My name is Aidan Malanoski (they/them). I am a PhD candidate in linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center, and an instructor in the linguistics program at Lehman College.
Research interests
- Sociocultural linguistics
- Language in Baltimore, MD
- Variation in North American English
- Variation in African American English
- Enregisterment, semiotic repertoires, and social personae
- Dialect performance
- Language and media
- Syntax and morphology
- Syntax-phonology interface
- Linearization
- Vocabulary insertion
- Parallel structures
- Syntax-phonology interface
Name
I pronounce my last name [ˌmɛləˈnɑski] (me-luh-NAH-skee, if you like an English-dictionary-style transcription), although I view [ˌmæləˈnɑski] (ma-luh-NAH-skee) as an acceptable spelling pronunciation. Please do not pronounce the penultimate syllable with the MOUTH vowel (e.g., [ˌmæləˈna͡ʊski] ma-luh-NOU-ski).