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Linguistics / Literature - Campus - 26.09.2023
Linguistics / Literature - 02.06.2023
Linguistics / Literature - Event - 26.05.2023
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 08.05.2023
Linguistics / Literature - Music - 17.04.2023
Linguistics / Literature - 10.04.2023
Linguistics / Literature - History / Archeology - 22.03.2023 
Dissident literature: University of Toronto researcher helps build ’an honest record’ of Soviet history
While the world continues to witness the exchange of bombs and gunfire in Urkaine, the University of Toronto's Ann Komaromi is involved in the exchange of underground journalism and literature about the former Soviet Union.
Health - Linguistics / Literature - 13.03.2023
Linguistics / Literature - 08.03.2023
Linguistics / Literature - Event - 27.02.2023
Campus - Linguistics / Literature - 24.02.2023
Linguistics / Literature - Campus - 23.02.2023
Linguistics / Literature - 09.02.2023
Linguistics / Literature - Media - 19.12.2022
Linguistics / Literature - Social Sciences - 01.12.2022
Linguistics / Literature - 21.11.2022
Linguistics / Literature - Social Sciences - 10.11.2022
Linguistics / Literature - 27.10.2022 
Ernaux’s Literature Nobel no surprise for French Studies professor
Western French Studies professor Schwerdtner has studied Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed body of work for many years and thinks her Nobel Prize in Literature was long overdue When Annie Ernaux wa
Linguistics / Literature - Computer Science - 12.10.2022 
AI that can learn patterns of human language
The model automatically learns higher-level language patterns that can apply to different languages, enabling it to achieve better results Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have l
Linguistics / Literature - 06.10.2022
Linguistics / Literature - 31.08.2022
Campus - Linguistics / Literature - 27.07.2022
Computer Science - Linguistics / Literature - 11.07.2022 
With 14,000 titles, University of Toronto Mississauga’s Syd Bolton Collection takes video game studies to the next level
With 14,000 titles, University of Toronto Mississauga's Syd Bolton Collection takes video game studies to the next level From Space Invaders to Super Mario, video games are one of the most influential forms of media on the planet.
Linguistics / Literature - Environment - 06.07.2022
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 20.06.2022
Campus - Linguistics / Literature - 03.06.2022
Linguistics / Literature - 24.05.2022
Linguistics / Literature - Art and Design - 20.05.2022 
’There’s definitely a romance about it’: How letterpress printing made an impression on women writers
When Claire Battershill took part in the printing fellowship program at Massey College in 2009, she discovered its cast iron printing presses were far more than simply relics of a bygone era.
Art and Design - Linguistics / Literature - 19.04.2022
History / Archeology - Linguistics / Literature - 16.03.2022
Linguistics / Literature - Politics - 09.03.2022
Campus - Linguistics / Literature - 15.02.2022
Linguistics / Literature - 31.01.2022 
R links sound and touch across languages
Q&As Erik Rolfsen Turns out, some words are more tactile than you might expect. That's according to a new global study noting a clear linguistic connection between sound and touch. The study found that words meaning "rough" were four times more likely to contain a rolled or trilled 'r' sound than words that mean "smooth." The researchers detected this relationship in a sample of 332 spoken languages around the world, including words like zakarra (Basque), barzgar (Mongolian), ruw (Dutch) and durva (Hungarian).
Linguistics / Literature - 27.01.2022
Linguistics / Literature - Social Sciences - 12.01.2022
Linguistics / Literature - 10.12.2021
Linguistics / Literature - 07.12.2021 
Literature, politics, art: How an early French-Canadian magazine helped shape literary culture
In his new book, La révolution du magazine au Québec , the University of Toronto's Adrien Rannaud demonstrates how one of Quebec's first magazines reflected and advanced literature and culture from 1919 to 1960 - and how its impact is still evident today.
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 24.11.2021
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 11.11.2021
Campus - Linguistics / Literature - 03.11.2021
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 29.10.2021
Event - Linguistics / Literature - 26.10.2021
Campus - Linguistics / Literature - 15.10.2021
Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 06.10.2021
Music - Linguistics / Literature - 12.05.2021
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While the world continues to witness the exchange of bombs and gunfire in Urkaine, the University of Toronto's Ann Komaromi is involved in the exchange of underground journalism and literature about the former Soviet Union.
Western French Studies professor Schwerdtner has studied Annie Ernaux's critically acclaimed body of work for many years and thinks her Nobel Prize in Literature was long overdue When Annie Ernaux wa
The model automatically learns higher-level language patterns that can apply to different languages, enabling it to achieve better results Human languages are notoriously complex, and linguists have l
With 14,000 titles, University of Toronto Mississauga's Syd Bolton Collection takes video game studies to the next level From Space Invaders to Super Mario, video games are one of the most influential forms of media on the planet.
Seed libraries: Food safety and self-sufficiency meet at the library
Seed libraries are sprouting in Quebec, just like the seeds they offer free of charge to the communities they serve.
Seed libraries are sprouting in Quebec, just like the seeds they offer free of charge to the communities they serve.
When Claire Battershill took part in the printing fellowship program at Massey College in 2009, she discovered its cast iron printing presses were far more than simply relics of a bygone era.
Q&As Erik Rolfsen Turns out, some words are more tactile than you might expect. That's according to a new global study noting a clear linguistic connection between sound and touch. The study found that words meaning "rough" were four times more likely to contain a rolled or trilled 'r' sound than words that mean "smooth." The researchers detected this relationship in a sample of 332 spoken languages around the world, including words like zakarra (Basque), barzgar (Mongolian), ruw (Dutch) and durva (Hungarian).
In his new book, La révolution du magazine au Québec , the University of Toronto's Adrien Rannaud demonstrates how one of Quebec's first magazines reflected and advanced literature and culture from 1919 to 1960 - and how its impact is still evident today.
Expert insights: Hulu’s ’The Handmaid’s Tale’ casts Canada as a racial utopia
Filming of The Handmaid's Tale at the Lincoln Memorial.
Filming of The Handmaid's Tale at the Lincoln Memorial.
Think you know English? Not so fast
Around the globe, 360 million people learned English as their mother tongue and another 990 million picked it up as their second language.
Around the globe, 360 million people learned English as their mother tongue and another 990 million picked it up as their second language.
