Welcome! I'm Nadine Grimm.
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Rochester. My research contributes to the investigation and preservation of linguistic diversity by documenting and describing under-studied and endangered languages with a geographical focus on Africa, particularly Bantu languages. I study language as an integrated holistic system. Based on empirical primary data that stems from fieldwork in the language community, I pay special attention to the interface between sound, meaning, and syntactic structure. Areas of special interest include grammatical tone systems, grammar writing, and language contact and change. On a theoretical level, my research is couched within a documentary, descriptive, and typological framework.