Nina Hyams

American linguist
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Summary

Nina Hyams was born on January 1, 1952[1]. She has worked as a linguist[2] and university teacher[3]. She is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[5]
  • Field of work: language development[6], syntax[7], first language acquisition[8]
  • Employer: University of California, Los Angeles[9]
  • Notable work: Aspects of the acquisition of object control and ECM-Type verbs in European Portuguese[10]
  • Sex or gender: female[11]
  • Family name: Hyams[12]
  • Given name: Nina[13]
  • Official website: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hyams/hyams.htm[14]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/UCLA[16]
  • Curriculum vitae URL: https://linguistics.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Nina-CV-revised.pdf[17]
  • Academic appointment: UCLA Department of Linguistics[18]

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What did Nina Hyams do for work?

Nina Hyams worked as a linguist[2] and university teacher[3].

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  1. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . linguistics.ucla.edu. Retrieved . linguistics.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . linguistics.ucla.edu. Retrieved . linguistics.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . linguistics.ucla.edu. Retrieved . linguistics.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . linguistics.ucla.edu. Retrieved . linguistics.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . linguistics.ucla.edu. Retrieved . linguistics.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [4] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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