Calvin Quick
Calvin Quick
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I am a second-year PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Toronto, where I work with Profs. Susana Béjar, Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, and Keir Moulton. My primary research interests are in theoretical syntax and Welsh. I am particularly interested in agreement patterns in Welsh and Inuttitut. I also work on the linguistic analysis of poetry as a possible path of study at the phonology-syntax interface.
Yn fy amser sbâr, dw i'n dysgu'r iaith Cymraeg gyda cyrsiau Dysgu Cymraeg. Ar hyn o bryd, dw i'n dysgu ar lefel Uwch 1—diolch o galon i fy nhiwtoriaid, ac yn yr ysgol, ac yn y cymuned.
Recent highlights
Recent highlights
(Updated October 14, 2024)
Presented a paper discussing some agreement patterns in Middle and Modern Welsh at the 43rd annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium.
2024. When and How to Agree: Insights from Middle and Modern Welsh. 43rd Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Harvard University. October 11. Slides.
(Updated September 25, 2024)
Published a peer reviewed article in Language and Literature on poetic syntax in a corpus of poems by the 14th century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym. The article is available online Open Access.
2024. Constraints on verse form and syntactic well-formedness in the cywyddau of Dafydd ap Gwilym. Article. Language and Literature 33(3): 199-220. DOI: 10.1177/09639470241273555
Attended the 2024 Cwrs Haf intensive Welsh language course in Aberystwyth, Wales for four weeks in July 2024 at the Canolradd (Intermediate) level. Pictures from Wales below! The trip was funded by UofT's SELECT Languages program. Diolch yn fawr i'r tiwtoriaid a'r trefnyddion am wneud y cwrs yn brofiad arbennig!
Presented research on agreement with nominals in Welsh at the 2024 meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association:
2024. Agreement with nominal antecedents in Welsh. Talk. Canadian Linguistic Association Conference 2024. Carleton University. June 18.
Presented research on unusual syntax in medieval Welsh poetry at the 2024 meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America:
2024. Linguistic approaches to poetic data: a case study in Dafydd ap Gwilym’s cywyddau. Talk. Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America 2024. Fairleigh Dickinson University. April 5.
Attended and presented research at three other regional and international conferences: the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Syntax Workshop (at Carleton University), the Celtic Students Conference (online, at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest), and the Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference (at Sheffield Hallam University).
Completed year 1 of the PhD program at UofT Linguistics!
Hen lun o Prom Aberystwyth
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Abaty Ystrad Fflur
Castell Harlech yn y machlud
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