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Matthewson explores what variation in semantics and pragmatics among languages can provide insight into the proposal of a Universal Grammar. She is also interested in the semantic fieldwork, and her paper [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/429207 On the Methodology of Semantic Fieldwork] has been cited many times. |
Matthewson explores what variation in semantics and pragmatics among languages can provide insight into the proposal of a Universal Grammar. She is also interested in the semantic fieldwork, and her paper [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/429207 On the Methodology of Semantic Fieldwork] has been cited many times. |
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She also participates in the Totem Field Storyboards |
She also participates in the Totem Field Storyboards project, which seeks to gather linguistic information from speakers without direct interviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://totemfieldstoryboards.org/|title=Storyboards for Language Documentation|website=totemfieldstoryboards.org|access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref> |
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Lisa Christine Matthewson is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at University of British Columbia with specialties in pragmatics and semantics. She has also done significant work with semantic fieldwork and in the preservation and oral history of Native American languages. Matthewson's appointment at UBC was notable because she was the first female full professor in the department's history.[1]
Matthewson received her BA and MA from Victoria University of Wellington. She received her PhD in linguistics from the University of British Columbia in 1996. In 1998, her PhD thesis, "Determiner Systems and Quantificational Strategies: Evidence from Salish," was awarded the E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize,[2] given to outstanding PhD theses in the fields of Logic, Language, and Information
Matthewson explores what variation in semantics and pragmatics among languages can provide insight into the proposal of a Universal Grammar. She is also interested in the semantic fieldwork, and her paper On the Methodology of Semantic Fieldwork has been cited many times.
She also participates in the Totem Field Storyboards project, which seeks to gather linguistic information from speakers without direct interviews.[3]
References
- ^ "Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Professor Lisa Matthewson". University of British Columbia. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "Beth Award | The Association for Logic, Language and Information". Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "Storyboards for Language Documentation". totemfieldstoryboards.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
External links
- Lisa Matthewson's page on the UBC website
- Featured Linguist on the LinguistList
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