Q. Who is DS Bigham?
Assistant Professor of Linguistics at San Diego State University, Senior Creative Director of Boilerplate Media, and Editor in Chief of Popular Linguistics Magazine.
Professor Bigham's research in sociolinguistics investigates the mechanisms of dialect contact and accommodation among speakers in the emerging adulthood stage of life. He focuses on the ways that intergroup cooperation and conflict can give rise to linguistic variation and on the importance of recognizing sexuality as an aspect of speaker gender. He specializes in phonetics, the social-psychology of language, and queer linguistics. He is also the current Editor-in-Chief of Popular Linguistics Magazine, a bimonthly online magazine that aims to bring linguistics and language-focused research to the general public.
Contact:
DS Bigham
Dept of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-7727
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Twitter: @dsbigham