Elizabeth V. Hume

Elizabeth Valerie Hume (born 29 October 1956) is a Canadian phonologist.

Education and career

Hume received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1992, under the supervision of G. N. Clements.[1] She was a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University from 1992 to 2011. From 2006 to 2011, she served as professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics.[2] From 2011 to 2017, she was a Professor of Linguistics at University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She returned to Ohio State to serve as Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education on October 1, 2017.[3]

She was an associate editor of Phonology for many years beginning in 2008.[4]

Her fields of research are sound systems of human language, factors influencing language variation and change, and the role of information and predictability in shaping language systems.[5][6]

Honors

In 2022, Hume was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.[7]

Works
  • Goldsmith, John, Elizabeth Hume and Leo Wetzels, eds. 2011. Tones and Features. Phonetic and Phonological Perspectives. Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Hume, Elizabeth. 2004. The indeterminacy/attestation model of metathesis. Language 80(2).

References
  1. "Alumni | Linguistics Cornell Arts & Sciences". linguistics.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. "2011 Department of Linguistics Newsletter by College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. "Hume, Beth | Office of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University". oaa.osu.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  4. "OSU Linguistics Newsletter". www.ling.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  5. "Elizabeth V. Hume (CV)" (PDF). University of Canterbury. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. "Elizabeth Hume". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. "Linguistic Society of America List of Fellows by Year". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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