Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology University of Miami
Research Interests
I'm an anthropological linguist interested in a variety of phenomena. For instance, I am investigating aspects of grammatical relations and how they are shaped. Also, I'm interested in unusual sound patterns and ways in which we can document sounds more effectively through acoustic phonetics. Finally, I'm particularly interested in the linguistic relativity hypothesis in the form currently being explored by psychologists, anthropologists, and linguists.

Here are a few sample articles related to each of these areas of interest:
A reconsideration of the motivations for preferred argument structure
Locus equation analysis as a tool for linguistic fieldwork
Perception of plural actions

Recent and forthcoming research of mine includes work in Studies in Language, Anthropological Linguistics, IJAL, LD&C, as well as the proceedings of the Berkeley Linguistic Society and the Chicago Linguistic society (inter alia)

For data and papers on a number of Amazonian languages, you can check out this site I designed.

Teaching Interests
Classes I enjoy teaching at UM include Linguistic Anthropology, Phonetics, and Linguistic Typology.

Other Interests
This latter category is more important to me than the former ones. Check me out.

Education
BA, University of Pittsburgh 1999
PhD, Master's, Rice University 2006

Miscellaneous: Semester at Sea. Summer study at Tel Aviv University.

Financial-advisor at Morgan Stanley. (Series 7, 66...)

Contact
PO Box 248106
Coral Gables, Florida 33124-2005.
caleb@miami.edu
Near UM