Thomas Kettig
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
Assistant Professor
Office: Ross S557
Email: tkettig@yorku.ca
Primary website: https://tkettig.github.io/
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Thomas Kettig is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.
Dr. Kettig studies how the sounds of language vary and change through space and time. Some of his research aims to understand why the vowel sounds of English change from one generation of speakers to the next. He has also undertaken the first large-scale, multi-speaker investigation of the vowels of Hawaiian. His work therefore touches on issues in endangered language description, sociolinguistics, quantitative experimental methods, theoretical phonology, historical linguistics, and acoustic phonetics.
Before joining DLLL at York University, Dr. Kettig was at the University of York (UK), where he conducted postdoctoral research related to forensic applications of a sociophonetic experiment and taught courses on phonetics and quantitative methods. He previously taught phonetics at Queens College CUNY.
Dr. Kettig was awarded his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2021 for his dissertation, "Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana: The vowels of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi".
Degrees
PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi, MānoaMPhil in Linguistics, University of Cambridge
BA in Linguistics, McGill University
Research Interests
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | GS/LAL6600 3.0 | M | Research Seminar-Theoretical Linguistics | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/LING1430 3.0 | M | Language, Power and Persuasion | LECT |
Thomas Kettig is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.
Dr. Kettig studies how the sounds of language vary and change through space and time. Some of his research aims to understand why the vowel sounds of English change from one generation of speakers to the next. He has also undertaken the first large-scale, multi-speaker investigation of the vowels of Hawaiian. His work therefore touches on issues in endangered language description, sociolinguistics, quantitative experimental methods, theoretical phonology, historical linguistics, and acoustic phonetics.
Before joining DLLL at York University, Dr. Kettig was at the University of York (UK), where he conducted postdoctoral research related to forensic applications of a sociophonetic experiment and taught courses on phonetics and quantitative methods. He previously taught phonetics at Queens College CUNY.
Dr. Kettig was awarded his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2021 for his dissertation, "Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana: The vowels of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi".
Degrees
PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi, MānoaMPhil in Linguistics, University of Cambridge
BA in Linguistics, McGill University
Research Interests
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | GS/LAL6600 3.0 | M | Research Seminar-Theoretical Linguistics | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/LING1430 3.0 | M | Language, Power and Persuasion | LECT |
