Bruce Hayes

Bruce Hayes is Professor of Linguistics at UCLA, specializing in phonological theory and computational modeling of language. His research investigates sound patterns across languages using experimental and computational methods.

Research explores metrical stress theory, phonotactic learning, and the application of maximum entropy models to poetic metrics. Developed software tools for phonological analysis including UCLA-PPP and Optimality Theory software.

Authored 'Metrical Stress Theory' and 'Introductory Phonology' textbooks. Current projects examine gradient well-formedness in phonology and the role of phonetic grounding in phonological constraints.