Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia
Linguistics
Professor
Vancouver, British Columbia
lisamatt@interchange.ubc.ca
Office:
(604) 822-3571
(604) 822-4256
Bio/Research
I am interested in cross-linguistic variation in the semantics and pragmatics, and what variation (or the lack of it) tells us about Universal Grammar. I have been doing fieldwork on St'át'imcets (Lillooet Salish) since 1992, and since 2010 I have been doing fieldwork on Gitksan (Tsimshianic). I ...
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I am interested in cross-linguistic variation in the semantics and pragmatics, and what variation (or the lack of it) tells us about Universal Grammar. I have been doing fieldwork on St'át'imcets (Lillooet Salish) since 1992, and since 2010 I have been doing fieldwork on Gitksan (Tsimshianic). I have worked on a range of areas in semantics and the syntax/semantics interface, including determiners, quantifiers, adverbs, tense, aspect, modals, evidentials, mood, discourse particles and presuppositions. I am also interested in the methodology of semantic fieldwork, and in native language preservation and oral history. I am involved in community language preservation initiatives, including contributing to the First Voices website for Northern St'át'imcets.
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