People in Language & Historical Context

Andrew Garrett, Professor

Indo-European languages, historical linguistics, language change, Yurok and other California Indian languages
(510) 643-7524
garrett@berkeley.edu

Gary B. Holland, Associate Professor

Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics, history of linguistics, language typology
gholland@berkeley.edu

Larry M. Hyman, Professor

phonological theory, African languages - especially Niger-Congo
Languages: African languages, especially Bantu and other Niger-Congo
(510) 643-7619
hyman@berkeley.edu

James A. Matisoff, Professor Emeritus

Southeast Asian languages, especially Tibeto-Burman and Thai, Chinese, Japanese, field linguistics, Yiddish studies, historical semantics, psychosemantics, language typology, area linguistics

Johanna Nichols, Professor

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures: Historical linguistics; typology, including historical typology; linguistic geography and areal linguistics.
Languages: Chechen, Ingush, Russian

Richard A. Rhodes, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor

American Indian languages, grammatical theory, phonology and lexicology
rrhodes@berkeley.edu

Eve E. Sweetser, Professor

semantics, syntax, historical linguistics, Celtic languages, speech act theory, metaphor theory, semantic change, grammaticalization, grammatical meaning, gesture
sweetser@berkeley.edu

Alan Timberlake, Professor

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures: Descriptive grammar of Russian; chronicles.