M.A. Student Graduate Teaching Assistant Vice President, LSUGA Dante (he, him) has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Japanese from the University of Georgia. He is a second-year master's student in the department, and his interests generally include computational linguistics and morphosyntax/semantics. More specifically, Dante uses computational methodology to analyze syntactic alternations/phenomenon in East Asian languages and African American Language. After completing his M.A. at UGA, he plans to transition into a Ph.D program to continue research and further his studies. Education Education: B.A. Linguistics, University of Georgia Research Areas of Interest: Computational Linguistics Corpus Methods Sociolinguistics and Language Variation Syntax and Morphology Specific Research Areas: Current research includes a qualitative/quantitative analysis of linguistic variables in rap music, and an analysis of past/present perfect and perfect progressive alternations (HAVE + BE/progressive). Selected Publications Selected Publications: The Unrealized Universality of Phrase Structure: An Analysis of Similarities Between English and Japanese, 2023, The Classic Journal.