John Boyle

John Boyle serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics within the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Fresno. His teaching responsibilities include foundational and advanced courses such as Introduction to Language (LING 10), Linguistics for Teachers (LING 11), Syntax (LING 143 and LING 243), and Field Methods (LING 249).

Dr. Boyle's academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Linguistics (2007) from the University of Chicago, dissertation: Hidatsa Morpho-Syntax and Clause Structure
• M.A. in Linguistics (1999) from the University of Chicago
• M.A. in Linguistics (1997) from the University of Utah
• Secondary Teaching Certification (1992) from Westminster College
• B.A. in History (1990) from the University of Utah

His research centers on Native American language documentation and revitalization, with primary focus on Hidatsa, Crow, Mandan, Biloxi, and Mixtec. He investigates syntactic structures, code-switching phenomena, and pedagogical applications of linguistics in educational settings.

Subspecialties encompass interface phenomena between morphology and syntax/discourse, typological studies of switch-reference systems, nominalization, Siouan comparative syntax, and language variation in contact situations. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical language preservation efforts.

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