RESEARCH INTERESTS
core areas: sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics, lexicography, including:
language variation: social, occupational, ethnic, stylistic, and geographical varieties
language description and documentation: lexicon, neologisms, lexical borrowings
slang and colloquialism: slang in sociocultural context; slang and popculture
varieties of modern English: World Englishes, North American English, African American English
applied linguistics and lexicography: resources for teaching vocabulary and pronunciation, learners’ dictionaries
colloquial Polish: lexical change, borrowings, Polish-English language contacts
research languages: mainly English, Polish, Yiddish, and Mandarin Chinese
RESEARCH PROJECTS
numerous fieldwork-based sociolinguistic and lexicographic projects
core themes: language variation and language description, including:
Informal English in the EFL Context, 2015-present
Spanish Loanwords in American Slang, 2012-2015
English Borrowings in Colloquial Polish, 2011-present
Canadian Slang and Colloquialism, 2011-present
Yiddish Loanwords in American Slang, 2010-2013
Yiddishisms in North American English, 2009-2012
African American Slang, 2009-2013
Lexicon of African American English, 2009-2012
Informal Toponyms in North American English, 2009-2011
Polish Students’ Slang, 2008-present
Americanisms and Briticisms. Contrastive Studies, 2006-2008
Translation of British Slang, 2003-2006
British Slang and Colloquialism, 2003-2006
Lexicon of British English in the EFL Context, 2002-2004
Lexicon of American English in the EFL Context, 2002-2004
Slang and its Linguistic Description, 1999-present
American Slang in Lexicography, 1993-1996
The F-Word and its Derivatives, 1992-1994
Translation of Polish Slang, 1992-1998
Polish Slang and Colloquialism, 1992-present
Translation of North American Slang, 1990-present
American Slang and Colloquialism, 1990-present
EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
Santander Universities
Danish Agency for Universities and Internationalization
U.S. Fulbright Foundation
Foundation for Polish Science
British Council
U.S. Information Agency
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Stanford University, Stanford, California
University of California Los Angeles, California
University of Washington
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
San Francisco State University, California
City University of New York, New York
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Center for Jewish History, New York
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
University of Richmond, Virginia
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
University of Northern Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
University of Southern Florida, Tampa, Florida
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Livingston Masonic Library of Grand Lodge, New York
New York University, New York
Columbia University, New York
Syddansk Universitet, Kolding
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
University of California Berkeley, California
University of California San Diego, California
British Library, London
University of Exeter, Exter, Devonshire
Suidafrikaanse Instituut, Amsterdam
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
New York Public Library, New York
