Mary Bary · applied linguistics · creative intelligence
Research that makes language—and its consequences—impossible to ignore.
I work across computational linguistics, legal interpretation, and second-language acquisition—turning complex language data into evidence about meaning, understanding, and communication.
PhD in Applied Linguistics — Northern Arizona University
Editorial assistant — Language Learning
About
I study how language data can illuminate real questions about interpretation, learning, and communication. My work brings together computational methods, legal language, and second-language acquisition.
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I build models that decode complex language data — leveraging LLM training and statistical analysis to help organizations automate information extraction and understand the hidden patterns in their communications.
Image: Legally Blonde (2001) [Photograph]. Warner Bros. Pictures.
I provide empirical, data-driven solutions that resolve linguistic ambiguity and deliver the objective evidence needed to settle high-stakes disputes over legal interpretation, authorship, and the comprehensibility of the law.
Image: El sueño del caballero — Antonio de Pereda.
By analyzing large-scale media data and conducting psycholinguistic experiments, I identify the linguistic and crosslinguistic factors — such as first-language background and feature complexity — that drive learner performance.
Corpus collaboration
A 4.2 million-word corpus balanced by word count and running time across drama, reality TV, sitcoms, and talk shows.
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