User:Msanford
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Tasks
Priority
- Revamp Portal:Linguistics
- Revamp Portal:Peer_review
- Contribute to Licensing_update/Translation
- Create Keryx_software
Continuous Improvements
Someday-Maybe
- Create H aspiré.
- Create Rhetorical genre studies
- Improve CEGEP
- Add العربية to Tajwid.
Energy Level
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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 (Theoretical and Applied)
- French
- Research methods, usual rigours of acaemic discourse.
Formal undergraduate training
I have received formal training at the undergraduate level in
- Linguistics
- French
- 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
Well-read
I have a strong interest and am mostly self-taught in:
- Music theory (I play piano, guitar, bass guitar, oud, clarinet and erhu)
- Techniques of and major episemological discussions surrouding Peer review.
- News and current events.
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.
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