Faculty and Postdoctoral Scholars
Andrew Garrett
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Professor of Linguistics, Nadine M. Tang and Bruce L. Smith Professor of Cross-Cultural Social Sciences |
Gary Holland
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Professor of Linguistics (1980-2017) Email: gholland@berkeley.edu Research: Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics, history of linguistics, language typology |
Larry M. Hyman
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Professor of Linguistics; Executive Director, France-Berkeley Fund Email: hyman@berkeley.edu Office: 1225 Dwinelle Hall Research and teaching: Phonological theory, language typology, African languages, especially Bantu and other Niger-Congo Fall 2019: Linguistics 24, 140, 290E |
James A. Matisoff
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Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Email: matisoff@berkeley.edu Research: Southeast Asian languages, especially Tibeto-Burman and Thai, Chinese, Japanese, field linguistics, Yiddish studies, historical semantics, psychosemantics, language typology, area linguistics |
Lev Michael
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Associate Professor of Linguistics Email: levmichael@berkeley.edu Office: 1212 Dwinelle Hall Research and teaching: Anthropological linguistics, language typology, Amazonian documentary, descriptive, and comparative linguistics, language contact, grammar and interaction, prosodic systems and verbal art, language endangerment and revitalization 2019-20: On sabbatical leave |
Johanna Nichols
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Professor Emerita of Slavic Languages and Literatures Email: johanna@berkeley.edu Research: Historical linguistics; typology, including historical typology; linguistic geography and areal linguistics. Chechen, Ingush, Russian |
Richard A. Rhodes
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Associate Professor of Linguistics; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies; Co-Director, Canadian Studies Program Email: rrhodes@berkeley.edu Office: 1214 Dwinelle Hall Research and teaching: American Indian languages, grammatical theory, phonology and lexicology Fall 2019: On sabbatical leave |
Eve Sweetser
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Professor of Linguistics; Director, Celtic Studies Program Email: sweetser@berkeley.edu Office: 1211 Dwinelle Hall Research and teaching: Semantics, syntax, historical linguistics, Celtic languages, speech act theory, metaphor theory, semantic change, grammaticalization, grammatical meaning, gesture Fall 2019: Linguistics 106, 123 |
Graduate students
Kenneth Baclawski Jr.
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Email: kbaclawski@berkeley.edu Research interests: Syntax, sociolinguistics, Southeast Asian and Chamic linguistics |
Emily Clem
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Email: eclem@berkeley.edu Research interests: Syntax, semantics, morphology, language documentation, typology, areal linguistics; Amahuaca, Tswefap, Bulu |
Erin Donnelly
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Email: edonnelly@berkeley.edu Research interests: Sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, phonology, descriptive linguistics, language documentation |
Wesley dos Santos
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Email: wesleynascimento@berkeley.edu Research interests: Language documentation and description, historical linguistics, Amazonian languages (especially Kawahiva, a Tupí-Guaraní language) |
Emily Drummond
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Email: emily_drummond@berkeley.edu Research interests: Syntax, semantics, language variation and change, language documentation, Polynesian languages, Nukuoro |
Edwin Ko
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Email: eddersko@berkeley.edu Research interests: Syntax, semantics, morphosyntax, language variation and change, historical and comparative linguistics, language documentation and revitalization, Alaska Native and Native American languages (especially Aleut, Crow, Hidatsa, and Northern Pomo) |
Raksit Tyler Lau
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Email: raksit@berkeley.edu Research interests: Language variation and change; phonetics; historical linguistics; tonogenesis; voice quality; language documentation and revitalization; Southeast Asian and Austroasiatic languages: Kuy (Katuic), Thro (Katuic), So Thavung (Vietic); Southern Ryukyuan languages: Yaeyaman, Yonaguni |
Zachary O'Hagan
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Email: zohagan@berkeley.edu Research interests: Caquinte (Arawak), Omagua (Tupí-Guaraní), Taushiro (isolate), and Omurano (isolate); language documentation, description, history and contact in Amazonia; historical linguistics; morphosyntax; semantics; information structure |
Ruth Rouvier
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Email: rrouvier@berkeley.edu Research interests: Historical linguistics, typology, morphology, language contact, areal linguistics |