Elizabeth Valerie Hume (born 29 October 1956) is a Canadian

phonologist Phonology (formerly also phonemics or phonematics: "phonemics ''n.'' 'obsolescent''1. Any procedure for identifying the phonemes of a language from a corpus of data. 2. (formerly also phonematics) A former synonym for phonology, often prefer ...

, professor emerita at the

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Education and career

Hume received her Ph.D. from

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in 1992, under the supervision of G. N. Clements. She was a Professor of Linguistics at the

from 1992 to 2011. From 2006 to 2011, she served as professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics. From 2011 to 2017, she was a Professor of Linguistics at

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

in New Zealand. She returned to Ohio State to serve as Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education from October 1, 2017 - November 8, 2021. Her fields of research are sound systems of human language, factors influencing language variation and change, and the role of information and predictability in shaping language systems.

Honors

In 2022, Hume was inducted as a

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of the

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. She was an associate editor of

Phonology Phonology (formerly also phonemics or phonematics: "phonemics ''n.'' 'obsolescent''1. Any procedure for identifying the phonemes of a language from a corpus of data. 2. (formerly also phonematics) A former synonym for phonology, often pre ...

for many years beginning in 2008.

Works

* Goldsmith, John, Elizabeth Hume and Leo Wetzels, eds. 2011. ''Tones and Features.'' ''Phonetic and Phonological Perspectives.''

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. *Hume, Elizabeth. 2004. The indeterminacy/attestation model of metathesis. ''

Language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...

'' 80(2), 203-237
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4489661.

References

External links

Elizabeth V. Hume at the University of Canterbury
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hume, Elizabeth V. Cornell University alumni Ohio State University faculty Academic staff of the University of Canterbury Linguists from Canada French-language education Phonologists from the United States 1956 births Living people American women linguists Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America