UNCG Faculty - Linguistics Research Interests
Linguistics-related research is performed in many fields.
The common topic is human language systems and other forms of human communication.
Some researchers gather data about these systems of communication, others
build models of different aspects of communication systems, and others
apply these models to other endeavors such as teaching English as a second
language or constructing computer systems. Here is a list of faculty at
UNCG involved in some way with linguistics, with a brief description of
their field and their specific research interests in linguistics.
Anthropological Linguistics
Dr. Pamela Innes, Department
of Anthropology.
Linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language revitalization; Native American
studies, Southeastern and Southern Plains USA
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dr. Jacqueline M. Cimorelli, Head, Dept. of Comm. Sciences and Disorders.
Neurolinguistic Development and Disorders and Corresponding Neurological
Theories in Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Adolescents; Neurolinguistic
Development and Disorders in Children with Multihandicapping Conditions, with
emphasis on children with autism; Literacy Impairments in Children and Adolescents with Language Learning Disabilities.
Computational Linguistics and Human-Computer Interaction
Computational Linguists build formal and computational models of different
aspects of human communication systems, and apply these models to the development
of technology such as computer interfaces. Human-Computer Interaction
is the study of design, implementation and evaluation of computer interfaces,
including linguistic modes of interaction.
Dr. Nancy Green, Computer
Science Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences.
Multimedia/multimodal human-computer interaction, argumentation in computer
media, conversational agents in virtual worlds
General Linguistics
Dr. David Wharton, Classical Studies.
Linguistics and literature with a special interest in semantic, syntactic,
and pragmatic ambiguity; Latin linguistics
(current research in Latin noun phrase syntax); the psycholinguistics
of semantics and syntactic ambiguity.
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the study of language use, drawing upon and contributing
to both the theoretical and applied areas through the study of language
variation.
Dr. Jeutonne Brewer, emeritus,
Department of English.
Language variation, discourse, the language of electronic conversation
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