Julian Vargo is a Ph.D. student in Hispanic Linguistics.
His research interests include phonetics, phonology, language revitalization, language contact, and sociolinguistics. His work focuses on vowels, vowel dispersion, suprasegmental phonetics, and vocalic timing in several languages, including Spanish, Catalan, Ladino, and Kalaallisut.
Julian currently serves as a graduate student researcher for the Multilingual Hispanic Speech in California Corpus. He is the co-coordinator for UC Berkeley's Ladino/Judeo-Spanish Working Group and is a researcher at the Script Encoding Initiative. He received his B.A. in Linguistics and B.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from UC Berkeley (Highest Distinction).
Upcoming Presentations
Vargo, Julian. Acoustical Diphthongal Trajectory Variation in Hispanic Californian English. NWAV 53, November 2025, University of Michigan.
Vargo, Julian & Akul Shivkumar. Multidimensional Vowel Dispersion as a Cue to Stylistic Variation. NWAV 53, November 2025, University of Michigan.
Vargo, Julian & Tyler Thornley. Asymmetrical Reinforcement of Nasalized Vowels in Spanish-English Bilinguals. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, November 2025, University of Arizona.
Schroeter, Naomi & Julian Vargo. Suprasegmental and Vocalic Variation in Ladino. Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, January 2026, New Orleans.
Vargo, Julian. Anticipatory Vowel Nasalization in Catalan. Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, January 2026, New Orleans.
Recent Work
Vargo, Julian (2025). Introduction to Ladino/Judeo-Spanish Speech and Text Corpora: Resources, Processing, and Analysis [Workshop]. Ladino/Judeo-Spanish Working Group - October 2025 - Slides Here
Vargo, Julian (2025). Evidence for the Effect of Visual Input on L2-Learner Vowel Production. Linguistic Society of America Annual Conference - January 2025 - Paper Here
Vargo, Julian (2025). Orthographic Variation of Ladino Vowels. [Working Group Talk]. Ladino/Judeo-Spanish Working Group. March 2025 - Paper Here
Contact
julianvargo@berkeley.edu
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