Graduate Students
Morphology, cognitive linguistics, semantics, construction grammar.
Languages: Russian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
zhenya@berkeley.edu
Phonetics, laboratory phonology, sociolinguistics, language documentation and description
Languages: Northern Paiute, Turkish, dialects of English, indigenous languages of the Americas
mbabel@berkeley.edu
Cognitive Linguistics and Ideology. Discourse Analysis
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and Berber
mboieblan@berkeley.edu
language documentation and description, theoretical phonology & syntax, variation, typology, acoustic phonetics, morphology
Languages: German, Mandarin Chinese, Hmong Daw, Mong Leng, Iu-Mien, Somali
phonology, morphology, language description and documentation, comparative/historical linguistics, typology
Languages: Uto-Aztecan (Raramuri, Guarijio, Classical Nahuatl, Huastec Nahuatl, Tepiman); Mayan (Yucatec Mayan, Popti')
gcaballe@berkeley.edu
Phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, heritage languages, bilingualism, language attrition, language contact, language documentation
Languages: Korean, Spanish, Burmese, Mandarin Chinese, Southeastern Pomo
cbchang@berkeley.edu
Language documentation and description; African languages; syntax; semantics; morphology
Languages: Pulaar (Atlantic), Badiaranke (Atlantic), Bamana (Mande), Swahili, Italian, French, Hebrew
Bantu linguistics, Morphology, Tense/Aspect/Mood Semantics
Languages: Totela (Zambia and Namibia), Oshiwambo (Namibia), German
Phonetics, the articulatory and acoustic correlates of phonological units, laboratory phonology in the field, phonetic explanations for linguistic patterns, speech production, tone, phonation type, stop types, laryngeal features, comparative Oto-Manguean, comparative Mon-Khmer, and linguistic documentation.
Languages: San Martín Itunyoso Triqui, Khmer, Chong
dicanio@berkeley.edu
Minority/immigrant languages in Japan; Hupa; discourse analysis; issues of language, power, privilage and prestige; language use and slang in sexual minority communities; Japanese linguistics; frame semantics; fictivity; Mental Spaces; metaphor.
Languages: Japanese, Portuguese & Spanish, Hupa, Mandarin.
escamilla@berkeley.edu
Theoretical phonology, experimental phonology, opacity, harmony, exemplar-based approaches to linguistics, phonetics (esp. perception), computational models of language change, cognitive and functional linguistics, Construction grammar,
Languages: French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Uzbek, Afroasiatic, Mafa
marce@berkeley.edu
Syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, Slavic linguistics.
Languages: English, Russian, Hupa (Athabaskan).
fleisher@berkeley.edu
syntax, semantics, morphology, historical linguistics, language documentation and description
Languages: Southeastern Pomo, Czech
hjh@berkeley.edu
Semantics, syntax, acquisition of syntax and semantics, cognitive linguistics, construction grammar.
Languages: Korean
jhong@berkeley.edu
syntax, semantics, verb phrase anaphora, situation aspect, pluractionality, language documentation and description
Languages: Spanish, German, Basque, Northern Paiute
mhouser@berkeley.edu
phonetics, psycholinguistics, speech perception, phonetic basis of sound change, cross-linguistic variations in speech production and speech perception, exemplar-based memory in phonetic categorization, language acquisition, language revitalization
Languages: Japanese
kataoka@berkeley.edu
Language acquisition, perception, change, classification, learning, & memory
Languages: Spanish, Russian, Southeastern Pomo
skatseff@berkeley.edu
Morphophonology, word prosody and intonation, sociophonetics, historical linguistics, language documentation
Languages: Huave, Scandinavian, Finnish, Tiriki (Bantu)
yuni@berkeley.edu
Cognitive Linguistics (Conceptual Metaphor and Metonymy), Frame Semantics, Conceptual Blending, Mental Spaces, Construction Grammar (Idioms and tautologies), Grammaticalization, Korean Grammar
Languages: Korean, English, French, and Spanish
kwoniks@berkeley.edu
Cognitive Semantics, Corpus Linguistics, Syntax, Spanish
Languages: Spanish, Patwin, Yucatec Mayan, Norwegian
jennyled@berkeley.edu
lexical and compositional semantics, semantic change, pragmatics, syntax; East Asian Languages
Languages: English, Japanese, Mandarin, Southeastern Pomo
rleegold@berkeley.edu
historical linguistics, typology, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language contact and language change, historical pragmatics, endangered/minority languages, language revitalization and maintenance
Languages: Romance (especially French, Gascon, Catalan, and Spanish)
nem8@berkeley.edu
The cognitive basis of language, especially the comprehension of 'ungrammatical' statements. Our work is not complete until we can explain why people can read Joyce and reach a common understanding. Analogical reasoning; measurements of 'readability' and rhetoric; applications to education & communication.
phonology, morphology, verbal inflection and paradigm uniformity.
Languages: Totonaco and Spanish
Language and gesture, psycholinguistics, linguistic anthropology, cognitive-functional linguistics
Languages: Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Thai, Korean, French, German, Huave
Sociolinguistic aspects of language contact, language change; Minority languages; Language documentation; Lexical semantics.
Mani (Southern Atlantic, Niger-Congo, Sierra Leone + Guinea Conakry), SE Pomo (Hokan, Clearlake, California). Romance, esp. Catalan, Occitan and Portuguese.
Languages: Spoken: Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Mani
martapiqs@berkeley.edu
Experimental phonology, theoretical phonology, morphology, typology
Languages: Turkish, Hungarian, Hupa (Athabaskan)
pycha@berkeley.edu
Historical linguistics, semantic change, grammaticalization, historical pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, construction grammar, style and wordcraft
Languages: English, Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Finnish, Dutch, Romance, Indo-European
historical linguistics, typology, morphology, language contact, areal linguistics
Languages: Miskitu, Mayangna, Spanish
rouvier@berkeley.edu
Language documentation and revitalization, Australian languages, languages of California, Yahi philology
Languages: French, Bilinarra, Hupa, Solomon Islands Pidgin, Sa'a (Austronesian), Tigrinya, Kiswahili, Yoruba, Falam
justins@berkeley.edu
morphology, phonology, syntax, historical, language description, teaching linguistics, *semantics, *phonetics, *sociolinguistics, *documentation
Languages: English, Japanese
Cognitive Linguistics (metaphor, metonymy, Blending Theory, category structure);
Construction Grammar (idioms and “non-compositional” grammatical constructions; metaphoric language; incorporating tools from other theories of grammar);
Frame Semantics (semantic frames vs. conceptual frames; frames in metaphor input domains);
Historical Semantics (corpus research; invited inferencing; metaphoric extension);
Scandinavian Studies (Norse poetry and kennings; metaphors in Finnish);
Cognitive Stylistics (genre-based differences in the communication of frames, categories, metaphors and metonymies; effective vs. ineffective strategies for communicating these structures)
Phonetics and phonology; speech planning; speech rhythm and gestural-metrical coupling; psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, with a focus on modeling linguistic patterns with dynamical systems.
tilsen@berkeley.edu
syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language change and variation, language documentation
Languages: Iranian (Farsi, Zoroastrian Dari), Numic (Northern Paiute), Germanic (English, Danish)
mtoosarvandani@berkeley.edu
cognitive linguistics; gesture studies; phonetics;
gesture in political TV-interview and debate; political language use in Germany, Italy and US; media formats and cognition
Languages: English, Italian, German, Low German
elisabethwehling@berkeley.edu
Corpus phonetics, experimental phonetics, Chinese syntax and semantics, heritage language acquisition.
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Shanghainese, English , Cantonese, Southeastern Pomo
yaoyao@berkeley.edu
phonetics, phonology, historical linguistics, Chinese dialects, Sino-Tibetan.
Languages: Cantonese, Tibetan, Spanish, Mandarin, Falam Lai