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Margaret speaking at a conference

Here you can find information about my experience, education, and background. I am a linguist with a PhD from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and have worked with multiple creators since 2018 to create around 22 constructed languages total. I have also made orthographies or written systems for these languages. I have made both digital fonts and calligraphic scripts to represent these writing systems. I am experienced in both digital and ink calligraphy.

 

See my full CV here.

Résumé and CV

Conlang Presentations, Interviews, and Talks

2017: Sociolinguistic Elements of Constructed Languages in a Constructed World Setting. Presentation at the Language Creation Conference at the University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta.

2018: Sociolinguistic Aspects of Building a Language. Guest Lecture for undergraduate linguistics course (Dr. Christine Schreyer). Kelowna, BC.

2019: Creative Polysemy. Presentation at the Language Creation Conference at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

2019: Conlangs in Popular Fiction. Panelist discussion at the Language Creation Conference at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

2019: Musical performance in three conlangs at Language Creation Conference at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

2019: Music of Aeniith: Creating Music for Conlangs. Poster presentation at Language Creation Conference at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

2019: Music of Aeniith. Conlangery Podcast Interview

2020: Building with Polysemy. Conlangery Podcast Interview.

2020: Constructed Languages: From Klingon Opera to World Peace. Presentation at Honolulu Nerd Nite. Honolulu, HI.

2021: Orthographies: Enriching Language Creation and World Building. Presentation at the 2021 Digital Language Creation Conference. [Link to Slides].

2023: Constructing Language and Culture. Interview for Speaking of Language Podcast (Cornell University).


2023: More Than Their Parts: Link Actions and Creating New Sense Through Serial Verb Constructions. Presentation for 2023 Digital Language Creation Conference. 

2023: Getting Jobs. Panel discussion at the 2023 Digital Language Creation Conference. 
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