Andrew Abdalian

Andrew Abdalian

Postdoctoral fellow

American Philosophical Society

Biography

I am a post-doc working on building a complete corpus of Tunica language documentation for use in a collaborative language revitalization initiative with the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. My research revolves around language revitalization, language change, language documentation, and the creation and use of digital tools for language learning and analysis.

Interests
  • Language revitalization
  • Language change
  • Digital pedagogy
Education
  • PhD in Linguistics, 2023

    Tulane University

  • MA in Linguistics, 2019

    Tulane University

  • BA in Linguistics, 2006

    Swarthmore College

Other Publications

(2023). Tunica at dusk and dawn: Language change in obsolescence and revival. Ph.D. diss., Tulane University.

Cite Project URL

(2021). Alleviating Authenticity Concerns in Tunica Language Reclamation. Proceedings of the 39th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics.

Cite Project Poster

(2019). Backhowsa. 64 Parishes.

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(2019). Language Use in Post-Colonial & Transnational Contexts. Fleur de Ling, Vol. 4. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.

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Recent talks

Linguistic aspects of language obsolescence
Community-Engaged Scholarship and Language Revitalization

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
American Philosophical Society
Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Postdoctoral Fellow
August 2024 – Present Philadephia, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
 
 
BOLD
Data Annotator
August 2023 – July 2024
  • Analyzed and tagged data for a resume and job-matching project
 
 
 
 
 
celi, s.r.l.
English Linguistic Consultant
September 2018 – April 2019 Torino, Italy
  • Analyzed and tagged data for a Natural Language Understanding project
 
 
 
 
 
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Linguist
September 2017 – August 2018 Marksville, Louisiana
  • Developed language teaching curriculum
  • Taught Tunica language classes
  • Helped develop a successful grant plan for a mentor-apprentice program to teach Tunica-Biloxi adults the Tunica language
  • Helped organize the Tunica-Biloxi Language and Culture Summer Camp
 
 
 
 
 
George Mason University
IT Analyst
October 2008 – August 2015 Fairfax, Virginia
  • Managed and maintained Linux-based departmental file, email, print and web servers serving hundreds of faculty, staff, and graduate students
 
 
 
 
 
Apple
Genius
January 2007 – September 2008 McLean, Virginia
  • Performed troubleshooting and hardware repair on a variety of Apple products

Skills

R
Python
latex
LaTeX
elan
ELAN
Praat
Praat
SQL

Contact

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