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George Broadwell
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Areas of expertise:
Language; bilingualism; English-only movement; Native American languages; gay and lesbian language; linguistic discrimination; English language usage; language endangerment
Language; bilingualism; English-only movement; Native American languages; gay and lesbian language; linguistic discrimination; English language usage; language endangerment
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(518) 442-4711
Biography:
Professor George Aaron Broadwell, a linguistic anthropologist, focuses his research on Native American languages of the U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. His interests include linguistic minorities and endangered languages. Broadwell's recent work in syntactic theory has focused on complex predication, binding theory, lexical semantics, and syntactic applications of optimality theory.
Professor George Aaron Broadwell, a linguistic anthropologist, focuses his research on Native American languages of the U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. His interests include linguistic minorities and endangered languages. Broadwell's recent work in syntactic theory has focused on complex predication, binding theory, lexical semantics, and syntactic applications of optimality theory.

