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Graduate Students

Current Students

Student Name Area of Study Email
Abrego-Collier, Carissa Phonetics, phonology, sociophonetics carissa@uchicago.edu
Aparicio, Helena Formal semantics and its interfaces haparicio@uchicago.edu
Baglini, Rebekah Lexical Semantics, Syntax rebekahbrita@uchicago.edu
Bane, Max Computational, Learnabiligy, Phonology bane@uchicago.edu
Beltrama, Andrea Semantics/pragmatics, psycholinguistics and linguistic anthropology andremormora@uchicago.edu
Bochnak, Ryan Semantics, syntax and computational linguistics bochnak@uchicago.edu
Bueno Holle, Juan Sociolinguistics, phonology, language, and cognition, bilingualism, language shift, Meso-American languages (Isthmus Zapotec)  jjbh@uchicago.edu
Chatzikonstantinou, Anastasios Acquisition of Negative Polarity Items chatzikonst@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
Elliott, Malcolm Pragmatics, Semantics and their interface malcolme@uchicago.edu
Flinn, Gallagher Slavic language syntax relating to questions of ellipsis and scrambling gflinn@uchicago.edu
Franich, Katie Phonology, and specifically in the areas of tone and language variation kfranich@uchicago.edu
Grano, Tommy Syntax, semantics, and Chinese Linguistics tgrano@uchicago.edu
Grinsell, Tim Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language twg@uchicago.edu
Kang, Arum Semantics arum@uchicago.edu
Keane, Jon Syntax, morphology, and computational jonkeane@uchicago.edu
Klecha, Peter Syntax/Semantics klecha@uchicago.edu
Lee, Jackson Phonology, Phoenetics and Morphology jsllee@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
Nguyen, Chieu Computational linguistics, syntax and phonology cvnguyen@uchicago.edu
Pham, Mike Vietnamese syntax and semantics mpham@uchicago.edu
Pietraszko, Joanna Formal semantics, negation and polarity phenomena, the syntax and semantic of relative clauses in Polish and other Slavic languages, as well as scalar focus particles and the linguistics realizations of concessive meaning pietraszko@uchicago.edu
Rak, Diane Psycholinguistics dkr@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
Sondregger, Morgan Computational and statistical modeling, sociophonetics, phonetics, phonology morgan@cs.uchicago.edu
Staraki, Eleni Semantics and Acquisition of Language estar@uchicago.edu
Thomas, Julia Contact Linguistics, Language Change and Evolution, Romance Languages, Aymara jmthomas@uchicago.edu
Vardomskaya, Tamara Semantics, language acquisition, bilingualism, Slavic and Romance linguistics, and language modeling and computational linguistics vardomskayat@uchicago.edu
Weaver, Christina Fieldwork on Undocumented languages and Phonology cmweaver@uchicago.edu

Dissertations in Progress

Name Dissertation Title
Max Bane "Counting Grammars"
Ryan Bochnak "Cross-linguistic variation in the semantics of comparatives"
Juan Bueno Holle "Information Structure in Isthmus Zapotec"
Catherine Chatzopoulou "Negation in Greek: a diachronic study"
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.
Peter Klecha "Mitigated Modality"
Erik Levin "Constructions of Truths and Authority with Grammaticized Evidentiality in Shamanic Discourses of the Río Inuya Amawaka"
Yaron McNabb "The syntax and semantics of intesifiers and other degree expressions"
Rosa Rodriguez "Shifting genres, clashing creeds: ideological and linguistic change in K'iche'-Mayan ritual language"
Morgan Sonderegger "Phonological and phonetic dynamics: Case studies and methods"
Eleni Staraki "The Syntax and Semantics of Embedded Tense in Greek"