THE GRAMMAR & VARIATION LAB
Language documentation, description, variation and change
Since 2021, Maya Abtahian and Nadine Grimm have jointly directed The Grammar & Variation Lab. We focus on the overlap between the subfields of Language Documentation and Description (LDD) and Language Variation and Change (LVC), including both methodology (the collection of empirical data, the many different methodologies encompassed under the name “fieldwork,” working with people and speech communities), the linguistic data that we and members of our labs are collecting, and methods of analysis. Undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in the intersection of the fields of LDD and LVC are welcome to attend.
We are currently working on a project that investigates how sociolinguistic variation is represented in reference grammars, by tracking where linguistic variation is documented in the language and what explanatory social factors grammar-writers use to explain non-grammatically conditioned variation:
NEWS
Constanza Aceves receives ELDP doctoral grant to document Huave in Mexico.
Becky Everson receives ELDP small grant to document Tjhauba in Botswana.