Education
He received his Bachelor of Surgery, M.A, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of California at Los Los Angeles Phi Beta Kappa, graduated summa cum laude, June 1969.
He received his Bachelor of Surgery, M.A, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of California at Los Los Angeles Phi Beta Kappa, graduated summa cum laude, June 1969.
He is a specialist in phonology, and has particular interest in African languages. He has published many papers and contributed to many books Hyman is editor or on the editorial board of many journals in his field, including Linguistic Inquiry, Journal of African Languages & Linguistics, Language, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Lingua Descriptive Series, Phonology (Yearbook), Linguistic Typology and Africana Linguistica (Musée royal de l"Afrique central).
He has been Chair, Editorial Board, University of California Publications in Linguistics since 1999.
He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles, many chapters in academic books, and numerous conference talks.
Phi Beta Kappa, graduated summa cum laude, June 1969 University of California, Los Angeles Alumni Award for Distinguished Service in the Humanities, 1972 Miller Fellowship, University of California Berkeley, 1973-1975 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1979 Albert S. Raubenheimer Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Southern California, 1987 Chancellor"s Professor, University of California Berkeley, 1996-1999 Distinguished Service Award, Social Sciences Division, University of California Elected Fellow, Linguistic Society of America, January 2007.
