Jessica Coon
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Jessica Coon is a professor of linguistics at McGill University and Canada Research Chair in syntax and indigenous languages.[1] She was the linguistics expert consultant for the 2016 film Arrival.[2][3]
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Fields | Syntax, indigenous languages |
Thesis | Complementation in Chol (Mayan): A Theory of Split Ergativity (2010) |
Doctoral advisor | David Pesetsky |
Website | jessica |
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Coon works on ergativity, split ergativity, case and agreement, nominalization, field methodology, and collaborative language work in Ch'ol and Chuj (Mayan) and Mi'gmaq (Algonquian).[4]