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Hongming Zhang is a Professor of Chinese Linguistics and Head of the Chinese Language and Linguistics Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he has been a faculty member since 1994. He also directs the UW-Tianjin Summer Chinese Program and holds editorial leadership roles in major journals and book series in Chinese linguistics. Ph.D., University of California at San Diego, Linguistics (1992) M.A., University of California at San Diego, Linguistics (1990) M.A., Fudan University, Chinese Linguistics (1984) B.A., Fudan University, Chinese Language (1981) His research focuses on the syntax-phonology interface, prosodic phonology, poetic prosody, and the history of the Chinese language. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of tone sandhi, tonal representation in dialects, and the linguistic structure of classical Chinese poetry. His work bridges theoretical linguistics and literary analysis, particularly in the context of historical and dialectal variation. The most recent articles highlight a strong trend in prosodic studies across Chinese dialects, historical phonology, and the linguistic analysis of classical poetry. His publications consistently emphasize empirical data from understudied dialects and integrate formal linguistic theory with philological insights. Vilas Associate Award (UW-Madison, 2003–05) Chiang Ching Kuo Research Grants (1997–99, 2005–06) Chern Shiing-shen Chair Professor (Nankai University, 2006) Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor (China MOE, 2009) Teacher of the Year 2015 (Wisconsin Association of Chinese Language Teachers) Distinguished Guest Professor (multiple Chinese universities) Professor Zhang has advised numerous students and led curriculum development in Chinese language and linguistics. He has secured research grants from prestigious foundations and has held leadership roles in international scholarly organizations. He is currently executive editor of the International Journal of Chinese Linguistics and series editor for Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics . He leads a research group focused on prosodic theory and Chinese linguistic analysis, contributing to interdisciplinary projects connecting linguistics, literature, and language education.

• Chinese Linguistics
• Syntax-Phonology Interface
• Prosodic Phonology
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Sylvia L.R. Schreiner is an Associate Professor in the Linguistics Program within the English Department at George Mason University, where she serves as the Program Director for the Linguistics PhD program. She specializes in syntax, semantics, morphology, and endangered language documentation, with fieldwork focused on St. Lawrence Island Yupik (Akuzipik) and Scottish Gaelic through a community-centered model. Her educational background includes: Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Arizona (2012) M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Arizona (2008) B.A. in Classical Studies from Carleton College (2005) Her research explores interfaces between syntax, semantics, and morphology, with active projects on: Nominal functional structure Tense/aspect morphosyntax in Scottish Gaelic and Yupik Central/non-central coincidence Spatiotemporal semantics of prepositions She emphasizes collaborative fieldwork, digital corpus development, and computational tools for endangered languages. Her recent publications (2019-2024) primarily analyze St. Lawrence Island Yupik, covering computational morphology, phonetics, lexicography, and community-based documentation. A secondary focus includes Scottish Gaelic semantics and Classical Greek morphology, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to linguistic theory and applied revitalization. Awards and Grants: NSF CAREER Award (2021-2026): Documenting temporal contrasts in Akuzipik NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Grant: Collaborative tools for Yupik Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Wheaton College She directs the GMU Linguistics Language Documentation Lab and leads NSF-funded initiatives to develop digital dictionaries, corpora, and computational resources for Yupik communities. No specific students or advising roles are listed.

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
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Jess Law is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD from Rutgers University and an MPhil and BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on the intersection of semantics and pragmatics, particularly through experimental approaches to language meaning. Education: PhD in Linguistics, Rutgers University MPhil and BA in Linguistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong Her work explores key questions in linguistic theory, including the compositional nature of pragmatics in languages with overt discourse particles (e.g., Cantonese, Mandarin), passive constructions in transitive verbs, and the licensing of non-canonical subjects in generic sentences. She employs experimental methods to study the discourse potential of bare noun phrases and focus intervention effects in Mandarin questions. You can contact Jess at jesslaw@ucsc.edu .

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Experimental Linguistics
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Dr. Pilar Valenzuela is a Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences , Chapman University. Her work focuses on Panoan and Kawapanan languages of the Peruvian Amazon, including Shiwilu (Jebero) and Amahuaca , with expertise in linguistic typology, phonology, morphosyntax, and language revitalization . Education: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (BA in Hispanic Linguistics & Literature, Diploma in Anthropology) University of Oregon (MA and PhD in Linguistics) Research Highlights: She has published three books and numerous articles on synchronic and historical syntax , verb borrowing , and ethnobiological taxonomies . Her PhD dissertation on Shipibo-Konibo grammar won the Mary R. Haas Book Award . Awards & Grants: Recipient of the Wang-Fradkin Professorship (2006-2008) and a National Science Foundation grant (DEL BCS-0853285) for documenting Kawapanan languages. In 2012, she received the Global Engagement Research Award from Chapman University. Teaching: Offers courses in Spanish linguistics, advanced grammar, and documenting Shiwilu , a critically endangered language. Collaborates with Chapman undergraduate students on creating a trilingual (Shiwilu-Spanish-English) dictionary . Publications: Recent work explores lexical tone in Amahuaca , temporal constructions , and body-part terminology in Pano-Takana languages.

• Linguistics
• Panoan Languages
• Kawapanan Languages
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Ken Safir is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University, within the School of Arts and Sciences. His research centers on syntactic theory, binding, and the syntax of African and Germanic languages. He leads the Afranaph Project, an NSF-funded initiative to document anaphoric phenomena in African languages. Research Interests: His work focuses on the architecture of syntactic theory, anaphora and dependency, clausal complementation, movement, and the morphosyntax of understudied languages. He is especially known for his contributions to binding theory and the analysis of reciprocal and reflexive constructions in Bantu and other Niger-Congo languages. The most recent publications show a sustained focus on anaphora, phase theory, clausal selection, and morphosyntactic variation in African languages. His work combines formal syntactic theory with rich empirical data from fieldwork, often resulting in detailed grammar sketches and technical reports. The Afranaph Project has produced a comprehensive database and numerous open-access resources. NSF Grant BCS-0919086 (Afranaph Project) NSF Grant BCS-0523102 (Afranaph Project) Distinguished Professor Title (Rutgers University) Ken Safir has advised and collaborated with numerous graduate students and researchers, particularly in African linguistics. His work has been supported by continuous NSF funding, reflecting its significance in the field. He has contributed to major theoretical debates in generative grammar and has published extensively in top-tier journals. The Afranaph Project, under his leadership, maintains a robust infrastructure for linguistic data, including case files, questionnaires, and technical reports, serving as a vital resource for researchers worldwide.

• Syntactic Theory
• Binding Theory
• Anaphora
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Kimberly Swanson is an Associate Professor of French at the University of Kansas. She serves as the French Language Program Director and oversees Graduate Teaching Assistant training. Her work extends to the Language Training Center, providing military-focused language and culture education. Education: Ph.D. in French Linguistics and General Linguistics, Indiana University M.A. in French Linguistics, Indiana University B.A. in International Studies and French, Hamline University Professor Swanson’s research focuses on French linguistics, phonology/phonetics, and historical evolution of French. Her pedagogical work bridges SLA theory with classroom practice, emphasizing phonological acquisition, constraint demotion, and cultural integration in language learning. Her publications highlight trends in French pedagogy, including interactive digital resources, textbook supplements, and theoretical studies on phonology and syntax. These works reflect interdisciplinary approaches combining linguistics, cognitive theory, and educational technology. Scientific Awards: KU Cramer Professorship for 2009-2011 KU Cramer Award for excellence in teaching and research (2008) Outstanding Woman Educator, KU Emily Taylor Woman’s Resource Center (2011) Professor Swanson supervises Graduate Teaching Assistants and lecturers in elementary French instruction. Current projects include Quel accent?! (a book with KU’s Open Language Resource Center) and studies on L2 acquisition of palatalization and constraint hierarchy processing in French/English interlanguage. She collaborates with teams in the French Language Program and Language Training Center, integrating research into military and academic language instruction frameworks.

• French Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Language Pedagogy
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William J. Hanna is a Part-Time Lecturer in Linguistics at Gordon College, affiliated with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has been teaching Sociolinguistics since 2020. With 36 years of experience in Thailand, he previously taught linguistics at two universities there and contributed to Bible translation projects for minority languages. Education: B.A. in Cultural Anthropology, Lehigh University M.A. in Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington His research centers on the syntax and morphology of Southeast Asian languages, particularly Tai Lue (Dai Lue). His work includes lexicography, language documentation, and the study of numeral classifiers and expressive forms. He emphasizes the linguistic structures of understudied languages and their cultural contexts. Hanna's recent publications show a strong trend in language documentation and lexicography, especially for the Tai Lue language. His work spans dictionaries, syntactic analysis, and digital language resources, reflecting a commitment to preserving and analyzing minority languages of Southeast Asia. Scientific Awards: No awards listed in the provided text. William J. Hanna has not advised any named students in the provided information and there is no mention of grants. However, his long-term engagement in linguistic fieldwork and collaborative translation projects suggests informal mentorship and project-based funding, particularly in applied and community linguistics. He is associated with digital language documentation efforts, particularly through the Webonary platform, and has worked with teams of pastors on translation, indicating collaboration in community-based linguistic teams focused on minority language development.

• Linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Syntax
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Raúl Aranovich is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis, within the College of Letters and Science. He has been a faculty member at UC Davis since 2001 and previously held academic positions at Ohio State University and the University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics from UC San Diego in 1996 under the supervision of Professors S.-Y. Kuroda and John Moore. His research centers on theoretical linguistics, particularly the interfaces between syntax, morphology, and semantics, with a focus on grammatical mismatches across these domains. He specializes in Romance languages—especially Spanish—and lesser-studied languages such as Fijian and Shona. His work increasingly integrates computational methods, including corpus linguistics, natural language processing, and knowledge representation via ontologies. He has also contributed to interdisciplinary research in cybersecurity communication and neural machine translation. The recent publications of Raúl Aranovich span a wide range of subfields, from historical linguistics and construction grammar to computational modeling and cross-linguistic typology. A strong trend in his work is the use of formal and empirical methods to analyze syntactic variation, auxiliary selection, impersonal constructions, and morphological complexity, often with a comparative approach across languages. His interdisciplinary collaborations, especially with computer scientists, reflect a growing interest in applying linguistic theory to real-world digital communication and security challenges. Fellow, Linguistic Society of America Raúl Aranovich has mentored numerous students and collaborators, though specific advisees are not listed in the provided text. He has secured research funding through collaborative projects, particularly in computational linguistics and cybersecurity, as evidenced by co-authored publications with researchers in computer science. His work on low-resource machine translation and semantic web applications suggests active grant-supported research. He is involved in modeling grammars using OWL ontologies and has explored language use in digital communities such as GitHub and cybersecurity forums. His research group likely includes students and postdocs working at the intersection of linguistics and computer science, particularly in NLP and knowledge representation.

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Syntax
• Morphology
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Barbara Citko is a Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle. Her research focuses on syntactic theory, syntax-semantics interface, and Polish syntax with emphases on phrase structure, relative clauses, wh-questions, and coordination. She contributes to generative grammar frameworks, exploring phase theory, multidominance, and syntactic universals. Academic service roles include Associate Editor of the Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Alternate Graduate Program Coordinator. Research Interests: Phase Theory and syntactic derivation mechanisms Multidominance in coordinate structures Wh-constructions (free relatives, across-the-board questions) Slavic syntax with focus on Polish Formal syntax interfaces with semantics Teaching: Undergraduate courses: Syntax I & II Graduate courses: Syntactic Theory I-III Seminar topics: Phases, Features, Labels; Coordination & Agreement; Negation & Polarity Recent Work Trends: Her publications analyze syntactic structures across languages, with emphasis on Polish data to explore universal syntax principles. Recent presentations address agreement in coordinate structures, feature inheritance in syntax, and ellipsis phenomena. Professional Activities: No listed grants, but maintains active academic service roles and extensive publication record in top linguistics journals.

• Syntactic Theory
• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• Syntax of Polish
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Line Mikkelsen is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Linguistics within the College of Letters and Science. Her research focuses on syntax, semantics, and morphology, with special attention to Danish and other Germanic languages, as well as Karuk and other indigenous languages of California. She is also engaged with the philosophy of language and is a core member of the Syntax and Semantics faculty group. Her research interests include formal syntactic theory, semantic interpretation, morphological structure, and cross-linguistic variation. She investigates phenomena such as VP ellipsis, verb-second order, resumption, and head movement, primarily through the lens of Danish grammar, contributing to broader theoretical debates in generative linguistics. The recent publications (2015–2018) highlight her sustained focus on Danish syntax and its implications for universal grammar. Themes include anaphora, movement, ellipsis, and clause architecture, reflecting a deep engagement with both empirical data and theoretical modeling in formal linguistics. She earned her PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz, a leading institution in linguistic theory. This academic background has shaped her rigorous approach to syntactic and semantic analysis. Line Mikkelsen actively contributes to the academic community through collaborative publications and edited volumes, such as festschrifts honoring prominent linguists, indicating her integration within the national and international linguistics network. Contact: mikkelsen@berkeley.edu | Office: 1210 Dwinelle Hall

• Syntax
• Semantics
• Morphology
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Justin Royer is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He previously held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley and earned his PhD in Linguistics from McGill University in 2022 under the supervision of Jessica Coon, Luis Alonso-Ovalle, and Aron Hirsch. Research Interests: Theoretical syntax, semantics, and prosody Mayan languages, especially Chuj (spoken in Guatemala and Mexico) Québec French, particularly negation and clause-typing Language documentation and fieldwork methodologies Linguistic typology and cross-linguistic comparison His research bridges formal linguistic theory and empirical fieldwork, focusing on under-represented Indigenous languages. He investigates how syntactic structures interact with prosody and semantics, with a particular interest in phenomena such as anaphora, definiteness, classifiers, modality, and ergativity. Recent Research Trends: His most recent publications (2022–2025) reveal a strong focus on the interplay between syntax and semantics in Mayan languages, particularly Chuj and Mam. Key themes include animacy hierarchies, binding theory, ergative anaphors, modal indefinites, quantifier interpretation, and the syntax-prosody interface. He also continues to explore expletive negation and clause-typing in Québec French, contributing to the understanding of variation within Romance languages. Scientific Awards: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Advising and Grants: While specific advisees are not listed, Justin Royer has co-authored work with graduate students and collaborators such as Cristina Buenrostro, Rodrigo Ranero, and Noah Elkins, indicating active mentoring. His Banting Fellowship—a highly competitive award—demonstrates significant research funding and recognition. His ongoing collaborations and publication record suggest continued grant support and academic leadership. Labs and Research Groups: He is affiliated with research circles and workshops at major institutions, including the Syntax-Semantics Circle at UC Berkeley and the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Syntax Workshop. His invited talks at Stanford, UCLA, and the University of Washington reflect active engagement in the broader formal linguistics community.

• Syntax
• Semantics
• Prosody
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Géraldine Legendre is a Professor and Chair at the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Johns Hopkins University. Her research explores the architecture of language, with a focus on syntax, cross-linguistic variation, and the role of optimization in linguistic models. Education: PhD in Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego Her work spans syntactic theory, child language acquisition, and formal models of variation, particularly in French, Romance, and Balkan languages. She investigates mappings between lexical semantics, prosody, and information structure in syntactic frameworks.

• Adult and child syntax
• Optimality Theory
• Models of the interfaces
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John Trueswell is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (ILST). He leads the Language Learning Lab at the Department of Psychology, focusing on real-time language interpretation, acquisition, and processing dynamics. Collaborations with ILST faculty Behavioral experimentation Eye tracking Computational modeling fMRI His interdisciplinary work connects Psychology, Linguistics, and Computer Science through Penn’s MindCORE initiative. Research spans cross-linguistic comparisons, developmental psycholinguistics, and individual differences in normal/clinical populations. Recent publications analyze ambiguity detection, polysemy, event role encoding, and cross-situational learning. His work reveals processing-acquisition interdependencies and cognitive mechanisms shaping language structure. Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (APS) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Grants: NSF and NIH Dr. Trueswell has mentored language scientists across Psychology and Linguistics, with former advisees now at institutions like NYU, Harvard, and University of Florida. His lab integrates visual and linguistic data to decode moment-by-moment comprehension in children and adults.

• Psycholinguistics
• Language Acquisition
• Language Processing
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Florian Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania , where he also serves as the Undergraduate Chair and Associate Director for Education at mindCORE . His research integrates formal semantics and pragmatics with psycholinguistic experimentation to study how linguistic content and contextual information interact during language comprehension. Research Focus : Presupposition projection, scalar implicatures, definiteness systems, and social identity effects on interpretation. Methodology : Uses eye-tracking (visual world paradigm), truth value judgments, and online experiment platforms like PCIbex . Grants & Awards : Funded by NSF, ESF, XPRAG.de, and Penn’s URF. Mercator Fellow sponsored by DFG. Collaborations : Active with labs at Goethe-University Frankfurt, MIT, and University of Konstanz. Recent Publications (2023) explore covariation in processing, social identity effects on imprecision, and presupposition projection asymmetry. His edited work Experimental Perspectives on Presuppositions (2015) remains influential in theoretical psycholinguistics.

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Psycholinguistics
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Martin Salzmann is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Potsdam's Department of Linguistics. He serves as Co-Director of the Potsdam Morpho-Syntax Lab and Principal Investigator for the research project Consequences of head argument order for syntax . Additionally, he holds the position of Associate Editor at Natural Language and Linguistic Theory . His research focuses on core areas of theoretical linguistics, with particular expertise in: Syntax and morphosyntax (clitic doubling, ellipsis, movement) Interface phenomena (syntax-phonology, syntax-semantics) Greek linguistics Formal grammatical analysis Experimental approaches to linguistic theory Recent publications demonstrate strong research output in syntax and its interfaces, with recurring themes including ellipsis mechanisms (particularly NP-ellipsis), clitic doubling phenomena, Greek syntax, and the phonetic consequences of syntactic structures. Collaborative work features prominently, with frequent co-authorships.

• Syntax
• Morphology
• Ellipsis
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