Matt Hunt Gardner

Matt Hunt Gardner is a queer Canadian sociolinguist and Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary University London. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto. His research focuses on language variation, sociophonetics, and cognitive linguistics, with particular attention to non-mainstream English varieties such as Canadian Maritime English and dialects influenced by the Scottish diaspora. He employs statistical modeling to analyze grammatical variability and change in languages like North American, British, Australian, Hong Kong, and Filipino English.

Education: PhD in Linguistics (University of Toronto).

Research Interests: Sociolinguistics, dialectology, cognitive burden in linguistic choices, and the intersection of technology with communication patterns. Collaborative work includes studies on Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, and Chinese languages.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with Queen Mary’s Linguistics Research Groups, including the Sociolinguistic Variation and Change program. Active in initiatives like the Teach Real English! project and public engagement efforts on accent bias and multilingual capital.