Ep. 43: Language Documentation & Revitalization in Canada with Nicholas Welch

This month's episode is with Nicholas Welch from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Nicholas is the Canada Research Chair in Change, Adaptation and Revitalization of Aboriginal Languages and Assistant Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Victoria. His Ph.D. is from the University of Calgary and his dissertation was entitled: "The bearable lightness of being: The encoding of coincidence in two- copula languages". He has done extensive research on Dene and Algonquian morphosyntax, and has also done language revitalization work with languages of Labrador. In addition to teaching and research, Nicholas also runs the YouTube channel, Labrador Languages Preservation Laboratory (LLPL). 

Things mentioned in this episode:

• Na-Dene language family
• Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì language
• Tsúùt’ínà language
• Dene Dzage language
• Dëne Sųłıné language
• Algonquian language family
• Inuit language family
• Inuktitut language
• Miꞌkmaq language
• Slavey language family
• Mauritian Creole
• Twi language
• Nicholas on Google Scholar