Maya Ravindranath


	Contact information: Department of Linguistics 619 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 mayar AT ling.upenn.edu Email me

Language contact in Garifuna: Acquisition of a phonemic distinction. Paper presented at NWAV 37, Rice University, November 7, 2008.
The Effect of Language Shift on a Sound Change in Progress. In Press. U. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. Vol 14(2)
Transnational Endangered Language Communities and the Garifuna Nation. 2006/2007. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, Vol 22(1): 59-79
Listeners’ Sensitivity to the Frequency of Sociolinguistic Variables. with William Labov, Sharon Ash, Tracey Weldon, Maciej Baranowski and Naomi Nagy. U. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, 12(2): 105-129.
Near-merger revisited: ferry and furry in Philadelphia. with Lukasz Abramowicz and Damien Hall. Poster presented at NWAV 34, New York University, October 2005.

Instructor, Introduction to Linguistics, University of New Hampshire (Fall 2008)
Instructor, Introduction to Linguistics, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania (Summer 2008)
Course information and syllabus
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociolinguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Professor Gillian Sankoff (Spring 2006)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Professor Mark Liberman (Fall 2005)
Research Assistant, Testing the Effectiveness – Urban Minorities Reading Project, P.I. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania (2005)
Research Assistant, The Role of Evaluation in Linguistic Change, P.I. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania (2004-2005)

Editor (with Michael L. Friesner), Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 12.2: Selected Papers from NWAV 34
Co-chair, 29th Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC 29)
Member, Organizing Committee, 28th Penn Linguistics Colloquium
Member, Linguistic Society of America
Member, Penn Linguistics Club

This page last updated July 24th 2008 by Maya Ravindranath