Roderic F. Casali PhD

Associate Professor

Department: School of Graduate Studies, MALing

Area of Expertise: Phonology (Vowel phenomena); Phonetics; African Languages;

Education: B.S. Physics (Univ. of Massachusetts) 1980; M.A. Linguistics (University of Texas, Arlington), 1988; Ph.D. Linguistics(California, Los Angeles) 1996

Rod Casali, along with his wife Ellen, spent over ten years working as Bible translators with Wycliffe in Ghana. During that time, they did linguistic research and language development with the Nawuri language. They also served with Wycliffe for a brief time in Cote d'Ivoire. Rod as worked as a linguistics consultant for SIL for many years and began teaching at TWU and CanIL in 2006.

Recent Publications:

• 2008. ATR Harmony in African Languages. Language and
  Linguistics Compass 2: 496-549. http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/linguistics/article_view?article_id=lnco_articles_bpl064
• 2003.  [ATR] value assymetries and underlying vowel inventory structure in Niger-Congo and Nilo-Sahatan. Linguistic Typology 7: 307-382.
  

Memberships and Affiliations:

• West African Linguistics Society
• Canadian Linguistic Association