Ivan Sag
Encyclopedia
Ivan Sag is an American
linguist
and cognitive scientist
. He is the Sadie Dernham Patek Professor in Humanities, Professor of Linguistics
, and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University
. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and the Linguistic Society of America
, in 2005 he received the LSA's Fromkin Prize for distinguished contributions to the field of linguistics.
Sag has made notable contributions to
the fields of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and language processing.
His early work was as a member of the research teams that invented and
developed HPSG as well as generalized phrase structure grammar,
HPSG's immediate intellectual predecessor.
Sag's current research primarily concerns
constraint-based, lexicalist models of grammar, and their relation to
theories of language processing.
He is the author or coauthor of 10 books and over 100 articles.
Sag received his PhD from MIT in 1976, writing his dissertation (advised by Noam Chomsky
) on ellipsis. He received an MA from the University of Pennsylvania
, where he studied comparative Indo-European languages
, Sanskrit
, and sociolinguistics
, and a BA from the University of Rochester
.
United States
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linguist
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....
and cognitive scientist
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
. He is the Sadie Dernham Patek Professor in Humanities, Professor of Linguistics
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....
, and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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and the Linguistic Society of America
Linguistic Society of America
The Linguistic Society of America is a professional society for linguists. It was founded in 1924 to advance linguistics, the scientific study of human language. The LSA has over 5,000 individual members and welcomes linguists of all kinds. It works to advance the discipline and to communicate...
, in 2005 he received the LSA's Fromkin Prize for distinguished contributions to the field of linguistics.
Sag has made notable contributions to
the fields of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and language processing.
His early work was as a member of the research teams that invented and
developed HPSG as well as generalized phrase structure grammar,
HPSG's immediate intellectual predecessor.
Sag's current research primarily concerns
constraint-based, lexicalist models of grammar, and their relation to
theories of language processing.
He is the author or coauthor of 10 books and over 100 articles.
Sag received his PhD from MIT in 1976, writing his dissertation (advised by Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
) on ellipsis. He received an MA from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, where he studied comparative Indo-European languages
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...
, Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
, and sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society...
, and a BA from the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
.