Julie Brittain

  • Honorary Research Professor 2022-25, and Professor Emerita
  • M.A. Hons, University of Glasgow 
  • M.A., Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research Interests

  • Morphology/syntax
  • L1 acquisition (see the Chisasibi Child Language Acquisition Study CCLAS)
  • Algonquian languages, especially dialects of Cree-Innu-Naskapi of Québec and Labrador
  • Tibetan
  • Causes and effects of language decline/loss  
  • Language maintenance/revitalization strategies
  • Oral literature in Algonquian languages, and their translation into English

brittain@mun.ca 

https://www.mun.ca/faculty/brittain/