Jeffrey Lidz Explained

Jeffrey Lidz
Alma Mater:University of Delaware
Thesis Title:Dimensions of Reflexivity
Thesis Year:1996
Doctoral Advisor:Peter Cole
Discipline:Linguistics

Jeffrey Lidz is a linguistics professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on syntactic aspects of language acquisition.

Career

Lidz received his PhD from the University of Delaware in 1996 and held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania and Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique from 1997 to 2000 and in 1998, respectively. He worked as an assistant professor at Northwestern University from 2000 to 2005 before moving to the University of Maryland.[1] Lidz was named a Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher in 2015.[2]

Much of Lidz's research focuses on the syntactic details of child language acquisition. His findings show evidence of significant syntactic development in 18-month-olds, including understandings of long-range dependency and parts of speech.[3]

Articles by Lidz arguing for the necessity of Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar have appeared in Scientific American[4] and The Conversation.[5] Lidz was the editor-in-chief for Language Acquisition from 2013 to 2020[6] and edited/co-authored the Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: May Member Spotlight: Jeffrey Lidz . . November 9, 2023 . May 12, 2015.
  2. Web site: Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award Recipients . Office of Faculty Affairs . November 9, 2023.
  3. Web site: Weiss . Jessica . Researcher Studies What's Behind Baby Talk . Maryland Today . November 9, 2023 . en . November 15, 2021.
  4. Web site: Lidz . Jeffrey . Chomsky's Theory of Language Learning Dead? Not So Fast... . . November 9, 2023 . en . November 25, 2016.
  5. Web site: Lidz . Jeffrey . Parents can help, but children take a DIY approach to learning language . . November 9, 2023 . January 17, 2016.
  6. Web site: Language Acquisition Editorial Board . . November 9, 2023.
  7. Web site: The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics . Oxford Academic . November 9, 2023.