Sharon Rose

Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics

PhD McGill University, MA Université du Québec à Montréal, BA (Hon.) University of Toronto

My research is on phonological typology and the documentation, description and analysis of African languages.

I work primarily on Kordofanian languages of Sudan, working with speaker teachers. I have also researched Semitic languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea and Kwa languages of Ghana.

My current research is investigating grammatical tone, inflection classes, and prosody in the Kordofanian Heiban languages, Rere and Tira, as well as musical pitch processing by speakers of African tone languages

Teaching 2026-27:

Fall 2026 - LIGN139 Field Methods; Winter 2027 - LIGN211 Phonology

Affiliated Faculty member:

African Studies Minor
Center for Research in Language
International Studies Program
International Institute
Urban Studies and Planning

Research Labs/Groups:

Representative:

Steering Committee (North American representative), World Congress on African Linguistics
Organizing Committee, African Linguistics School

Department of Linguistics - 0108

University of California, San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla, CA 92093-0108

Office: AP&M 4257

Tel: (858) 534-1156

E-mail: rose at ucsd dot edu

OR sxrose at ucsd dot edu

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