Background
He was born in Calgary, Alberta.
He was born in Calgary, Alberta.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics and Celtic Studies: The University of Saint Michael"s College at the University of Toronto, 1991
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics and Philosophy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995.
He is the author or coauthor of eight books, and has several papers published on formal syntactic theory and on linguistic aspects of Scottish Gaelic and the Irish language. In 2009, he was named as one of the Linguist List"s Linguist of the Day. Since 2010, he has worked as the faculty director of the University of Arizona"s Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs.
In August 2012, he was appointed interim Dean of the Graduate College.
Syntax Phrase Structure Grammatical Hierarchies Case Celtic languages Modern Irish Scottish Gaelic Ph.