Kristin Denham

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Kristin Denham

Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics

  • Professor, Department of English, English
  • Professor and Chair, Linguistics Department, Linguistics

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    Her teaching and research interests include grammatical structure; Native American language and literatures; dialect studies, including the use of dialect in literature; and applications of linguistics in K-12 education. She has published four books; Linguistics for Every one: An Introduction (Cengage/Wadsworth, 2010) and Navigating English Grammar (Blackwell 2013) (both co-authored with Anne Lobeck), Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics into K-12 Education (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005), and Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education (Cambridge University Press, 2010) (both co-edited with Anne Lobeck), and has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters.

    Contact Information

    Office: Humanities 341, Western Washington University
    Phone: (360) 650-3217

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    Education/Academic qualification

    Linguistics, Ph.D., University of Washington

    … → 1997

    Linguistics, M.A., University of Arizona

    … → 1992

    Linguistics, French, B.A., Swarthmore College

    … → 1989

    Research Interests

    • Linguistics, Syntax
    • Native American languages (Salish and Athabaskan)
    • Linguistics in K-12 Education

    Disciplines

    • Linguistics
    • Syntax
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