Kristin Denham

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Kristin Denham
Alma mater University of Washington
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Fields Linguistics
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Kristin Denham is a linguist and professor in the Department of Linguistics at Western Washington University. [1] Her research and teaching interests include syntactic theory, Native American languages, language teaching and revitalization projects, and linguistics in K-12 education. Denham has studied question formation in Babine-Witsuwit'en, an Athabaskan language, and has also done some work on Salish languages, spoken throughout the Salish Sea region. [2] [3]

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Biography

Denham obtained her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Washington in 1997. Her dissertation was titled "A minimalist account of optional wh-movement". Her committee was chaired by Frederick Newmeyer. [4] Denham first joined Western Washington University in 1996 as a Visiting assistant professor. [5]

Denham directs several projects related to linguistics in K-12 education. Among these are Exploring Language: Daily Language Investigations for English Language Arts and Voices of the Pacific Northwest. [6] In April 2020, Denham was featured in the Linguistic Society of America's Member Spotlight. [7]

Awards

In 2024, Denham was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. [8]

Selected Publications

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salishan languages</span> Indigenous language family of western Canada and the US

The Salishan languages are a family of languages of the Pacific Northwest in North America. They are characterised by agglutinativity and syllabic consonants. For instance the Nuxalk word clhp’xwlhtlhplhhskwts’, meaning "he had had [in his possession] a bunchberry plant", has twelve obstruent consonants in a row with no phonetic or phonemic vowels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Thomason</span> American scholar of linguistics

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Babine–Witsuwitʼen or Nadotʼen-Wetʼsuwetʼen is an Athabaskan language spoken in the Central Interior of British Columbia. Its closest relative is Carrier. Because of this linguistic relationship together with political and cultural ties, Babine–Witsuwitʼen is often referred to as Northern Carrier or Western Carrier. Specialist opinion is, however, that it should be considered a separate, though related, language.

Okanagan, or Colville-Okanagan, or Nsyilxcən, is a Salish language which arose among the Indigenous peoples of the southern Interior Plateau region based primarily in the Okanagan River Basin and the Columbia River Basin in precolonial times in Canada and the United States. Following British, American, and Canadian colonization during the 1800s and the subsequent assimilation of all Salishan tribes, the use of Colville-Okanagan declined drastically.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Squamish language</span> Coast Salish language spoken in Canada

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References

  1. "Kristin Denham, PhD". Western Washington University Linguistics Department. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. "Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. "K. Denham | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  4. "A minimalist account of optional wh-movement". University of Washington ResearchWorks Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  5. "Current(ish) CV | Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  6. "Linguistics in K-12 Education | Kristin Denham". Kristin Denham. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  7. "Member Spotlight: Kristin Denham". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  8. "WWU's Kristin Denham inducted into the 2024 class of Fellows of the Linguistics Society of America | Western Washington University". WW News. Retrieved 2024-03-08.