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I'm in Language Sciences at the University of Wisconsin — Madison. I work on language broadly, especially speech sounds and language change. This includes teaching, research and collaboration with the public and trying to integrate all those things into a coherent whole. I'm part of the Wisconsin Languages Project and work with the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.

My book Sound Change is now available from Edinburgh University Press, in various formats. You can order it here. The second volume of a giant handbook on language contact for Mouton de Gruyter is now in progress, edited by Jeroen Darquennes, Wim Vandenbussche and me. Most of my publications and works under review are available on request. … more ...

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