Dante Smith

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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:

B.A. Linguistics, University of Georgia 

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:

The Unrealized Universality of Phrase Structure: An Analysis of Similarities Between English and Japanese, 2023, The Classic Journal.

Contact Information

dante.smith3@uga.edu
Office: Gilbert 121 - Ling Graduate Lab
Office Hours: Friday, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

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