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Christopher Cox is an Associate Professor at Carleton University's School of Linguistics and Language Studies. His work focuses on language documentation, revitalization, and corpus linguistics, particularly with Indigenous and minority languages like Na-Dene languages and Plautdietsch. He has collaborated extensively with Indigenous communities in Alberta, Yukon, and Dene groups.
Education: B.A. (Linguistics, University of Saskatchewan), B.Sc. (Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan), M.Sc. (Linguistics, University of Alberta), Ph.D. (Linguistics, University of Alberta).
Research emphasizes computational tools for Indigenous language education, including SSHRC-funded projects like the '21st century tools for Indigenous languages' ($50k, 2016–2017) and the 'Kaska 'talking' dictionary' ($183k, 2013–2017). His publications address language preservation methodologies, verbal paradigms in Dene languages, and Plautdietsch phonetics/syntax.
Presentations include work on Tsuut’ina revitalization, computational modeling in Dene languages, and pedagogical approaches to morphology. He has advised on projects involving Indigenous language archives and community-based documentation.
Key contributions include scholarly editions of Tsuut’ina narratives and collaborations with First Nations communities to create accessible language resources.
