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Jon Forrest

My research focuses on language variation and change in Southern US Englishes, using sociological theory to explain loss of older features and the adoption and diffusion of new sound changes.  I am especially interested in the ways that sociological analyses of meso-level social groups like organizations or neighborhoods can help integrate social-structural factors into the study of language variation.  My most recent project examined…

Photograph of Dr. Lars Meyer with mountains in background
Linguistics Faculty Exchange with Leipzig

Under the auspices of the Franklin College International Faculty Exchange Program, the Linguistics Department will host Dr. Lars Meyer from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. The visit includes a public lecture on February 20th at 4pm entitled "The Neural Oscillations of Language Processing: Examples from German." Dr. Meyer has a research collaboration at UGA with John Hale; Hale will…
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Paula Mellom

Dr. Mellom holds a Ph.D. in linguistics specializing in second language acquisition.  She works primarily with pre and inservice teachers to develop their ability to make academic content accessible to linguistically and culturally diverse learners. Her qualitative analysis explores the role of collaborative, conversation-based instruction in identity construction, and cognitive and linguistic development.  Her current research…


Mark Wenthe

As a lecturer, my primary responsibility is in teaching courses, spanning a range of areas from Language Contact through Typology and Historical Linguistics. My primary area of expertise is in Indo-European studies, particularly Sanskrit and Germanic linguistics. I am interested in the interaction of different linguistic modules (e.g., exploring the interplay of syntax and phonology on the position of enclitic pronouns), and in how typological…


Olga Thomason

Historical Indo-European linguistics, prepositional semantics, Slavic linguistics and folklore, acquisition of Russian by foreign and heritage language learners


Paula Schwanenflugel

vocabulary development, psychology of reading, reading prosody


Alexander Sager

Middle High German, medieval German literature of courtly love (minne), and the literary, cultural and historical/historiographic relationship between German-speaking lands and eastern Europe, primarily Hungary


Diana Ranson

Language change and variation in the Romance languages
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