People in Fieldwork & Language Documentation

Andrew Garrett, Professor

Historical linguistics (language change and linguistic reconstruction), Indo-European languages, Yurok and other California Indian languages
garrett@berkeley.edu

Leanne Hinton, Professor emerita

American Indian languages, sociolinguistics, language loss and language revival
Languages: Havasupai, California Indian languages
(510) 219-4842
hinton@berkeley.edu
1224 Dwinelle

Larry M. Hyman, Professor

phonological theory, African languages - especially Niger-Congo
Languages: African languages, especially Bantu and other Niger-Congo
hyman@berkeley.edu

James A. Matisoff, Professor Emeritus

Southeast Asian languages, especially Tibeto-Burman and Thai, Chinese, Japanese, field linguistics, Yiddish studies, historical semantics, psychosemantics, language typology, area linguistics

Lev Michael, Assistant Professor

Anthropological linguistics, documentation and description of Amazonian languages, grammar and interaction, prosodic systems and verbal art, language contact, language endangerment and revitalization
Languages: Aʔɨwa, Iquito, Máíhɨki, Matsigenka, Muniche, Nanti, Omagua, Záparo
levmichael@berkeley.edu
1212 Dwinelle Hall

Richard A. Rhodes, Associate Professor

American Indian languages, grammatical theory, phonology and lexicology
rrhodes@berkeley.edu