Adele Goldberg (linguist)
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Adele Eva Goldberg is a researcher in the field of linguistics
. Since 2004, she has been a Professor in Linguistics, and an associated faculty in Psychology
at Princeton University
. From 1997-2004, she was an Associate Professor of Linguistics and the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(UIUC). She was also, from 1997 to 1998, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego
(UCSD).
Goldberg's research focus is on the psychology of language, including theoretical and experimental aspects of grammar
and its representation, acquisition of form-function correspondences, and syntactic priming. Her works aim to illuminate parallels between language and other cognitive processes. She is one of the leading researchers in the framework of Construction Grammar
, an alternative to mainstream generative grammar
, that takes form-function correspondences to be the basic units of language.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
. Since 2004, she has been a Professor in Linguistics, and an associated faculty in Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. From 1997-2004, she was an Associate Professor of Linguistics and the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
(UIUC). She was also, from 1997 to 1998, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
(UCSD).
Goldberg's research focus is on the psychology of language, including theoretical and experimental aspects of grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
and its representation, acquisition of form-function correspondences, and syntactic priming. Her works aim to illuminate parallels between language and other cognitive processes. She is one of the leading researchers in the framework of Construction Grammar
Construction grammar
The term construction grammar covers a family of theories, or models, of grammar that are based on the idea that the primary unit of grammar is the grammatical construction rather than the atomic syntactic unit and the rule that combines atomic units, and that the grammar of a language is made up...
, an alternative to mainstream generative grammar
Generative grammar
In theoretical linguistics, generative grammar refers to a particular approach to the study of syntax. A generative grammar of a language attempts to give a set of rules that will correctly predict which combinations of words will form grammatical sentences...
, that takes form-function correspondences to be the basic units of language.