The linguistics faculty members are involved in ongoing research projects, and an overview of current projects is listed below. For a broader view of faculty research, including research interests and publications, see each faculty member’s linked profile. Students who are interested in working on one of these projects through work study or by taking LIN 395 (Research Internship) should contact one of the faculty members associated with the project.
Jeanne Heil
- Linguistic and Cognitive Factors in Bilingualism
- Sentence-Planning Procedures in First and Second Language Acquisition
- With Dana McDaniel
Judy Kegl
- Applicative verbs in ASL
- Effects of ALS on ASL
- with Romy Spitz
- Linguistic description of Peruvian Sign Language and Nicaraguan Sign Language with and for Deaf teachers teaching signed language to Deaf students
- With Polly Lawson, Juan Villamonte, Susana Stieglich, James Shepard-Kegl, & Daphny Rodriguez Chang
Dana McDaniel
- Complex syntax and working memory in children
- Long-distance wh-structures cross-linguistically and in acquisition and evolution
- Sentence-Planning Procedures in First and Second Language Acquisition
- With Jeanne Heil
Conor McDonough Quinn
- Indigenous Language Revitalization (Wabanaki/Eastern Algonquian)
- Morphosyntax and Verbal Argument Structure
- Indigenous Second-Language Pedagogy
- Digital Archiving and Audio Documentation
- Traditional Penobscot Literature and Lexicography
- Learner-Informed ESOL/ELL Approaches
- First Languages AI Realities
Sandra Wood
- Sign language effects on visual temporal detection thresholds
- Syntactic hierarchy of adverbs and modals in sign languages
- Syntax of quantifiers and scope in American Sign Language