User:Msanford

Tasks

• Create H aspiré.
• Create Rhetorical genre studies
• Create Open peer review

• Improve Pirahã_language (why?)
• Improve CEGEP
• Improve HPSG
• Improve Lexical Functional Grammar

• Add العربية to Tajwid.

• Continually fix IPA

Energy Level

I'm ok for now.

Academic Credentials

Abstract

I'm a linguist and an academic; I've written papers in psycholinguistics, rhetorical genre studies, phonology, historical linguistics and HPSG (applied to sound change, in my thesis). I'm half French-Canadian and half anglophone, having lived in Montreal most of my younger years, and in Ottawa for my undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Current Academic

I will soon finish my Maîtrise ès Arts : Français (Linguistique) at Carleton University. My thesis deals with an application of Head-driven phrase structure grammar and natural generative phonology to the understanding of French “H aspiré”, expanding on the work of Tseng (2002)^[1] and Klausenburger (1978)^[2].

Degrees (Academic credentials)

I hold a Combined Honours Bachelor's of Arts in Linguistics and French, and a Certificate in French Translation Studies.

Domains of Contribution

Formal graduate training

I have received formal training at the graduate level, and feel confident in my ability to find resources in:

• Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Phonology
  • Rhetorical genre studies
• French
  • Second language acquisiton, teaching and didactics
  • French grammar and pronounciation
  • The works of various authors and philosophers

Formal undergraduate training

I have received formal training at the undergraduate level in

• Formal Logic
• Mathematics (statistics, probability, calculus, linear algebra)
• Economics

Informal training

I have received informal but rigorous training in

• PHP (I hold a professional certification)
• MySQL
• XML
• Climbing (and bouldering)

Well-read

I have a strong interest and am mostly self-taught in:

• Music theory (I play piano, guitar, bass guitar and oud)
• Philosophy
• Philosophy of science
• Peer review

General

I like to think myself rather well-versed in the academic use of English and of French, and initiated into the style of academic writing and scientific thought. I stress initiated, and not expert (I wouldn't classify myself as an expert before many years deep in a field of study, in any event).

Notable Contributions

Portals & Projects

• I am currently the maintainer of Portal:Linguistics.
• I am the creator and current maintainer of Portal:Peer_review.
• I am the creator of the Transliteration Task Force
• I am a member of the Writing Systems Project
• I am a member of the Epistemology Task Force

Articles

Some will go here soon.

Community

• I contribute regularly and thoughtfully to Wikipedia:Portal_peer_review.

Templates

• I have made a few templates and userboxes, which are listed at User:Msanford/Templates.

Biography

Biography

Now living in Ottawa, I'm originally from Montréal, Québec. I'’m an academic, with several varied hobbies; largely, climbing, sailing, music, puzzle solving and programming. I am half French-Canadian and half anglophone, and I have a basic understanding of Greek and Classical Arabic.

Why I'm here

I'm on Wikipedia to add my knowledge to that of the collective, and to contribute my skills and knowledge, in a larger way, to the formation and maintenance of a free, open, and most importantly, reliable and factually accurate encyclopedia.

Autographs

• Best UP evar. سلام Leena (talk) 04:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

References