Research Areas

Faculty in the Department of Linguistics represent a number of key areas in the study of language.

African Languages

Akin Akinlabi
Mark Baker
Ken Safir

Optimality Theory

Akin Akinlabi
Paul de Lacy
Jane Grimshaw
Alan Prince
Bruce Tesar

Phonology and/or Phonetics

Akin Akinlabi
Paul de Lacy
Shigeto Kawahara
Alan Prince
Bruce Tesar

Psycholinguistics and/or L1, L2 Acquisition

Jose Camacho
Viviane Déprez
Shigeto Kawahara
Kristen Syrett

Syntax

Mark Baker
Jose Camacho
Viviane Déprez
Jane Grimshaw
Ken Safir
Kristen Syrett

Semantics and/or Pragmatics

Maria Bittner
Veneeta Dayal
Roger Schwarzschild
Kristen Syrett