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a portrait photograph of peter jenks, smiling, wearing a crimson shirt. Peter Jenks
Dept of Linguistics
syntax, semantics, morphology, linguistic theory, Thai, Southeast Asian languages, African languages
headshot of Susanne Gahl smiling, wearing glasses Susanne Gahl
Dept of Linguistics
linguistics, psycholinguistics, linguistic structure, language production, aphasia and related language disorders, bilingualism, stuttering
Darya Kavitskaya Darya Kavitskaya
Dept of Linguistics
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
phonological theory, phonetics/phonology interface, historical phonology, Slavic, Turkic, Uralic
Terry Regier Terry Regier
Dept of Linguistics
language and thought, computational linguistics, semantic universals, lexical semantics
Larry M. Hyman Larry M. Hyman
Dept of Linguistics
linguistics, phonological theory, typology, African languages, the Niger-Congo family, especially the comparative and historical study of the Bantu language family
Amy Rose Deal portrait Amy Rose Deal
Dept of Linguistics
meaning, grammar, endangered languages, Native American languages, semantics, syntax, word structure, language universals, language variation, Nez Perce language
Steven Piantadosi Steven Piantadosi
Dept of Psychology
language acquisition, language processing
Picture of Justin Davidson Justin Davidson
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish linguistics, romance linguistics, contact linguistics, bilingualism, Catalan, sociophonetics, language variation and change, quantitative methods
Yoko Hasegawa Yoko Hasegawa
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Japanese linguistics, syntax/semantics, pragmatics, phonetics, cognitive linguistics
Andrew Garrett Andrew Garrett
Dept of Linguistics
linguistics, language change, Indo-European languages, historical linguistics, Indigenous California languages, Indigenous language revitalization
photo of Lev Michael standing in the rainforest in central Peruvian Amazonia Lev Michael
Dept of Linguistics
linguistic typology, Amazonian languages, anthropological linguistics, historical linguistics, language contact and areal typology, language documentation and description, lexicography, language revitalization
Gasper Begus at UC Berkeley Photo Hagit Caspi Gašper Beguš
Dept of Linguistics
AI interpretability, computational linguistics, AI policy, AI, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, philology, Generative AI, deep learning, speech processing, NLP, phonology, articulatory and acoustic phonetics, historical linguistics, marine biology, language and law, Indo-European linguistics
Mairi McLaughlin Mairi McLaughlin
Dept of French
Dept of Italian Studies
French linguistics, translation studies, language of the media, language contact, syntax, romance linguistics, History of the Romance Languages, Italian language, history of French, History of the Press, Speech Reporting, Metalinguistic texts
William F. Hanks William F. Hanks
Dept of Anthropology
social and cultural anthropology, linguistics, shamanism, language, Yucatan Mexico, Maya culture
Liesl Yamaguchi in motion in front of chalk board Liesl Yamaguchi
Dept of French
poetics, linguistics, literary theory, 19th century literature, modern poetry
headshot of Alane Suhr Alane Suhr
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, computer vision, computational linguistics
Kristin Hanson Kristin Hanson
Dept of English
linguistics, English, poetry, meter, rhyme, alliteration, textsetting, phonological theory, English grammar and usage
Richard Kern Richard Kern
Dept of French
literacy, second language acquisition, writing, psycholinguistics, reading, French language, French linguistics, technology and education
Isaac L. Bleaman Isaac L. Bleaman
Dept of Linguistics
sociolinguistics, language contact, language change, language maintenance, computational linguistics, syntax, phonetics, Yiddish, Jewish languages
Photo of Professor Marti Hearst in her office on the UC Berkeley campus Marti Hearst
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Information
information visualization, web search, search user interfaces, human-computer interaction, user interfaces, empirical computational linguistics, natural language processing, online education
Mel Y Chen headshot Mel Y Chen
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
queer and feminist theory, disability theory, critical animal studies, materiality studies, cultural politics of race and sexuality and ability and immigration, critical linguistics, paradigms of inter and transdisciplinarity
Steven N. Evans Steven Evans
Dept of Mathematics
Dept of Statistics
large random combinatorial structures, random matrices, superprocesses & other measure-valued processes, probability on algebraic structures -particularly local fields, applications of stochastic processes to biodemography, mathematical finance, population genetics, phylogenetics & historical linguistics
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