Anthony Kroch

Anthony Kroch is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics, based in Room 333-C at 3401 Walnut Street. His research focuses on historical syntax and mechanisms of grammatical evolution across centuries.

His core research interests include:

• Historical Syntax
• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• Corpus Linguistics
• Grammatical Change
• Linguistic Corpora
• Copular Sentences

Professor Kroch's work centers on statistical analysis of historical documents to understand syntactic change, with significant contributions to corpus development. His publications demonstrate sustained engagement with syntactic theory—from the 2007 online syntax introduction to foundational 1999 research on pseudoclefts—revealing consistent focus on how grammatical architecture evolves through interfaces between syntax and semantics.