Mairi McLaughlin

Mairi McLaughlin is a Professor of French at the University of California, Berkeley, with affiliations in the Linguistics Department and the Department of Italian Studies. Her primary research focuses on French/Romance Linguistics and Translation Studies, with particular attention to language-media interactions, language contact, and speech reporting mechanisms. She has held a faculty role since at least 2023 and is based in Dwinelle Hall on the Berkeley campus.

Her current projects include a monograph on the evolution of French press language from 1631–1789, and a critical digital edition of Urbain Domergue’s Journal de la langue françoise (1784–1795). This digital edition contributes to Garnier’s Corpus des Remarques sur la langue française, with plans for a parallel print publication. Her work bridges historical linguistics, media studies, and translation theory, emphasizing diachronic analysis of language in institutional contexts like journalism and academic commentary.

Research themes prominently include syntactic borrowing in translated texts, the sociolinguistics of historical press discourse, and the role of translation in shaping linguistic structures. Her articles frequently address 18th-century language practices, gendered language representation in historical texts, and methodological advancements in corpus-based translation studies.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in her profile. She advises no named students in the provided materials and holds no listed grants. Her academic activities are centered in the Division of Arts & Humanities, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement across French, Italian, and Linguistics departments.