Elizabeth V. Hume

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

Education and career

Hume received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1992, under the supervision of G. N. Clements.[1] She was a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University 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 in New Zealand. She returned to Ohio State to serve as Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education on October 1, 2017.[2]

She is an associate editor of Phonology from 2008 to the present.[3]

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.[4][5]

Honors

In 2022, Hume was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.[6]

Works
  • Goldsmith, John, Elizabeth Hume and Leo Wetzels, eds. 2011. Tones and Features. Phonetic and Phonological Perspectives. Mouton de Gruyter.
  • Hume, Elizabeth. 2004. The indeterminacy/attestation model of metathesis. Language 80(2).

References
  1. "Alumni | Linguistics Cornell Arts & Sciences". linguistics.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  2. "Hume, Beth | Office of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University". oaa.osu.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  3. "Editorial board". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  4. "Elizabeth V. Hume (CV)" (PDF). University of Canterbury. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. "Elizabeth Hume". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  6. "Linguistic Society of America List of Fellows by Year". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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