Areas of Study
Graduate Program
Historical Linguistics
Linguistics Faculty
Mary Beckman, Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1985) A.B., (Oriental Langs. & Comparative Literature), University of California, Berkeley, 1976 M.A., (Oriental Languages), University of California, Berkeley, 1979 M.A., (Linguistics), Cornell University, 1982 Ph.D., (Linguistics), Cornell University, 1984
Language Specialization: Japanese
Areas of Specialization: Experimental Phonetics, Laboratory Phonology, East Asian Languages.
Language Specialization: Japanese
Areas of Specialization: Experimental Phonetics, Laboratory Phonology, East Asian Languages.
Marjorie Chan, Assoc. Prof. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Adjunct Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
History: B.A. and M.A. University of British Columbia, 1980 (Linguistics); Ph.D. University of Washington, 1985.
Areas of Specialization: Phonetics and phonology of the modern Chinese language and its dialects; gender differences in the Chinese language; sound symbolism; topics in historical Chinese phonology.
Areas of Specialization: Phonetics and phonology of the modern Chinese language and its dialects; gender differences in the Chinese language; sound symbolism; topics in historical Chinese phonology.
Neil Jacobs, Associate Professor of Near Eastern, Judaic & Hellenic Langs. & Lits.; Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics
History: B.A. UCLA, 1974; M.A. Texas Austin; Ph.D. Columbia, 1984. Linguistically oriented courses taught: Yiddish 611, History of the Yiddish Language; Yiddish 612, Yiddish Linguistic Geography.
Language Specialization: Yiddish
Areas of Specialization: Phonology and morphology of Yiddish; Yiddish dialectology; Yiddish historical linguistics.
Language Specialization: Yiddish
Areas of Specialization: Phonology and morphology of Yiddish; Yiddish dialectology; Yiddish historical linguistics.
Brian Joseph, Professor of Linguistics (appointed 1979); Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of Slavic and East European Languages and Literature (appointed 1997)
History: Chair of the Department of Linguistics, 1987-1997, A.B., (Linguistics), Yale University, 1973, A.M., (Linguistics), Harvard University, 1976, Ph.D., (Linguistics), Harvard University, 1978.
Language Specialization: Balkan Languages; Modern Greek.
Areas of Specialization: Historical linguistics (Indo-European), morphology and morphological change; Relational grammar; syntactic change; Greek linguistics; Balkan linguistics; Sanskrit linguistics.
Language Specialization: Balkan Languages; Modern Greek.
Areas of Specialization: Historical linguistics (Indo-European), morphology and morphological change; Relational grammar; syntactic change; Greek linguistics; Balkan linguistics; Sanskrit linguistics.
J. Marshall Unger, Professor and Chair, East Asian Lang. And Lits; Adjunct Professor, Linguistics.
History: A.B. 1969, A.M. 1971 Chicago (Far Eastern Lang. & Civ.), M.A. Yale University 1972, Ph. D. Yale 1975 (Linguistics).
Areas of Specialization: Psycholinguistic in the writing and reading of Gregg shorthand and Chinese Characters; scripts, literacy, and the Ideographic Myth; early history of the Japanese language.
Areas of Specialization: Psycholinguistic in the writing and reading of Gregg shorthand and Chinese Characters; scripts, literacy, and the Ideographic Myth; early history of the Japanese language.
Dieter Wanner, Professor of Spanish; Adjunct Professor of Linguistics
History: Prof. of Spanish. Dr. Phil I Zurich, 1968(Romance philology). Linguistically oriented courses taught: Spanish 736, History of Spanish Language; Romance Linguistics 811, Intro. to Romance Linguistics; Spanish 813, Old Spanish II: "Topics in syntactic developments from Latin to modern Spanish"; Spanish 814, Structure of Spanish; Spanish 894, Group Studies "Recent developments in Spanish Phonology".
Language Specialization: Spanish; Old Spanish
Areas of Specialization: Romance clitics: evolution of clitic systems from old Romance to the modern languages. Diachronic syntax of Old Spanish (using electronic data retrieval).
Language Specialization: Spanish; Old Spanish
Areas of Specialization: Romance clitics: evolution of clitic systems from old Romance to the modern languages. Diachronic syntax of Old Spanish (using electronic data retrieval).
Donald Winford, Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1988) B.A., (English), Class I Honours, University of London, King's College, 1968 Ph.D., (Linguistics), University of York, U.K., 1972.
Language Specialization: Caribbean English-lexicon creoles, African American English
Areas of Specialization: Sociolinguistics; contact linguistics; variation theory; Pidgin and Creole linguistics; Caribbean Creoles.
Language Specialization: Caribbean English-lexicon creoles, African American English
Areas of Specialization: Sociolinguistics; contact linguistics; variation theory; Pidgin and Creole linguistics; Caribbean Creoles.
Arnold Zwicky, University Professor Emeritus of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1969) Professor Emeritus, 1995 B.A., (Mathematics), Princeton University, 1962 Ph.D., (Linguistics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
Areas of Specialization: Syntactic, morphological and phonological theory.
Areas of Specialization: Syntactic, morphological and phonological theory.
Graduate Courses in Historical Linguistics
- 611 Introduction to Historical Linguistics
- 612 Introduction to Cognitive Science
- 621 Elementary Sanskrit (Sanskrit I)
- 622 Classical Sanskrit (Sanskrit II)
- 623 Topics in Indic Linguistics
- 680 Formal Foundations of Linguistics
- 795.61 Sociolinguistics/Historical Linguistics
- 801 Historical Linguistics 1
- 802 Historical Linguistics II
- 803 Topics in Indo-European
- 822 Seminar in Historical Linguistics
Faculty with Related Interests in Other Departments
- Alan Brown, Assoc. Prof. of English.
- Dan Collins, Asst. Prof. of Slavic and East European Langs. & Lits.
- Charles E. Gribble, Prof. of Slavic Langs. and Chair of Dept. of Slavic and East European Langs. & Lits.
- Samuel A. Meier, Assoc. Prof. of Near Eastern Langs. & Culture.
- Wayne J. Redenbarger, Assoc. Prof. of English & Romance Linguistics., Spanish & Portuguese.
