Faculty in linguistics and applied linguistics / TESOL at ASU are internationally recognized scholars who hold leadership and editorial posts at major international presses, journals, and societies. With expertise spanning linguistics, applied linguistics and second language learning and teaching, their scholarship and teaching specialties include forensic linguistics, endangered language documentation and preservation, phonetics, syntax, learning transfer, sociolinguistics, emotion in learning, and language history. They are active field researchers and their findings appear in top scientific and humanities journals. They publish books on linguistic theory and teaching and on language change and cultural contexts.
