Jila Ghomeshi

Jila Ghomeshi is an Iranian-Canadian linguist. She earned her Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Diane Massam. She is currently an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Manitoba. She is the sister of Jian Ghomeshi, former CBC broadcaster.

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• Jian Ghomeshi acquittal provokes reaction outside court
• Key Publications
• References

Ghomeshi received the National Achievement Award presented by the Canadian Linguistic Association in 2014, in recognition of her contribution in educating the broader public about linguistic issues, such as language discrimination and the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. This is addressed in her 2010 book, Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language.

Ghomeshi also does research in theoretical syntax, including the syntax of Persian, and the interfaces with pragmatics and morphology. She is co-editor of a book, with Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko, on cross-linguistic universals and variation in the syntax of determiners.

Key Publications

Ghomeshi, J.and D. Massam. 1994. “Lexical/syntactic relations without projection,” Linguistic Analysis.

Ghomeshi, J. 1997. “Non-projecting nouns and the ezafe: Construction in Persian,” Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 15(4): 729-788.

Ghomeshi, J. 2001. "Control and thematic agreement," Canadian Journal of Linguistics.

Ghomeshi, J. 2003 “Plural marking, indefiniteness, and the noun phrase,” Studia Linguistica.

Ghomeshi, J, R. Jackendoff, N. Rosen, and K. Russell. 2004. “Contrastive focus reduplication in English (The salad-salad paper)," Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 22(2): 307-357.

Jila Ghomeshi, Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko (eds.) 2009. Determiners: Universals and variation. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.