Welcome to Michael Newman's pages. Here you can find information about my research interests, classes I teach, professional services perform, and look at my CV .
Research Interests Include:
On-going Research
New York City English, a book under contract at Edinburgh University Press
My recent research is focused on two areas, both involving linguistic consequences of immigration, with a focus on adolescents. Why adolescents? Because it is at this life stage that linguistic patterns are set for life, and so passed on to the next generation. Besides, fieldwork with teens is just great fun! Click on the links for descriptions of my two on-going research projects.
Racial Dialect Recognition in particular the native English of Asian Americans
Language Choice of Immigrants in Catalonia
Finished Research
My Affiliations Are:
Queens College
I am associate professor in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders of Queens College/CUNY.
I am also affiliated with the Doctoral Programs in Linguistics and in Speech and Hearing Sciences of the CUNY Graduate Center.
I am an Associate of the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society which is housed at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Teaching:
Current (Fall 10)
I will be teaching taught:
LCD 100: Language in Context: a course designed for non-majors to gain a better understanding of language and its importance in their lives.
LCD 144: Language and Social Diversity: a course designed to simultaneously teach research skills and explore issues of social diversity
Next (Spring 11)
I recently taught:
LCD 288: Voices of New York: a funded capstone course in which students do their own research on an aspect of language in New York City and vicinity that they choose. (co-taught with Miki Makihara)
LCD 144: Language and Social Diversity: a course designed to simultaneously teach research skills and explore issues of social diversity