Heather Newell, Université du Québec à Montréal

Research

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Latest funding

Pronouncing Pronouns : What pronominal variation tells us about the Human Language Faculty
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$59,800
Polysynthesis and wordhood in Inuit
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$93,921
Workshop on structure and constituency in languages of the Americas
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$8,273

All 4 grants and awards

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Pronouncing Pronouns : What pronominal variation tells us about the Human Language Faculty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Newell, Heather

Keywords: Pronouns; Language Faculty; Cross-Linguistic patterns; Morphology; Syntax; Phonology; Phonology-Morphosyntax interface; Full vs Clitic forms; Cyclic derivation; Syllable Structure

$59,800

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

Workshop on structure and constituency in languages of the Americas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Compton, Richard J.

Keywords: Aboriginal languages; Indigenous languages; First Nations languages; linguistics; syntax; morphology; phonology; semantics; Algonquian; Inuit; Athabaskan; Salish; Mayan; Uto-Aztecan; language revitalisation; linguistic theory; polysynthesis; wordhood

$8,273

Morpheme uncertainty

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Leu, Thomas

Keywords: (1) Morphosyntax; (2) Universal Grammar; (3) Function words/morphemes; (4) Comparative linguistics; (5) Cross-linguistic comparability; (6) Signifiant/morph; (7) Inductive approach; (8) Submorphemic syntax; (9) Feature bundling

$61,539

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 Newell, 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.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Pronouncing Pronouns : What pronominal variation tells us about the Human Language Faculty" (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]