Daniel Harbour

Professor Daniel Harbour is a Professor of the Cognitive Science of Language at Queen Mary University of London's Department of Linguistics, within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film. He holds a PhD from MIT.

Education:

• PhD (MIT)

Research Interests: His work focuses on morphology, morphosyntax, and morphosemantics, with an emphasis on understudied languages to inform syntactic, semantic, and morphological theory. He is also engaged in language documentation, typology, and the relationship between grammar and writing systems. His research advocates for native and heritage speaker involvement in linguistic preservation.

Teaching: He teaches courses such as 'Morpheme to Meaning' (Postgraduate), 'Understudied Languages and Linguistic Theory' (Postgraduate), 'Unfamiliar Languages' (Undergraduate), and 'Writing Systems' (Undergraduate).

Advising & Grants: He supervises PhD/postdoctoral researchers in areas aligned with his expertise, including morphology, language description, and writing systems. Postdoctoral inquiries should contact him directly.