James C. Wamsley (USA) 

Associate Professor 
 

教育背景 Education Background

PhD Indiana University Bloomington, USA, Linguistics (Chinese Minor)

MA Indiana University Bloomington, USA, Linguistics

BA Ohio University, USA, Specialized Studies

研究领域 Research Field

Linguistics

Language Documentation

Semantics and Pragmatics

Language and Culture

教授课程Courses Taught

Introduction to Linguistics

Language and Culture

Public Speaking and Rhetoric

Academic English Speaking and Listening B

简短经历 Short Bio 

Dr. James C. Wamsley joined Wenzhou Business College in Fall 2026 in the School of International Studies. He received his PhD. in Linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington in 2023 and previously taught at the University of Rochester as a Visiting Assistant Professor.

Professor Wamsley has taught courses in linguistics, language documentation, anthropology, and public speaking and rhetoric. His current research program investigates the encoding of semantic and pragmatic phenomena in South Central Tibeto-Burman (formerly 'Kuki-Chin') languages.

Personal Website: https://jw145506.github.io/

Selected Publications

·         James C. Wamsley. In Press. “The Distribution of Personal Pronouns in Falam Chin: A Pragmatic Analysis.” Himalayan Linguistics.

·         James C. Wamsley. 2023. Topics in Hakha Lai Nominal Marking. PhD. Thesis, Indiana University Bloomington.

·         Kelly Berkson, James C. Wamsley, Samson Lotven, Shobhana Chelliah, Kenneth Van Bik, Sara Champlin, Kimberly Sakhong, Sui Hnem Par, Alina Matthews, Amanada Bohnert. 2023. "A developing community of collaboration in Indiana". In B. Murray, M. Brill-Carlat & M. H?hn, (eds.) Migration, Displacement, and Higher Education: Now What? (Political Pedagogies). Palgrave Macmillan. 23-35.

·         James C. Wamsley. 2022. "Hakha Lai Definites". In Ishani Guha, Sana Kidwai and Martha Schwarz (eds.) Proceedings of (F)ASAL 10.

·         Alina Matthews & James C. Wamsley. 2020. "A Brief Report on the Demonstrative System of Hnaring Lutuv". Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages & Cultures (IWPSALC) 2(1).