Conference Talks 

2018
  • [Invited talk] The complex role of variation in socio-linguistic research: Past, present and future perspectives. Journée d'Etude "Variations à l'oral et à l'écrit". Université de Strasbourg (EA LiLPa), 7 December 2018.
  • Variation in Toronto Haitian English phonology. Third International Conference on the Sociolinguistics of Immigration. Sestri Levante, Italy, 28 September 2018.
  • "Like I could speak Creole and then I insert an English patois with it": Variable language usage among Haitian Canadians. Caribbean Studies Research Day. Universität Freiburg, 12 July 2018.
  • Haitian English in the Canadian diaspora. Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage. Université Lyon 2, 20 March 2018.

2017
  • (with Jeff Tennant) Prosodic rhythm in Toronto Haitian English. PAC Conference, 28-30 September, Paris Nanterre. 
  • (with Jean-Pierre Chevrot) Constraints on the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in monolingual and multilingual contexts: An Introduction. The XIVth International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), 17-21 July, Lyon, France.
  • Diversity within diversity: Haitians in the Canadian Diaspora. Approaches to migration, language and identity, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, May 5th.
  • Sociophonological variation in Toronto Haitian English. Paper presented at the CRTT Lab, Université Lumière Lyon 2, April 7th.

2016
  • Community in Sociolinguistics Today. Colloquium organised at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, Murcia, Spain, 15-18 June, with Brook Bolander.
  • “Community” in Sociolinguistics Today: A Critical Account. Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, Murcia, Spain, 15-18 June, with Brook Bolander.
  • English among Haitians in Toronto: Phonetic variation in an expanding community. Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, Murcia, Spain, 15-18 June, with Mirjam Eiswirth.
  • “We are like bouillon”: Sociophonetic diversity among Haitians in Toronto. Paper presented in the Language Variation and Change research group, University of Toronto, 4 March.

2015               
  • Complex repertoires and phonological variation in Toronto Haitian English. Journée d’Etude sur la “Complexité en Linguistique”, Université de Strasbourg, 13 November.
  • NWAV44 conference report (Toronto 22-25 October). Oberseminar, Freiburg, 5 November.
  • “What do Haitians sound like”? Sociophonetic variation in Haitians’ English in Toronto. NWAV 44 Toronto, 22-25 October.
  • Interphonology in English-learning contexts: the ICE-IPAC Project. PAC, Toulouse, with Nadine Herry-Bénit & Takeki Kamiyama, 13 April 2015.

2014               
  • Phonetic variation in Haitian English in the Canadian Diaspora. 14ème Colloque International des Etudes Créoles – CIEC2014 “Etudes creoles: bilan, enjeux et perspectives”. Aix-en-Provence, France, 29-31 October 2014.
  • Transnational Afro-Caribbean Language Spaces around the World. Workshop organised with Britta Schneider, Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, Finland, 15-18 June 2014.
  • Emerging indexicalities in transnational Caribbean settings. Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, Finland, with Britta Schneider. 15-18 June 2014.
  • The ICE-IPAC Project: An Overview. PAC, Montpellier, 27 May 2014. With Takeki Kamiyama and Nadine Herry-Bénit.
  • Haitian English in the Canadian diaspora. Research seminar, English Department, Lyon, France, 19 March 2014.
  • Haitian English in the Canadian diaspora. Freiburg, 6 February 2014.

2013               
  • Haitian English in Toronto: Socio-demography and phonological issues. LVC Research group meeting. Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto. 8 November 2013.
  • Micro-sociolinguistic variation in an urban area: Haitian English in Toronto. Small workshop organised on varieties of Canadian English with Charles Boberg (McGill University), FRIAS, Freiburg, 25 July.
  • The Interphonology of Contemporary English: An introduction. Phonology of Contemporary English Conference (PAC), Aix-en-Provence, May 2013. With Nadine Herry-Bénit and Takeki Kamiyama.
  • Between Creole and Standard English: Child interphonology in Jamaica and Trinidad. Phonology of Contemporary English Conference (PAC), Aix-en-Provence, May 2013. With Glenda Leung.
  • Haitian diasporic English in Toronto. Oberseminar, Freiburg, 29 November.
 
2012               
  • Sociolinguistics Symposium 19: A superdiversity, emergence and acquisition approach to language and the city. Freiburg, 25 October.
  • Child language variation: Socio-geographical significance and formal approaches. Workshop organised with Lisa Green, Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Berlin, 21-24 August.
  • Caribbean Francophones in the North American diaspora: Macro-sociolinguistic perspectives. JASGIL, Strasbourg, 4-5 May.
 
2011               
  • Authenticity: A view from sociolinguistics. FRIAS, University of Freiburg, 25 November.
  • Report of NWAV 40: Celebrating 40 years of analyzing variation... but who’s counting? Oberseminar, University of Freiburg, 16 November.
  • Learning sound patterns in the Jamaican classroom: Variationist and usage-based perspectives. NWAV 40, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
  • Caribbean Creoles: Language Shift and Restructuring in a Demographic Disaster. Catastrophes - Interdisciplinary Symposium. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), 6 May 2011, with Christian Mair.
  • Children’s experience of Jamaican sound patterns in school, The Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL), Cave Hill, Barbados, August 9-13.
 
2009          
  • Phonetic variation and stylistic adaptation in classroom Standard Jamaican English. Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics conference, in conjunction with the Associação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola, Cologne, Germany, 11-15 August.
  • Phono-stylistic variation in classroom Standard Jamaican English. SociolinguistEssex, University of Essex, 15 June 2009.
 
2007               
  • A word-frequency approach to learning the phonology of Standard Jamaican English. ICLCE2, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, France, July 2007.
  • Learning whole-word pronunciations in Standard Jamaican English: Evidence from consonant clusters. SociolinguistEssex, University of Essex, May 2007.
 
2006               
  • Child acquisition of (t/d) clusters in Standard Jamaican English. NWAV 35, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 10 November 2006 (co-presenter: Peter L. Patrick)
  • A sociophonological study of some variables in child-modelled Standard Jamaican English. Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, annual conference organised in conjunction with Linguistic Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 5-8 January 2006 (co-presenter: Rocky Meade).
 
2005              
  • A sociophonological study of Standard Jamaican English in school: Field experiences in rural Jamaica. SociolinguistEssex, University of Essex, June 2005.
 
 
Invited Talks

2017
  • Old and new diversities in the diaspora: The case of Haitians in Toronto. Interdisziplinäres Zentrum Europäische Sprachen. Freie Universität Berlin, 21 November 2017
  • Sociolinguistic "in-betweens" in contexts of migration: The case of Haitians in Canada. CNRS, Programme Pidgins et Créoles en contact. Fédération Typologie et Universaux Linguistiques, 6 October 2017.

2014               
  • Sociophonetic variation in the English spoken by Haitians in Toronto. Université de Strasbourg, 23 May 2014.
  • Guest lecture on „The birth and development of Creole languages: Socio-historical and linguistic perspectives“. Université de Lyon 2, Lyon, France, 19 March 2014.

2013                   
  • Invited to hold a special session on The Interphonology of Contemporary English. PAC Conference, Aix-en-Provence, May 2013. With Nadine Herry-Bénit and Takeki Kamiyama.
  • Towards the emergence of a Haitian English variety in Toronto. Université de Paris 8, 29 March.

2012               
  • Language variation, acquisition and usage in creole-speaking communities: Jamaican children in school and Haitians in the Canadian diaspora. York University, Toronto, 11 October.
  • A variationist account of L2 acquisition of Jamaican English in school. Workshop “Universal or diverse paths to English phonology: Bridging the gap between research on phonological acquisition of English as a second, third and foreign language”, Münster 19-21 September.

2011               
  • Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English in school: Phonological perspectives. Universität Münster, Germany, 10 May 2011.

2009               
  • Phono-stylistic acquisition of Standard Jamaican English in a Grade 2 classroom. Oberseminar, English Department, University of Freiburg, Germany, 18 November 2009.
  • Language use and pedagogy in primary school education in Jamaica. Tagung der Deutsch-Jamaikanischen Gesellschaft, Königswinter, Germany, 24 October 2009.

​2006      
  • A sociophonological study of some variables in child-modelled Standard Jamaican English. English Department, Université Paul Valery, Montpellier III, France, 17 February 2006.
 
 
Conference & Workshop organisation
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2017
  • Constraints on the acquisition of sociolinguistic variation in monolingual and multilingual contexts. The XIVth International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), 17-21 July, Lyon, with Jean-Pierre Chevrot.

2016               
  • Community in Sociolinguistics Today. Colloquium organised at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 21, Murcia, Spain, 15-18 June, with Brook Bolander.

2014               
  • Emerging indexicalities in transnational Caribbean settings. Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, Finland, with Britta Schneider. 15-18 June 2014.

2012               
  • Child language variation: Socio-geographical significance and formal approaches. Conference panel organised with Lisa Green, Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Berlin, 21-24 August.

2011                       
  • ‘Indexing authenticity: Perspectives from linguistics and anthropology’, Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS), 25–27 November 2011, co-organised with Jakob Leimgruber and Thiemo Breyer.