Robert Van Valin Jr.

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Robert Van Valin Jr.

Communications

#2428

World Rank

#3491

Historical Rank

#1104

USA Rank

Linguistics

#725

World Rank

#942

Historical Rank

#236

USA Rank

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Robert Van Valin Jr.'s Degrees

• PhD Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
• Masters Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Linguistics University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Robert Van Valin Jr. Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Robert D. Van Valin Jr. is an American linguist and the principal researcher behind the development of Role and Reference Grammar, a functional theory of grammar encompassing syntax, semantics, and discourse pragmatics. His 1997 book Syntax: structure, meaning and function is an attempt to provide a model for syntactic analysis which is just as relevant for languages like Dyirbal and Lakhota as it is for more commonly studied Indo-European languages.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Robert Van Valin Jr.?

Robert Van Valin Jr. is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University at Buffalo
• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
• University of Arizona
• University of California, Davis
• Temple University