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Sociolinguistics

Linguistics Faculty


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.

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.

Terrence Odlin, Associate Professor of English (Sociolinguistics) and Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics
History: B.A. Georgetown, 1972; M.A. Texas El Paso, 1978; Ph.D. Texas Austin, 1983. Linguistically oriented courses taught: English 271, Introduction to English Language Study; English 571, Studies in the English Language; English 772, English Syntax; English 774, History of the English Language; English 879, Studies in Rhetoric; English 881.03, Teaching of College Composition in English as a Second Language.
Areas of Specialization: Native-language influence in second language acquisition, syntactic change in the English of Ireland.

Scott Schwenter, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1999) M.A., (Linguistics), University of New Mexico, 1993; Ph.D., (Linguistics), Stanford University, 1998.
Areas of Specialization: Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Syntactic Variation, Spanish Dialectology.

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.

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.

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