From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nina Hyams (born 1952) is a distinguished research professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of California in Los Angeles. [1]

Education and career

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]

Selected publications

  • Hyams, Nina M. (1986). Language acquisition and the theory of parameters. D. Reidel Pub. Co. ISBN  978-90-277-2218-8. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • Hyams, Nina; "The Theory of Parameters and Syntactic Development", a chapter within Roeper, Thomas; Williams, Edwin (1987). Parameter setting. Springer. ISBN  978-90-277-2315-4. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • Hyams, Nina; Kenneth Wexler (Summer 1993). "On the Grammatical Basis of Null Subjects in Child Language". Linguistic Inquiry. 24 (3). MIT Press: 421–459. JSTOR  4178822.
  • Hyams, Nina; Sigridur Sigurjónsdóttir (1990). "The Development of "Long-Distance Anaphora": A Cross-Linguistic Comparison with Special Reference to Icelandic". Language Acquisition. 1 (1). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 57–93. doi: 10.1207/s15327817la0101_3. JSTOR  20011342.

References

  1. ^ "Nina Hyams". Department of Linguistics - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. ^ "Students and Alumni". www.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  3. ^ Hyams, Nina (2012). Language Acquisition and the Theory of Parameters. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN  978-94-009-4638-5.
  4. ^ "[BOOK] Language acquisition and the theory of parameters". Google Scholar. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ Anderson, John Robert (October 2004). Cognitive psychology and its implications. Macmillan. pp. 384–. ISBN  978-0-7167-0110-1. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. ^ Joseph, Brian D.; Janda, Richard D. (2003). The handbook of historical linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 500. ISBN  978-0-631-19571-9.
  7. ^ White, Lydia (2003). Second language acquisition and universal grammar. Cambridge University Press. p. 194. ISBN  978-0-521-79647-7.
  8. ^ Cook, Vivian James; Newson, Mark (2007). Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 213. ISBN  978-1-4051-1187-4.
  9. ^ Chamberlain, Charlene; Morford, Jill Patterson; Mayberry, Rachel I. (2000). Language acquisition by eye. Psychology Press. pp. 91–95. ISBN  978-0-8058-2937-2.
  10. ^ Barbara Lust; Gabriella Hermon; Jaklin Kornfilt (1994). Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives: Binding, Dependencies, and Learnability. Psychology Press. p. 15. ISBN  978-0-8058-1350-0.
  11. ^ Sharon Armon-Lotem; Gabi Danon; Susan Deborah Rothstein (2008). Current issues in generative Hebrew linguistics. ISBN  978-90-272-5517-4.
  12. ^ Radford (2010). An Introduction to English Sentence Structure International Student Edition. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN  978-0-521-15730-8.
  13. ^ Jaeggli, Osvaldo (1989). The Null subject parameter. Springer. p. 26. ISBN  978-1-55608-087-6.
  14. ^ Angeles, UCLA Humanities Division is part of the Humanities Division within UCLA College 2300 Murphy Hall | Los; Regents, CA 90095 University of California © 2022 UC (2020-01-07). "Linguistic Society of America elects Prof. Nina Hyams as 2020 fellow". Humanities Division - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-02-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)
  15. ^ "LSA Fellows by Year of Induction | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nina Hyams (born 1952) is a distinguished research professor emeritus in linguistics at the University of California in Los Angeles. [1]

Education and career

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]

Selected publications

  • Hyams, Nina M. (1986). Language acquisition and the theory of parameters. D. Reidel Pub. Co. ISBN  978-90-277-2218-8. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • Hyams, Nina; "The Theory of Parameters and Syntactic Development", a chapter within Roeper, Thomas; Williams, Edwin (1987). Parameter setting. Springer. ISBN  978-90-277-2315-4. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • Hyams, Nina; Kenneth Wexler (Summer 1993). "On the Grammatical Basis of Null Subjects in Child Language". Linguistic Inquiry. 24 (3). MIT Press: 421–459. JSTOR  4178822.
  • Hyams, Nina; Sigridur Sigurjónsdóttir (1990). "The Development of "Long-Distance Anaphora": A Cross-Linguistic Comparison with Special Reference to Icelandic". Language Acquisition. 1 (1). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 57–93. doi: 10.1207/s15327817la0101_3. JSTOR  20011342.

References

  1. ^ "Nina Hyams". Department of Linguistics - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. ^ "Students and Alumni". www.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  3. ^ Hyams, Nina (2012). Language Acquisition and the Theory of Parameters. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN  978-94-009-4638-5.
  4. ^ "[BOOK] Language acquisition and the theory of parameters". Google Scholar. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ Anderson, John Robert (October 2004). Cognitive psychology and its implications. Macmillan. pp. 384–. ISBN  978-0-7167-0110-1. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. ^ Joseph, Brian D.; Janda, Richard D. (2003). The handbook of historical linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 500. ISBN  978-0-631-19571-9.
  7. ^ White, Lydia (2003). Second language acquisition and universal grammar. Cambridge University Press. p. 194. ISBN  978-0-521-79647-7.
  8. ^ Cook, Vivian James; Newson, Mark (2007). Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 213. ISBN  978-1-4051-1187-4.
  9. ^ Chamberlain, Charlene; Morford, Jill Patterson; Mayberry, Rachel I. (2000). Language acquisition by eye. Psychology Press. pp. 91–95. ISBN  978-0-8058-2937-2.
  10. ^ Barbara Lust; Gabriella Hermon; Jaklin Kornfilt (1994). Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives: Binding, Dependencies, and Learnability. Psychology Press. p. 15. ISBN  978-0-8058-1350-0.
  11. ^ Sharon Armon-Lotem; Gabi Danon; Susan Deborah Rothstein (2008). Current issues in generative Hebrew linguistics. ISBN  978-90-272-5517-4.
  12. ^ Radford (2010). An Introduction to English Sentence Structure International Student Edition. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN  978-0-521-15730-8.
  13. ^ Jaeggli, Osvaldo (1989). The Null subject parameter. Springer. p. 26. ISBN  978-1-55608-087-6.
  14. ^ Angeles, UCLA Humanities Division is part of the Humanities Division within UCLA College 2300 Murphy Hall | Los; Regents, CA 90095 University of California © 2022 UC (2020-01-07). "Linguistic Society of America elects Prof. Nina Hyams as 2020 fellow". Humanities Division - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-02-21.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)
  15. ^ "LSA Fellows by Year of Induction | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.

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