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We'll be at #EMNLP2024 to present three papers. 1/3 - "DetoxLLM: A Framework for Detoxification with Explanations" This is the first detoxification framework to tackle toxic language across different platforms while providing explanation for the toxic input. Our DetoxLLM model,

The third paper we will present at #EMNLP2024 (3/3) - "Gazelle: An Instruction Dataset for Arabic Writing Assistance" Gazelle is comprehensive dataset for Arabic writing assistance. We also offer an evaluation framework designed to enhance Arabic writing assistance tools which

Are you interested in graduate study at UBC Linguistics? Sign up for our information session Dec 17th at 12:30 pm PST: linguistics.ubc.ca/graduate/admis…

Thanks to UBC_SALSA for organizing the Labs of Ling event!

You can also apply to UBC Linguistics to work with Jian Zhu, Isabel Papadimitriou and Muhammad AbdulMageed: linguistics.ubc.ca/graduate/admis…. You can even have supervisors in both departments! 😃

New volume just out: Bochnak, Csipak, Matthewson, Morzycki, & Reisinger (eds.) 2024. The Title of This Volume is Shorter Than Its Contributions Are Allowed to Be: Papers in Honour of Hotze Rullmann. Vancouver, BC: UBC Occasional Papers in Linguistics. lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/other-volumes/

New OA paper by Vesik & Hall out in ACL | CLA “Improved student learning through active retrieval practice and random-sampled exams” cambridge.org/core/journals/…

A.-M. Tessier is presenting "What can acquisition data tell us about our morpho-phonological learning theories?" at the LSA Annual Meeting 2025 on Jan 11 web.cvent.com/event/40d9411e…

K. Vesik is presenting "General-over-specific markedness bias as a balancing force in GLA-style learning" at the LSA Annual Meeting 2025 Jan 12 web.cvent.com/event/40d9411e…

Hall & Tkachman are presenting their poster (virtually) "On Phonetic Direction Terms" at #TISLR15 on Jan 16 tislrethiopia.org/program-and-ab…

Congratulations to Prof. Henry Davis who was just announced as a recipient of a King Charles III Coronation Medal! prizes.research.ubc.ca/news-announcem…

Can AI Models Show Us How People Learn? Incoming UBC Linguistics Assistant Professor I Papadimitriou has something to say about this question quantamagazine.org/can-ai-models-…

Book launch coming up on March 21 for Dr. Joash Gambarage’s "Learn Swahili in a Fun Way: A Linguistic Approach" register here: libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3878620

️‍Today we announce 🌴 Palm, our largest community project to date. Thrilled to share “🌴 Palm: A Culturally Inclusive and Linguistically Diverse Dataset for Arabic LLMs.” 🌍️‍ This large-scale, community-driven effort has been in the works for over a year and unites 44

We are once again looking for children ages 4-8 learning English in NA. If you're interested, you can find out more here: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bB… Note that if you choose to comment, like, or follow this post you will be publicly identified with the study. 📷

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Ling Students Making a Difference: Voices of Edna Dharmaratne Award Winners linguistics.ubc.ca/news/ling-stud…

Congratulations to the newest UBC Linguistics PhD, Gloria Mellesmoen! She successfully defended her dissertation entitled ‘The Grammar of Salish Reduplication’ on March 19th

Black & Hudson Kam's poster "Analysing gender differences in English-language books read to children 0-36 months" is in Poster Session 13 at #SRCD May 3 srcd.secure-platform.com/site/solicitat…

SFU and UBC present a joint showcase of research in linguistics: sfu.ca/linguistics/ev… #linguistics #languageresearch #partnership #collaboration #scienceoflanguage #ubc #sfu