Nathan Sanders
Department of Linguistics
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
SB in Mathematics, minor in Linguistics, MIT (1996) MA and PhD in Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz (2000, 2003) PhD dissertation: Opacity and sound change in the Polish lexicon SB in Mathematics, minor in Linguistics, MIT (1996) MA and PhD in Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz (2000, 2003) PhD dissertation: Opacity and sound change in the Polish lexicon
Research Interest
I have done research in phonology, especially its interface with phonetics and morphology; sign language phonetics; derivational opacity; linguistic typology; ludlings (language games, like Pig Latin); constructed languages (like Esperanto and Klingon), especially their use as an educational tool; Polish and Slavic phonology; historical phonology; mathematical and statistical models of linguistic phenomena; and in general, the physical, biological, and cognitive factors that shape language. I've most recently been working on the articulatory and perceptual phonetics of more than two dozen sign languages, phonetically-informed historical reconstruction for sign languages, and the effects of prosody on eye gaze in reading tasks in English.
