People in Language & Historical Context
Andrew Garrett, Professor
Historical linguistics (language change and linguistic reconstruction), Indo-European languages, Yurok and other California Indian languages
garrett@berkeley.edu
Gary Holland, Associate Professor
Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics, history of linguistics, language typology
Languages: Classical and Vedic Sanskrit, Avestan, Old Persian, Greek, Latin, Italic dialects, Hittite, Hieroglyphic Luwian, Gothic, Old Norse-Icelandic, Old English, Old Irish, Lithuanian, Old Church Slavic
gholland@berkeley.edu
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
Johanna Nichols, Professor Emeritus
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures: Historical linguistics; typology, including historical typology; linguistic geography and areal linguistics.
Languages: Chechen, Ingush, Russian
Richard A. Rhodes, Associate Professor
American Indian languages, grammatical theory, phonology and lexicology
rrhodes@berkeley.edu
Eve E. Sweetser, Professor
semantics, syntax, historical linguistics, Celtic languages, speech act theory, metaphor theory, semantic change, grammaticalization, grammatical meaning, gesture
sweetser@berkeley.edu
Alan Timberlake, Professor Emeritus
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures: Descriptive grammar of Russian; chronicles.