David Lightfoot (linguist)
David Lightfoot | |
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| Born | February 10, 1945 |
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| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Syntactic theory, language acquisition, language change |
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David William Lightfoot (born February 10, 1945) is an American linguist who served as an assistant director of the National Science Foundation from 2005 to 2009.[1][2] He is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University.[3]
Books
- The language lottery: toward a biology of grammars
- Born to Parse: How Children Select Their Languages
- How to Set Parameters: Arguments From Language Change
References
- ^ "National Science Foundation Names David Lightfoot as New Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences". National Science Foundation. 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "Faculty". Georgetown University Linguistics Department.
- ^ "David Lightfoot Faculty Profile". Georgetown University. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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