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Keith Plaster

Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
Keith  Plaster
kplaster@brandeis.edu
781-736-2726
Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 124

Departments/Programs

Linguistics

Degrees

Georgetown University, J.D.
Harvard University, M.A.

Expertise

Theoretical phonology, historical linguistics, Indo-European linguistics, forensic linguistics, morphology, phonetics.

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I am interested in examining how language change informs our understanding of phonology and morphology. My research interests include:

the phonology of stress systems (and especially morphologically governed stress systems);
nominal categorization, including noun classifier, noun class and gender systems, and the computational modeling of these systems;
the phonology of poetic meter and rhyme; and
the linguistics of ancient and modern law.

I am also interested in the historical grammar of the various Indo-European branches, the Mayan languages, and the languages of the Caucasus. Much of my work has focused on the older Indo-European languages, the Native American languages of the Pacific Northwest, and the languages of the Caucasus.

Courses Taught

COSI 138a Computational Linguistics Second Year Seminar
LING 100a Introduction to Linguistics
LING 105a Phonetics
LING 110a Phonological Theory
LING 150a Historical Linguistics and Language Change
LING 190b Topics in Linguistics
LING 197a Language Acquisition and Development


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