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Professor Daniel Harbour FBA

Theoretical linguistics, especially morphosemantics, morphosyntax and typology; underdocumented languages, especially Afroasiatic, Kiowa-Tanoan and South Caucasian; writing systems, their linguistic structure and decipherment.

Elected 2024

Photo of Daniel Harbour FBA.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Linguistics and Philology
Website
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguistics/people/academic/profiles/harbour.html

Current post

Queen Mary University of London Professor of the Cognitive Science of Language

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