Hello, I'm Danny! 👋🏻 I am a linguist. 🗣
I'm a postdoctoral fellow in the Alberta Language Technology Laboratory (ALT Lab) at the University of Alberta. As part of an SSHRC grant on "21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages", I work with the Cree language communities (especially ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ nêhiyawêwin or Plains Cree) to develop digital tools for their language, such as smart online dictionaries, spell checkers, and automated text parsers.
I also work with the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana to help them revitalize their once-dormant language. We are using archival materials to produce a modern dictionary and grammar of the language.
I run the Digital Linguistics (DLx) project, which provides data formats and web-based tools for working with linguistic data. Check out the DLx developers page or the DLx organization on GitHub.
I am also a member of the Algonquian Components Project, a National Science Foundation–funded database of morphological components in Algonquian languages, which uses the Digital Linguistics infrastructure.
Latest Posts
Linguistics Blog
- Lecture: Language Endangerment & Revitalization
- Lexical flexibility in English: A preliminary study
- Optional subject marking in Chitimacha
- Digital Linguistics for Language Documentation
Digital Linguistics (DLx) Blog
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