Heidi B Harley

Heidi B Harley is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona since 1999, specializing in syntax, morphology, and lexical semantics with a focus on Hiaki (Yaqui), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Irish, Icelandic, and Georgian languages. She has published extensively in journals like Language, Linguistic Inquiry, and Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, and authored the textbook English Words: A Linguistic Introduction.

• Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics from MIT, B.A. in English and Linguistics from Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Research: Distributed Morphology, argument structure, event structure, suppletion, verb-initial languages, and cross-linguistic comparison

Recent publications examine root identity in Hiaki, phase-theoretic mismatches in morphology, and force-theoretic models of telicity. Her work reveals deep connections between morphological locality, syntactic structure, and semantic interpretation across diverse languages.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America (2018)
  • Graduate and Professional Education Teaching and Mentoring Award (2011)
  • Earl Carroll Magellan Fellowship (2010)