Professor Dr. Nicholas Henriksen

Biography

Nicholas Henriksen is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor specializing in Spanish Linguistics at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the phonetics-phonology interface and investigates how language users maintain abstract representations of sound. He examines questions related to intonation and sound change in Andalusian Spanish. Henriksen leads a large collaborative project titled 'Africa Patagonia: Voices of Displacement,' which studies the linguistic features of Afrikaans-Spanish bilinguals in Patagonia, Argentina. His work has been published in various prestigious journals including the Journal of Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology. He co-edited the volume 'Intonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance' and has received the Early Career Award from the Linguistic Society of America in 2021. Henriksen teaches multiple courses on Spanish linguistics, including courses on Spanish phonetics, sociolinguistics, and the role of intonation in language.

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