For one who has abandoned craving and is free from
grasping,
who is skilled in etymology and terms, knowing
the groupings and sequences of letters,
this is the final birth.
This one is called
the Great Being,
the Great Sage.
Dhammapada (24.19)
People
Project Director
James A.
Matisoff is Principal Investigator of STEDT and Professor
Emeritus of Linguistics at UC Berkeley. He is one of the worlds
leading experts on the languages of Southeast Asia and the
Tibeto-Burman language family.
Visiting Scholars
STEDT has hosted many visiting scholars from around the
world. Currently visiting are KATO Atsuhiko from Osaka University of Foreign Studies
and Chungkham Yashawanta from Manipur University.
Current STEDTniks
STEDT researchers are affectionately known as STEDTniks.
Individuals currently working at STEDT include:
- Dr. J.B.
Lowe
- Since its inception 1987, when he was a PhD in
Linguistics, J.B. Lowe has been a part of the project. He is
an expert in computational methods in linguistics, and has
wide experience in the computational analysis of language
data.
- Dr.
Richard Cook
- Richard Cook has been a STEDT researcher since 1998, maintaining and extending
the project's etymological database system. In 2003, he received his PhD in linguistics
from UC Berkeley. He is a specialist in historical Chinese lexicography, and
has produced the first-ever digitization of a complete Shuo Wen text.
- Dr.
Kenneth VanBik
- Kenneth VanBik's received his PhD in linguistics from UC Berkeley in 2006. His first association
with STEDT predates his entry into the PhD program in linguistics at UC Berkeley.
He is a native speaker of Hakha Lai Chin and is an expert on
the Kuki-Chin branch of Tibeto-Burman.
- Dr. David
Mortensen
- David Mortensen received his PhD in linguistics from UC Berkeley in 2006. He began
working at STEDT in 2001, and is now teaching
at the Univ. of Pittsburgh. His research interests center
around the phonology, morphology, and historical development
of Hmong-Mien and Tibeto-Burman languages.
- Dominic Yu
- Dominic Yu has been working at STEDT since 2004 and is
currently a graduate student in the linguistics department
at UC Berkeley. His interests include phonetics, phonology,
Chinese dialects, and Sino-Tibetan.
- Allegra Giovine
- Allegra Giovine is a graduate student in the linguistics department
at UC Berkeley.
Past STEDTniks
- Madeleine Adkins
-
Jocelyn Ahlers
- Shelley Axmaker
- Stephen P. Baron
- Leela Bilmes (Goldstein)
- Michael Brodhead
- Jeff Chan
- Patrick Chew
- Melissa Chin
- Isara Choosri
- Richard S. Cook
- Jeff Dale
- Amy Dolcourt
- Julia Elliot
- Jonathan P. Evans
- Cynthia Gould
- Daniel Granville
- Joshua Guenter
- Kira Hall
- Zev J.
Handel
- Takumi Ikeda
- Annie Jaisser
- Matthew
Juge
- Nina Keefer
- Jean Kim
- Heidi Kong
- Aimée Lahaussois (Bartosik)
- Randy J.
LaPolla
- Jennifer Leehey
- Anita Liang
- Liberty Lidz
- John B. Lowe
- Jean McAneny
- Pamela
Morgan
- David Mortensen
- Karin Myrhe
- Ju Namkung
- Toshio
Ohori
- Weera Ostapirat
- Jeong-Woon Park
- Jason
Patent
- Chris Redfearn
- S. Ruffin
- Keith
Sanders
- Marina Shawver
- Elizabeth
Shriberg
- Helen Singmaster
- Tanya Smith
- Gabriella Solomon
- Silvia Sotomayor
- Jackson Tianshin Sun
- Laurel Sutton
- Prashanta
Tripura
- Nancy Urban
- Kenneth VanBik
- Blong Xiong
- Liansheng Zhang
Support
National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral &
Cognitive Sciences, Linguistics, Grant Nos. BNS-86-17726,
BNS-90-11918, DBS-92-09481, FD-95-11034, SBR-9808952,
BCS-9904950.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Research
Programs, Grant Nos. RT-20789-87, RT-21203-90, RT-21420-92,
PA-22843-96, PA-23353-99, and PA-24168-02.
Contact
STEDT
University of California
Department of Linguistics
1203 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2650
Send comments to stedt@socrates.berkeley.edu.
Credits
This page was designed by David Mortensen, based on
content produced by Ju Namkung and Richard Cook. The STEDT
elephant logo was designed by Nadja R. Matisoff.
