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Steven Franks

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Steven Franks
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom and United States
Alma materPrinceton University, UCLA, Cornell University
Known forGenerative Syntax Works on Slavic Languages, Russian Resyllabification
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics, Slavic Languages, Generative Grammar
InstitutionsIndiana University
Doctoral advisorWayles Browne

Steven Franks is a British born American linguist and researcher in the fields of syntax and slavics. Franks received his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1985. He has written numerous books and articles that have significantly contributed to Slavic linguistics. He is currently a professor of linguistics, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Cognitive Science, as well as an adjunct professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the Indiana University Bloomington and lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his family.

Selected publications

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  • 1995: Parameters of Slavic Morphosyntax. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • 2000: Clitics in Slavic. With Tracy H. King. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • 2017: Syntax and Spell-Out in Slavic. Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers.
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