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Earl Brown is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Brigham Young University, housed within the College of Humanities. He is a full-time faculty member whose work bridges computational methods and linguistic theory, with a focus on variation and second language acquisition.
His research interests include:
- Language variation and sociolinguistic patterns
- Second language acquisition processes
- Legal and forensic linguistics
- Corpus-based and computational approaches to language analysis
- Application of programming (Python, R) in linguistic research
Earl Brown has been recognized for his scholarly contributions, including serving as a Faculty Fellow at the BYU Humanities Center from 2020 to 2023. His professional service is extensive, with regular peer-review activities for leading journals such as Language Variation and Change, Lingua, PLOS ONE, and Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, as well as grant reviews for international agencies like the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
He advises a number of students, many of whom appear in collaborative research contexts, particularly in areas involving Spanish linguistics, corpus analysis, and bilingualism. Though specific grants are not listed, his active reviewing and fellowship roles suggest engagement with funded research projects.
Earl Brown is also deeply involved in academic service, holding memberships in key organizations including the Linguistic Society of America, American Association of Applied Linguistics, and New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV). He has participated in multiple conferences and editorial roles, contributing significantly to the disciplinary infrastructure.
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