Elizabeth V. Hume

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Elizabeth Valerie Hume (born 29 October 1956) is a Canadian phonologist, professor emerita at the Ohio State University. [1]

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Education and career

Hume received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1992, under the supervision of G. N. Clements. [2] She was a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University from 1992 to 2011. From 2006 to 2011, she served as professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics. [3] From 2011 to 2017, she was a Professor of Linguistics at University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She returned to Ohio State to serve as Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education from October 1, 2017 - November 8, 2021. [4] [5]

Her fields of research are sound systems of human language, factors influencing language variation and change, and the role of information and predictability in shaping language systems. [6] [7]

Honors

In 2022, Hume was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. [8]

She was an associate editor of Phonology for many years beginning in 2008. [9]

Works

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References

  1. ↑ "People | Department of Linguistics". linguistics.osu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Alumni | Linguistics Cornell Arts & Sciences". linguistics.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  3. ↑ "2011 Department of Linguistics Newsletter by College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Hume, Beth | Office of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University". oaa.osu.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  5. ↑ "Transition in the Office of Academic Affairs". Office of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  6. ↑ "Elizabeth V. Hume (CV)" (PDF). University of Canterbury. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth Hume". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  8. ↑ "Linguistic Society of America List of Fellows by Year" . Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "OSU Linguistics Newsletter". www.ling.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
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