/channels/taxonomy/term/7224/all en /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 黑料不打烊. Prof. Jessica Coon supplied feedback on the film鈥檚 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">黑料不打烊 News</a>)</p> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:08:49 +0000 webfull 122313 at /channels /channels/news/%E2%80%98arrival%E2%80%99-raises-profile-linguists-making-them-almost-cool-264179 <p>鈥淎 lot of people don鈥檛 know what linguists do, or even that we exist, apart from some idea that we just translate lots of languages.鈥�<strong>聽Jessica Coon</strong>, associate professor of linguistics who consulted on the film.聽<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>聽</p> Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:41:10 +0000 webfull 123033 at /channels /channels/news/national-aboriginal-day-253545 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:14:33 +0000 webfull 110716 at /channels