Public figure
David Adger Silver
Scottish linguist, Professor of Linguistics
David Adger is a Scottish linguist, Professor of Linguistics. Born 1967 in Kirkcaldy. Associated with Queen Mary University of London.
- Current role
- Queen Mary University of London
Common questions
- Who is David Adger?
- David Adger is a Scottish linguist, Professor of Linguistics. Born 1967 in Kirkcaldy. Associated with Queen Mary University of London.
- What does David Adger do?
- David Adger is with at Queen Mary University of London.
- Where did David Adger study?
- David Adger studied at University of Edinburgh.
- When was David Adger born?
- David Adger was born on 1967-09-23 in Kirkcaldy.
Career and education
SilverCareer
- Queen Mary University of London 2002 to now
Offices and positions
- full professor
Education
Public life
Gold- Born
- 1967-09-23, Kirkcaldy
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- linguist
- Affiliations
- Linguistics Association of Great Britain
- Also known as
- David J Adger
Achievements
Notable work
- Predication and Equation
- Syntax
- Introduction: integrating genetic and cultural evolutionary approaches to language
- Restrictiveness matters
- Linguistic explanation and domain specialization: a case study in bound variable anaphora
- The limitations of structural priming are not the limits of linguistic theory
- Language learners privilege structured meaning over surface frequency
Network
SilverFamily (public figures)
- Anson MackaySpouse
Profile
- Languages
- English, Scottish Gaelic
What we have, and what we might have wrong
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