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Graduate Students

Current Students

Student Name Area of Study Email
Abrego, Carissa Phonetics, phonology, sociophonetics carissa@uchicago.edu
Adams, Nikki Bantu Syntax nadams@uchicago.edu
Baglini, Rebekah Lexical Semantics, Syntax rebekahbrita@uchicago.edu
Baker, Adam Semantics and Computational Linguistics adamc@uchicago.edu
Bane, Max Computational, Learnabiligy, Phonology bane@uchicago.edu
M. Ryan Bochnak Semantics, syntax and computational linguistics bochank@uchicago.edu
Booker, Lucille
Bueno Holle, Juan Sociolinguistics, phonology, language, and cognition, bilingualism, language shift, Meso-American languages (Isthmus Zapotec)  jjbh@uchicago.edu
Bunting, Jacqueline Creole Syntax jbunting@uchicago.edu
Chatzopoulos, Aikaterini Negative dependencies in Attic Greek and Classical Latin cchatzop@uchicago.edu
Corcoran, Chris Linguistic anthropology/sociolinguistics/pragmatics and Sierra Leonean communities cmcorcor@uchicago.edu
Edwards, Rodney Phonology, Socio-historical, Comparative Afro-Asiatic redwards@uchicago.edu
Elliott, Malcolm Pragmatics, Semantics and their interface malcolme@uchicago.edu
Grano, Tommy Syntax, semantics, and Chinese Linguistics tgrano@uchicago.edu
Grinsell, Tim Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language twg@uchicago.edu
Grotberg, April Phonology(prosody), Historical Linguistics, Zapotec agrotberg@uchicago.edu
Hamrick, Rob Linguistic Anthropology, Mayan languages rphamric@uchicago.edu
Kang, Arum Semantics arum@uchicago.edu
Keane, Jon Syntax, morphology, and computational jonkeane@uchicago.edu
Kirby, James Phonology, Morphology, Phonotactics, Computational Linguistics, Vietnamese jkirby@uchicago.edu
Klecha, Peter Syntax/Semantics klecha@uchicago.edu
Kuzmack, Stefanie Historical Linguistics kuzmack@uchicago.edu
Lemieux, Alice Contact Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Hindi linguistics lemieux@uchicago.edu
Levin, Erik Western Amazonian (Panoan) and Andean languages; Interrelationships between language use, and epistemology and ontology ginlevin@uchicago.edu
Martinovic, Martina Phonetics, Phonology and Neurolinguistics martinam@uchicago.edu
McNabb, Yaron Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics ymcnabb@uchicago.edu
Metlay, Donald   dsmetlay@uchicago.edu
Midtlyng, Patrick Phonetics, phonology and morphology midtlyng@uchicago.edu
Nicola, Nassira Semantics, sociocultural linguistics,signed languages (ASL, LSQ) nnicola@uchicago.edu
Ribeiro, Eduardo Morphosyntax, historical linguistics, and anthropological linguistics kariri@gmail.com
Rizzo, Susan Linguistics srizzo@uchicago.edu
Rodriguez, Rosa K'iche' Mayan linguistic anthropology mrodrig@uchicago.edu
Rosenberg, Sarah Sociolinguistics sarahr1@uchicago.edu
Sawada, Osamu Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Japanese Linguistics sawadao@uchicago.edu
Staraki, Eleni Semantics and Acquisition of Language estar@uchicago.edu
Straughn, Christopher Morphology/Syntax straughn@uchicago.edu
Thomas, Julia Contact Linguistics, Language Change and Evolution, Romance Languages, Aymara jmthomas@uchicago.edu
Urban, Jasmin Syntax/Semantics jasmindu@uchicago.edu
Weaver, Christina Fieldwork on Undocumented languages and Phonology cmweaver@uchicago.edu
Wiener, Alison Psycholinguistics, processing of lexical ambiguity/vagueness, conceptual representation of word meaning, embodied meaning, prespective-taking in language use wiener@uchicago.edu
Wier, Thomas Theoretical morphosyntax of case-marking and agreement system trwier@midway.uchicago.edu
Yoon, Suwon Syntax/Semantics suwon@midway.uchicago.edu
You, Young-Lee Syntax yindigo@midway.uchicago.edu
Yu, Eunjai e-yu1@uchicago.edu

Dissertations in Progress

Name Dissertation Title
Jackie Bunting "English to Sranan: An Assessment of Structural Similarities and Differences"
Chris Corcoran "Tok Af, Lef Af": An Investigation of  the Dialectic Relationship of Language Ideologies and Discursive Practice in Conflict Resolution Meetings of Sierra Leonean Communities in Chicago and Washington, D. C.
Robert Hamrick "Language and livelihood in Santa Catarina Palopo, Guatemala"
James Kirby "The Role of Probablistic Enhancement in Phonologization"
Erik Levin "Constructions of Truths and Authority with Grammaticized Evidentiality in Shamanic Discourses of the Río Inuya Amawaka"
Rosa Rodriguez "Shifting genres, clashing creeds: ideological and linguistic change in K'iche'-Mayan ritual language"
Osamu Sawada "Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers"
Eleni Staraki "The Syntax and Semantics of Embedded Tense in Greek"
Christopher Straughn "Evidentiality in Uzbek and Kazakh"
Tom Wier "Modularity in Georgian and Feature Hierarchies in Natural Language"
Suwon Yoon "The Syntax and Semantics of Negation: a Comparative Study on Scope, Intervention, and Non-Negativity"