David Lightfoot (linguist)

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]

David Lightfoot
Born (1945-02-10) February 10, 1945
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineSyntactic theory, language acquisition, language change
Institutions

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Faculty". Georgetown University Linguistics Department.
  3. "David Lightfoot Faculty Profile". Georgetown University. Retrieved 10 May 2018.



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