Areas of Study
Graduate Program
Phonetics
- Linguistics Faculty
- Graduate Courses
- Faculty with related interests in other departments
- Special Research Activites.
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.
Robert Fox, Professor of Speech & Hearing Science, Adjunct Professor of Linguistics
History: Director of Speaking Skills Workshop. B.A. Maryland, 1970; M.A. Chicago, 1978; Ph.D. Chicago, 1978 (Linguistics). Linguistically oriented courses taught: S&H 245, Principles of Phonetics; S&H 430, Language Development; S&H 430, Speech Science; S&H 560, Articulation; S&H 820, Acoustic Phonetics; S&H 832, Experimental Phonetics; S & H 950 Computer Use in Speech & Hearing.
Areas of Specialization: The interface between auditory and phonetic processing; rhythm in spoken language; structure of the mental lexicon, assessment of central auditory processing abilities, age-related changes in speech perception.
Areas of Specialization: The interface between auditory and phonetic processing; rhythm in spoken language; structure of the mental lexicon, assessment of central auditory processing abilities, age-related changes in speech perception.
Elizabeth Hume, Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1992) B.A., (French and Linguistics), Universiti Laval, Quebec, 1981 M.A., (French), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada 1986 Ph.D., (Linguistics), Cornell University, 1992
Areas of Specialization: Phonological theory, phonetics/phonology interaction, phonological variation.
Areas of Specialization: Phonological theory, phonetics/phonology interaction, phonological variation.
Isle Lehiste, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics
History: Appointed 1963 Acting Chair, 1984-85 Chair of the Department of Linguistics, 1965-71, 1985-87 Professor Emeritus, 1987 Dr. Phil., (Philology), University of Hamburg, 1948 Ph.D., (Linguistics), University of Michigan, 1959 D.U. (honor.), University of Essex, 1977; Dr. Phil. (honor.), University of Lund, 1982; Dr. Phil. (honor.), University of Tartu (Estonia), 1989.
Language Specialization: Estonian, Serbo-Croatian
Language Specialization: Estonian, Serbo-Croatian
Terrell Morgan, Assoc. Prof. of Spanish, Adjunct Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
History: B.A. William & Mary, 1979 (Linguistics); M.A. North Carolina, 1983 (Linguistics); Ph.D. Texas, 1984 (Spanish Linguistics). Linguistically oriented courses taught: Spanish 604, Spanish Phonetics; Spanish 734, Spanish Phonology; Span. 742, Contrastive Structures of English & Span.; Spanish 815, Span. Sociolinguistics.
Areas of Specialization: Syllable structure of Spanish; musically conditioned phonological processes; Spanish sociolinguistics.
Areas of Specialization: Syllable structure of Spanish; musically conditioned phonological processes; Spanish sociolinguistics.
David Odden, Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1985) B.A., (Linguistics), University of Washington, 1975 A.M., (Linguistics), University of Illinois, 1978 Ph.D., (Linguistics), University of Illinois, 1981.
Language Specialization: African language especially Bantu; Saami; Hawrami
Language Specialization: African language especially Bantu; Saami; Hawrami
Cynthia Clopper, Assistant Professor Linguistics
History: PhD in Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Indiana University
Areas of Specialization: Perceptual Dialect Classification, Variation and Speech Intelligibility
Areas of Specialization: Perceptual Dialect Classification, Variation and Speech Intelligibility
Graduate Courses in Phonetics
- 600.01 Phonetic Theory
- 600.02 Laboratory Phonology
- 603.01 Phonological Theory I
- 603.02 Phonological Theory II
- 680 Formal Foundations of Linguistics
- 825 Seminar in Advanced Phonetics
Faculty with Related Interests in Other Departments
- Kathryn Corl, Assoc. Prof. of German.
- Lawrence L. Feth, Prof. of Speech & Hearing Science.
- Osamu Fujimura, Prof. of Speech & Hearing Science.
- Ashok K Krishnamurthy, Assoc. Prof. of Electrical Engineering,
- Christiane S. Laeufer, Asst. Prof. of French.
- Lupenga Mphande, Asst. Prof. of Black Studies.
