Jessica Coon

Jessica Coon is a professor of linguistics at McGill University and Canada Research Chair in syntax and indigenous languages. She was the linguistics expert consultant for the 2016 film Arrival.

Jessica Coon
Alma mater
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Reed College
Scientific career
FieldsSyntax, indigenous languages
ThesisComplementation in Chol (Mayan): A Theory of Split Ergativity (2010)
Doctoral advisorDavid Pesetsky
Websitejessica.lingspace.org

Coon works on ergativity, split ergativity, case and agreement, nominalization, field methodology, and collaborative language work in Ch'ol and Chuj (Mayan) and Mi'gmaq (Algonquian).

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