People in Syntax & Semantics

Charles J. Fillmore, Professor Emeritus

lexicon, semantics, syntax, text comprehension, English, Japanese

George P. Lakoff, Professor

Cognitive linguistics, especially the neural theory of thought and language. Conceptual systems, conceptual metaphor, grammar and meaning. The application of cognitive and neural linguistics to politics, literature, psychology, philosophy and mathematics
lakoff@berkeley.edu

Line Mikkelsen, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor

syntax, semantics, morphology, Danish and other Germanic languages, Karuk and other languages of California, philosophy of language
mikkelsen@berkeley.edu

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

Eve E. Sweetser, Professor

semantics, syntax, historical linguistics, Celtic languages, speech act theory, metaphor theory, semantic change, grammaticalization, grammatical meaning, gesture
sweetser@berkeley.edu
1211 Dwinelle