Ben Eischens

Assistant Professor
Department: Linguistics
beischens@ucla.edu
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Keywords: Mexico

Ben Eischens is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at UCLA. His research focuses primarily on phonology, phonetics, and the interaction between the two, with most of his work investigating tone and phonation in San Martín Peras Mixtec (SMP Mixtec). SMP Mixtec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as by diaspora communities throughout Mexico and the US. This research also involves language documentation and description, as well as collaborative community work.