Matthew K. Gordon

Matthew K. Gordon is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on phonological theory, typology, and the phonetic and phonological documentation of endangered languages. Much of his work deals with prosodic properties such as stress, syllable weight, and intonation. He is the author of Syllable Weight: Phonetics, Phonology, Typology (Routledge, 2006) and co-editor of Topic and Focus: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Intonation and Meaning ...See more

Matthew K. Gordon is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on phonological theory, typology, and the phonetic and phonological documentation of endangered languages. Much of his work deals with prosodic properties such as stress, syllable weight, and intonation. He is the author of Syllable Weight: Phonetics, Phonology, Typology (Routledge, 2006) and co-editor of Topic and Focus: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Intonation and Meaning (Springer, 2007). See less