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Faculty Expert

Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

Kenneth J. de Jong

Associate Professor of Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington

Associate Professor of Linguistics

Interests:

Communicating, computer voice technology, dialects, language

Education:

• B.A. at Calvin College, 1984
• M.A. at Ohio State University, 1987
• Ph.D. at Ohio State University, 1991

Background:

• Studies the role of the speaker as opposed to the listener.
• Research includes a project to study English dialects through computer synthesis.
• His acoustical analysis of Brooklyn English has uncovered a connection between simplifying the act of speaking -- those who "talk Brooklyn" do so simply because it is easier -- and how a language changes.

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