Faculty Research Projects
Doublets Network Analysis Reveals the Complexity of the English Language
By Alex Russell - Patrick Farrell, a professor of linguistics, recently wrapped up a joint project with statistics professor Fushing Hsieh that used a language game from the 1870s to build a visual representation of the English language as a network.
English Typology and History
Research by John A. Hawkins, a distinguished professor of linguistics, is lending new insights into the grammatical and lexical evolution of the English language since the Middle Ages.
Intercultural Communication
Professor Julia Menard-Warwick is conducting research that sheds light on multilingual practices and ideologies in California, where linguistic inequality persists despite the strong value placed on diversity in education and public life.
Literacy and Medical Communication
Vaidehi Ramanathan, professor and chair, is currently working on two research projects in divergent areas of linguistics.
Processing Language: Kenji Sagae
By Alan Wong - For decades, linguists, philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and more have explored how language "works". Today, computational linguists like Kenji Sagae are using cutting-edge techniques to ask fundamental questions about the nature of language.
Raúl Aranovich and Kenji Sagae awarded NSF Grant
Raúl Aranovich and Kenji Sagae have been awarded an NSF Grant to develop an ontology for cybersecurity.
Sounds, Statistics, and Software: Santiago Barreda
By Alan Wong – Phonologists, psycholinguists, syntacticians: there’s more than one type of linguist. Santiago Barreda is best categorized as a phonetician, but his broader contributions to computational and quantitative methodologies give his work an interdisciplinary dimension.