Michael David Fortescue

Censor

Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab
Njalsgade 120
2300 København S

Telefon (Sekretariat): +45 353-28311
E-mail: fortesq@hum.ku.dk

Primære forskningsområder

Arctic and sub-arctic languages (Eskimo-Aleut, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Wakashan)

Comparative (areal and genetic) linguistics

Language typology

Functional and cognitive grammar

Language change

Aktuel forskning

Areal and genetic relations between Arctic and Sub-arctic languages.

A neural network model of lexical organisation.

A cross-linguistic typology of equational constructions and expressions of similarity.

Spatial expressions in the languages of the North Pacific Rim.