Miriam Butt
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Miriam Butt is Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of Linguistics (Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft) at the University of Konstanz
. She is best known for her theoretical linguistic work on complex predicates and on grammatical case
, and for her computational linguistic work in large-scale grammar development within the Pargram project.
Butt earned her doctorate in linguistics in 1993 at Stanford University
. She subsequently held teaching positions at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the University of Tübingen before taking up her current position at the University of Konstanz
. She is the author or editor of 11 books, including The Structure of Complex Predicates in Urdu and the Theories of Case volume in the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics series. Her Pargram work in large-scale grammar development focuses on grammars for English, German, and Urdu.
Butt is also one of the authors of 6000 Kilometer Sehnsucht, which describes her childhood in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and how she, her sister, and her mother escaped from Pakistan.
University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...
. She is best known for her theoretical linguistic work on complex predicates and on grammatical case
Grammatical case
In grammar, the case of a noun or pronoun is an inflectional form that indicates its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence. For example, a pronoun may play the role of subject , of direct object , or of possessor...
, and for her computational linguistic work in large-scale grammar development within the Pargram project.
Butt earned her doctorate in linguistics in 1993 at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. She subsequently held teaching positions at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the University of Tübingen before taking up her current position at the University of Konstanz
University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...
. She is the author or editor of 11 books, including The Structure of Complex Predicates in Urdu and the Theories of Case volume in the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics series. Her Pargram work in large-scale grammar development focuses on grammars for English, German, and Urdu.
Butt is also one of the authors of 6000 Kilometer Sehnsucht, which describes her childhood in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and how she, her sister, and her mother escaped from Pakistan.