Brian D. Joseph is Professor of Linguistics and Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University. Within historical linguistics, his research focuses mainly on Indo-European languages. He has written and edited numerous books - including "Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship" (with Hans H. Hock, 1996) and "The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive" (1983) - and has published over 160 articles. He became editor of the journal "Language" in 2002.
Richard D. Janda is Senior Lecturer and Coordinator for Undergraduate Educ...