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Karin Michelson Chair, Department of Linguistics Office: 614 Baldy Hall Phone: (716) 645-2177 ext. 724 Email: kmich@buffalo.edu
Karin Michelson, Professor, received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Harvard. Before coming to Buffalo in 1989, she held appointments at Harvard University, McGill University and the University of Western Ontario. Her research has concentrated on descriptive and theoretical issues in Iroquoian languages (especially Oneida and Mohawk) and their relevance for linguistic theory. The research is based on a commitment to working with, and collaborating with, speakers and speaker-linguists. Her research interests include phonology, morphology, the nature and organization of the mental lexicon, lexical semantics (in particular aspectual categories of Oneida verbs), historical linguistics, and field linguistics. She has a grant to investigate the prosodic phrasing and intonation of Oneida, and she is collaborating with other Iroquoianists on a project which focuses on the morphological properties of polysynthetic languages in the context of lexical organization and which is aimed ultimately at producing dictionaries of the Iroquoian languages. Her publications include A Comparative Study of Lake-Iroquoian Accent, Theoretical Perspectives on Native American Languages (ed. with D. Gerdts), and Three Stories in Oneida. Questions or problems regarding this web page should be directed to Karin Michelson. |
