Research in linguistics at Yale spans the spectrum of empirical domains and methodologies, with many faculty members involved in research that cuts across a number of areas. The following list gives an indication of this range:
- Phonology: Gaja Jarosz, Stephen Anderson, Ryan Bennett
- Morphology: Stephen Anderson, Maria Piñango, Ryan Bennett
- Syntax: Raffaella Zanuttini, Robert Frank
- Semantics and Pragmatics: Laurence Horn, Ashwini Deo
- Phonetics: Jelena Krivokapić
- Historical Linguistics: Claire Bowern, Ashwini Deo, Stephen Anderson
- Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics: Maria Piñango, Robert Frank
- Computational and Mathematical Linguistics: Gaja Jarosz, Robert Frank
- Field Linguistics: Claire Bowern, Raffaella Zanuttini
- Linguistic Variation: Claire Bowern, Laurence Horn, Raffaella Zanuttini
- Cognitive Science: Robert Frank, Maria Piñango, Stephen Anderson, Gaja Jarosz
- Prosody: Jelena Krivokapić, Ryan Bennett, Gaja Jarosz, Laurence Horn, Ashwini Deo
Students and faculty conduct research in the Language and Brain Lab, the Phonetics Lab, the Computational Linguistics Lab (CLAY), and the Historical Linguistics Lab, the Grammatical Diversity project and through collaborations with Haskins Laboratories, the Yale School of Medicine, and the Child Study Center.
Picture above is from Pinango, Finn, Lacadie and Constable, 2009