Nina Hyams (born 1952) is a distinguished research professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of California in Los Angeles. [1]
Hyams received her PhD in linguistics in 1983 from Graduate Center of the City University of New York, with a dissertation entitled, The acquisition of parameterized grammars. [2] It was published by Springer in 1986, [3] and it remains a widely cited and influential classic. [4]
Her primary research area since her dissertation is grammatical development in first language acquisition. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] She is particularly noted for her research into the acquisition of null subjects. [11] [12] [13]
In 2020 she was inducted as a Fellow in the Linguistic Society of America. [14] [15]
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Nina Hyams (born 1952) is a distinguished research professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of California in Los Angeles. [1]
Hyams received her PhD in linguistics in 1983 from Graduate Center of the City University of New York, with a dissertation entitled, The acquisition of parameterized grammars. [2] It was published by Springer in 1986, [3] and it remains a widely cited and influential classic. [4]
Her primary research area since her dissertation is grammatical development in first language acquisition. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] She is particularly noted for her research into the acquisition of null subjects. [11] [12] [13]
In 2020 she was inducted as a Fellow in the Linguistic Society of America. [14] [15]
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