The QC LVC Lab focuses on modeling language variation and change. The lab’s main recent focus has been on vocalic variation and change in New York City English.  The lab is directed by Bill Haddican and Michael Newman. This work is supported by NSF Grant Numbers BCS-1630274, BCS-1630377, BCS-1630286, BCS-1629348, and BCS-1152148.  For 2023-2024, and 2025-2026, the Lab was supported by a PSC-CUNY Grant.

For 2025-2026, we’re studying continuing our work led by Aidan Malanoski on CURE mergers and yod-resyllabificaction.  We’ve also be working with the QC Language Science Lab on a self-paced reading and eye-tracking study focusing on the processing of English particle verbs.

News:

• The lab goes to NWAV 53!  Aidan Malanoski gave two talks co-authored with lab members on yod-resyllabification and mergers of CURE.  Slides available at Aidan’s webpage.
• Donna Shair to present at PLC 50!  Donna’s poster–a solo authored project–focuses on vowel quality in forms of like across categories.  Excellent work, Donna!
• LCD 205 Language change survey summary (2018 & 2020 data).  Some fun results by recent students: https://qclvclab.shinyapps.io/shiny/

 

2025-2026 members:  Niya Exil, Cianna Johnson, Gaby Molina, Donna Shair, Sam Sokol, Sadia Sharmin, Ioannis Stathopoulos.

2024-2025 members:  Niya Exil, Cynthia Gan, Jack Lacey, Jack Lynch, Elissa Patin, Donna Shair, Sam Sokol, Ioannis Stathopoulos.

2023-2024 members:  Lily Burke, Genesis Demera, Janil Duran, Anni Galanopoulou, Cynthia Gan, Tereece Goodman, Jack Lacey, Evan Lopez, Eliana Mesa, Amy Mitzin, Donna Shair, Lin Sun

2022-2023 members: Breanna Aarons, Erine Desir, Idris Emerick, Victoria La Rosa.

2021-2022 members: Erine Desir, Nikki Estrada, Jaslyn Fan, Hannia Godinez, Danielle Kelly, Melanie Rodriguez, Maria Salmeron, Milena Santiago, Nazra Siddiqui and Jiaying Zhou.

2020-2021 members: Suleiny Beltre, Shifali Chambers, Cynthia Gan, Julia Ianculovici, Sheikara Krishnadatt, Joseph Lent, Naying Liu, Hunter Peltonen, Angela Sanchez, Tsu Zhu.

2019-2020 members: Nazija Akter, Carol Berrios, Oksana Borukh, Sabrina Eliano, Alessa Farinella,  Kelvin Ganan,  Ashley Illicete, Emily Liang, Naying Liu, Ariel Persad, Luis Rosario, Kimberly Villalobos, Daniel Yakubov, Tsu Zhu.

2018-2019 members: Carol Berrios, Sabrina Eliano, Alessa Farinella, Marissa Gilbert, Salome Jacques,  Zi Zi Gina Tan, Laura Torres, Daniel Yakubov, Tsu Zhu.

2017-2018 members: Sabrina Lagreca, Zi Zi Gina Tan, Kurt Werber, Rebecca Rich.