James N. Stanford,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Dartmouth College
About me:
I'm interested in language
variation in less commonly studied minority communities, and I'm
involved in linguistic field research of the Sui people in China
and other underrepresented groups in East/Southeast Asia, North
America, and elsewhere. Before graduate school I lived in mainland
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's Linguistics Program in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the
summer of 2008. Since coming to New Hampshire, I've also been
involved in field research of New England English dialects. 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 use 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.
Research
and Publications
Sui village in southwestern China My Campus Contact Information:
301 Reed Hall
Dartmouth College
(603)646-0099
James.N.Stanford@Dartmouth.edu
Mailing Address:
Program in Linguistics
HB 6220
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755-3506
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) 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