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Asya Pereltsvaig

Asya Pereltsvaig
Ася Перельцвайг
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Leningrad, USSR
Academic background
Alma materMcGill University
ThesisOn the Nature of Intra-Clausal Relations: A Study of Copular Sentences in Russian and Italian (2001)
Doctoral advisorLisa Travis
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Institutions
Websiteasya.pereltsvaig.com

Asya Pereltsvaig (Russian: Ася Перельцвайг; born 1972 in Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian-American linguist, writer, and educator.[1][2][3]

Life

Pereltsvaig has a PhD in Linguistics from McGill University in 2001, with a dissertation entitled, "On the nature of intra-clausal relations: a study of copular sentences in Russian and Italian."[4] She has taught in Yale, Cornell, and Stanford universities, as well as the University of Utah Continuing Education program.[5][6] She has served as an academic coordinator for the Esperanto society, ESF.[7]

Her research interests are theoretical syntax, cross-linguistic typology, Slavic linguistics, and historical linguistics. She is an independent scholar whose recent books include: The Indo-European Controversy: Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics (with Martin Lewis)[8] and Languages of the World: An Introduction. She has also published research articles in leading linguistics journals, such as Lingua, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, and Language and Linguistics Compass.

Selected works

  • Pereltsvaig, Asya. 2006. Small nominals. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 24, 433-500. doi:10.1007/s11049-005-3820-z
  • Pereltsvaig, Asya. 2006. Head movement in Hebrew nominals: A reply to Shlonsky. Lingua 116, A1-A40. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2005.11.001
  • Pereltsvaig, Asya. 2013. Noun Phrase Structure in Article-less Slavic Languages: DP or not DP? Language and Linguistics Compass 7, 201-219. doi:10.1111/lnc3.12014
  • Pereltsvaig, Asya & Martin Lewis. 2017. The Indo-European Controversy: Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-66538-5
  • Pereltsvaig, Asya. 2020. Languages of the World: An Introduction. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-74812-4

References

  1. ^ Erard, Michael (21 September 2016). "Why Australia is home to one of the largest language families in the world". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Asya Pereltsvaig". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ Finney, Michael; Yip, Randall (18 September 2020). "Here's why COVID-19 pandemic could help lower our health care costs". ABC 7 San Francisco. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Alumni". Linguistics. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Asya Pereltsvaig – Instructor | UCLA Extension". www.uclaextension.edu. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  6. ^ "ASYA PERELTSVAIG - Continuing Education at the University of Utah". continue.utah.edu. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Asya Pereltsvaig – ESF". www.esperantic.org. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Linguist List - Reviews Available for the Book". old.linguistlist.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asya_Pereltsvaig