Yvonne Lam, PhD, MA, BA (Hons)
Contact
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics & Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta
- yvonnel@ualberta.ca
- Address
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4-41 Assiniboia Hall
9137 116 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2E7
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
multilingualism language ideologies identity Indigenous languages heritage languages second language acquisition
About
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, with a joint appointment to the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (Spanish). I also co-direct the Sociocultural Linguistics Lab at the University of Alberta. I hold a PhD (2003) in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Toronto.
Research
My research examines how multilingual speakers of Indigenous languages, heritage (immigrant) languages, and additional languages use their linguistic repertoire. I adopt an interdisciplinary approach, both theoretically and methodologically, to study the interrelationships between language practices, ideologies, and identities. My collaborations have involved Indigenous communities in Mexico and heritage language communities in Canada.
Teaching
I teach undergraduate courses in Spanish language and linguistics as well as both undergraduate and graduate courses in general linguistics. I have supervised or examined MA and PhD students from different departments who work on a range of topics concerning multilinguailsm. I have also supervised numerous undergraduate honours students as well as winners of the Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Researcher Award.
Featured Publications
Yvonne Lam, Evangelia Daskalaki
Greek in minoritized contests: Identities, authenticities, and institutions (Eds. M. J. Hadodo, P. Karatsareas, & E. Ioannidou). 2024 October; 10.4324/9781003269694-9
David Beck; Yvonne Lam
Tlalocan: Revista de fuentes para el conocimiento de las culturas indígenas de México. 2020 January; XXV
"I don't want them to be like me": Discourses of inferiority and language shift in Upper Necaxa Totonac
Yvonne Lam
Anthropological Linguistics. 2020 January; 62 (2):159-182
Yvonne Lam
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 2018 January; 21 (1):1-22
Yvonne Lam
Ichan Tecolotl: Puntos de Encuentro. 2018 January; mayo 2018
Yvonne Lam
In P. Levy & D. Beck (Eds.), Las lenguas totonacas y tepehuas: Textos y otros materiales para su estudio. Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.. 2012 January;
Yvonne Lam
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 2010 January; 13 (2):54-72
Yvonne Lam
Language Awareness. 2009 January; 18 (1):2-18
Yvonne Lam
International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2009 January; 195
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