Jessica Coon /newsroom/taxonomy/term/6851/all en ‘Arrival’ raises profile of linguists, making them almost cool /newsroom/channels/news/arrival-raises-profile-linguists-making-them-almost-cool-264179 <p>“A lot of people don’t know what linguists do, or even that we exist, apart from some idea that we just translate lots of languages.”<strong> Jessica Coon</strong>, associate professor of linguistics who consulted on the film. <br /> Read more: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/its-all-in-the-wording-arrival-raises-profile-of-linguists-making-them-almost-cool/2016/11/11/9ac60a14-a773-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html">The Washington Post</a></p> <p> </p> Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:41:08 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26398 at /newsroom 山ǿ linguist helped on upcoming movie Arrival /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-linguist-helped-upcoming-movie-arrival-263604 <p>The upcoming Denis Villeneuve movie <em>Arrival</em> was filmed in Montreal and when the filmmakers went looking for a linguistics scholar to consult on the screenplay and offer on-set advice, they turned to 山ǿ. Prof. Jessica Coon supplied feedback on the film’s script, worked with the set crew, and some of her books from her office even wound up in the film. (<a href="http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=1344&utm_source=1132&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MNEWS">山ǿ News</a>)</p> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:08:47 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26307 at /newsroom National Aboriginal Day 2015 (June 21) /newsroom/channels/news/national-aboriginal-day-2015-june-21-253545 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:14:28 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24234 at /newsroom