Iain Edgewater

Research Interests:
Morphophonology
Language Change
Anthropological linguistics and linguistic anthropology
Psychodynamic aspects of language
Psychological anthropology
Translation studies
NLP and computational linguistics
Southeast Asian languages (esp. Austronesian and Austroasiatic)
Native languages of North America (esp. Pacific Northwest)
Celtic languages

I am on a leave of absence during the 2022-2023 school year, taking care of some family matters, some health matters, and also studying Indonesian in preparation for my master's thesis work--among other things. ;)


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Brief academic biography

 

Education:

MA, 2025 (expected), Linguistics - University of Kentucky
      + Indonesian language study at University of Hawai'i Mānoa, 2022-

MA, 1993 (& ABD 1994), Anthropology - Emory University
      + Vietnamese language study at multiple SEASSI programs, and
         through CIEE in Hanoi, 1991-1993.

BA, 1990, Anthropology and Psychology - University of Kentucky

Additional non-degree coursework in mathematics, computer science, information technology, and English, Edmonds Community College, 2017-2020.

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Teaching experience:

*** Instructor of record (Type I teaching assistant), 2021-2022
      - University of Kentucky, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
      (Technical Writing x2/2 semesters)

*** Instructor and Tutor, 2004-2007
      - Princeton Review Northwest (Seattle region)
      (LSAT, MCAT)

*** Adjunct instructor of anthropology, 1995-1996
      - Seattle University, Department of Sociology
      (Intro to Cultural Anthropology 4 quarters, Culture and Personality, Northwest Coast Peoples)

*** Co-instructor [with Dr Fredrik Barth and Dr Alexander Hinton], 1993
      - Emory University, Department of Anthropology
      (Southeast Asian Cultures)

*** Teaching assistant / lab instructor
      [with Dr Charles Nuckolls, Dr Michael Harkin, Dr Euclid O. Smith], 1991-1992, 1994
      - Emory University, Department of Anthropology
      (Intro to Cultural Anthropology 2 semesters, Intro to Physical Anthropology [lab])

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Selected publications and presentations:

*** Edgewater, I. D. (2022). Toward deep motivation as a factor in language change: Notes on the nasal->stop transition in Lushootseed (Puget Salish).  Paper given at the 10th Annual Central Kentucky Linguistics Conference (CKLiC), April 2022, Lexington, Kentucky.

*** Edgewater, I. D. (1999).  Music hath charms...: Fragments toward constructionist biocultural theory, with attention to the relationship of "music" and "emotion".  In A. L. Hinton (Ed.), Biocultural Approaches to the Emotions (Pp. 153-181).  Cambridge University Press.