Asya Pereltsvaig

Asya Pereltsvaig (Russian: Ася Перельцвайг; born 1972) is a Russian-American linguist, writer, and educator.[1][2][3] Pereltsvaig was born in Leningrad, USSR.

Asya Pereltsvaig
Ася Перельцвайг
Born1972 (age 48–49)
Leningrad, USSR
Academic background
Alma materMcGill University
ThesisOn the Nature of Intra-Clausal Relations: A Study of Copular Sentences in Russian and Italian (2001)
Doctoral advisorLisa Travis
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Institutions
Websiteasya.pereltsvaig.com

Life

Her research interests are theoretical syntax, cross-linguistic typology, Slavic linguistics, and historical linguistics. Her recent books include: The Indo-European Controversy: Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics (2015, with Martin Lewis) and Languages of the World: An Introduction (third edition, 2020). She has been published in Science, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Language and Linguistics Compass, and elsewhere. She has taught in Yale, Cornell, and Stanford universities. She has a PhD in Linguistics from McGill University.

In 1990, she emigrated to Israel, after which she made her way to the Bay Area, San Francisco, California.

References
  1. Erard, Michael (21 September 2016). "Why Australia is home to one of the largest language families in the world". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. "Asya Pereltsvaig". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. Finney, Michael; Yip, Randall (18 September 2020). "Here's why COVID-19 pandemic could help lower our health care costs". ABC 7 San Francisco. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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