gender

$101,260

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: Canadian English Dear Professor Boberg, 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 canadian english 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 "A New Survey of Canadian English: Fifty Years of Language Change" (2022), 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]