Welcome!
The Sociolinguistics Lab at the University of Kansas studies the relationships between language variation, social meaning, and cognition. We are interested in questions like: How does language vary and change? What do people know about language and the way people use it? How does this knowledge develop? And how do people use this knowledge when communicating? We run experiments, delve into language corpora, and collect naturalistic speech data to answer these questions.
Sound-attenuated booth
Lab Workspace
Student working in the lab
Interested in getting involved in the lab?
We hold Sociolinguistics Lab meetings on Fridays during Fall 2025. Lab meetings are open to KU faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students who are interested in sociolinguistics!
We welcome undergraduate students who are interested in getting involved in research for course credit.
Email Lacey Wade (laceywade@ku.edu) if you are interested in getting involved.