Research
Constituent order flexibility
How does constituent order vary across languages? What role does language contact play?
See also: Namboodiripad et al. (2020) CUNY, Kramer & Namboodiripad (2020) LSA, Namboodiripad (2019), Kramer (2020) SLE, Namboodiripad (2020) SLE
Subjective categorization of language boundaries
What types of information do speakers use when they categorize words, sounds, and patterns as belonging to a particular language? How does this affect language change?
See also: Namboodiripad (2021), Namboodiripad (2020) (f)asal, Namboodiripad & Lepic (2018) ICCG
Oral History of Minnesota Malayalees
How have language maintenance practices and attitudes changed in the Minnesota Malayalee community? How does this affect patterns of language mixing?
See also: Namboodiripad (2019) ICL, Namboodiripad (2021) LSA
Harassment and bias in Linguistics
How has harassment and bias differentially shaped the experiences of linguists and language researchers? How can we work together to make a better field?
See also: linguistsurvey.com, Namboodiripad, Hou, & Occhino (2019) LSA [video], Hou, et al. (2018) AAA
Variation in adjunct islands
What drives variation in adjunct islands, within and across languages? What is the role of discourse structure in this variation?
See also: Namboodiripad et al. (2022) CogSci, Namboodiripad (2019) LSA, Namboodiripad & Goodall (2014) CUNY
Mathew Kramer and Yourdanis Sedarous test out our portable pupilometry setup in the lab
Mathew Kramer at the 2020 LSA Annual meeting