James N. Stanford,
Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Linguistics
Dartmouth College
About me:
I am interested in dialects,
variationist sociolinguistics, and the overall research topic of
language variation and change. I enjoy exploring diverse language
communities and a wide range of linguistic variables and dialect
features. Research projects include fieldwork in collaboration
with the Sui community in China and other underrepresented groups
in East/Southeast Asia, North America, and elsewhere. Before
graduate school I lived in China for about 7 years where, among
other eye-opening experiences, I learned Chinese and Sui, a
Tai-Kadai minority language of Guizhou Province. Returning to the
U.S. for graduate school, I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics in
2007 from Michigan State University (adviser: Dennis Preston). I
taught for a year in the Rice University Linguistics Department,
and then joined Dartmouth Linguistics in Hanover, New Hampshire,
in the summer of 2008. I am also involved in field research of New
England English dialects and other aspects of North American
English. Along with my sociolinguistic training, I also have a
Bachelor of Science in Physics. As a result, I enjoy studying both
the social, "human" side of language usage as well as quantitative
analysis of linguistic variables. Thanks for visiting my page, and
let me know if you have any questions or would like to get in
touch. My contact information is given below.
Sui village in southwestern China My Campus Contact Information:
218 Anon. Hall
Dartmouth College
(603)646-0099
James.N.Stanford@Dartmouth.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Linguistics
HB 6220
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755
My
Courses at Dartmouth:
Linguistics 17 Sociolinguistics
Linguistics 1 Introductory Linguistics Linguistics
22 Syntax Linguistics
20 Experimental Phonetics Linguistics 35 Field Methods
(Siswati, Otjiherero, Nepali, Georgian) Linguistics
80 Advanced Seminar in Dialectology Linguistics 50 Language and
Gender Linguistics
80 Advanced Seminar in Language and Gender Linguistics
54 Polynesian Linguistics (Maori/Tongan), Dartmouth Foreign
Studies Program in New Zealand Linguistics 7
Language, Dialect, and Cross-Cultural Understanding
Mt. Moosilauke, New Hampshire
Dartmouth Linguistics hiking trip
Media reporting about
research:
1. Reporting on our New England English research: -Boston NPR / WBUR radio interview link -New York Times article about our New England research link -Chronicle of Higher Education article link -Interview for The Academic Minute, Northeast
Public Radio link
-Boston Globe article link
-Boston Magazine article link
-Boston NPR interview, including Kenny Baclawski '12 link
-Vermont Public Radio interview link -Maine Public Radio interview link
-Down East Magazine (Michael Erard) link
-New England NPR: NEXT with John Dankoksy link -Atlas Obscura interview link 2. Reporting on our Native American English research:
-Voice of America interview featuring Kalina Newmark '11
(June 2022) link
-Wired Magazine video production featuring Kalina Newmark
'11 (Nov. 2020) -Native America Calling radio segment: guest hosts Kalina
Newmark '11 and Nacole Walker '11 link
-Yukon Canada CBC radio interview of Kalina Newmark '11 link -Town
Crier/Puritan Literary Magazine online article about our
Native American English projectlink -Yes! Magazine interview with Kalina Newmark '11 and
Nacole Walker '11 link
3. Reporting on
Computational Sociolinguistics projects: -Press release about DARLA
(Dartmouth Linguistic Automation) link
-Neukom Institute video interview about agent-based modeling in
sociolinguistics link
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