Cognitive linguistics, especially the neural theory of thought and language; conceptual systems, conceptual metaphor, grammar and meaning; the application of cognitive and neural linguistics to politics, literature, psychology, philosophy and mathematicsRead more about George Lakoff
Southeast Asian languages, especially Tibeto-Burman and Thai, Chinese, Japanese, field linguistics, Yiddish studies, historical semantics, psychosemantics, language typology, area linguisticsRead more about James A. Matisoff
Professor Emerita of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Historical linguistics; typology, including historical typology; linguistic geography and areal linguistics. Chechen, Ingush, RussianRead more about Johanna Nichols
Linguistics (cognitive, functional, typological), psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, language and cognitive development, sign language, cross-culturalRead more about Dan Slobin
Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Director, Institute of East Central Europe, Columbia University
Synchronic and historical Slavic and Russian linguistics; descriptive grammar of Russian; medieval Slavic literature, language and culture; Czech literature.Read more about Alan Timberlake