Dr. Will Oxford

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Will Oxford holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Toronto and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba. His research primarily focuses on theoretical and descriptive syntax and morphology, especially in the context of Algonquian languages. He has extensive fieldwork experience with languages such as Innu, Ojibwe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Kapampangan, and Ilocano. Oxford supervises both MA and PhD students and has been actively involved in various research projects, including the preparation of a Proto-Algonquian dictionary publication and the forthcoming book titled 'Algonquian Inverse' with Oxford University Press. He has held a SSHRC Insight Development Grant and has contributed to numerous publications addressing agreement patterns, inverse marking, and other aspects of Algonquian linguistics. He has recently returned to the University of Manitoba after a teaching year at MIT, and his work engages deeply with theories of morphosyntactic alignment in Indigenous languages.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2019-01-01 — Present

University of Manitoba • Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Teaching and supervising graduate students, conducting research in the field of linguistics with a focus on Algonquian languages.

Requirements for University of Manitoba

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:86
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree in nursing or equivalent Professional registration as RN or RPN Research Methods course (min grade C+) Introductory Statistics course (min grade C+)
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