Suzanne Flynn | |
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Born | Cambridge, MA, USA |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT; Speech-Language Pathologist, BCH |
Known for | Cumulative-enhancement model of third language acquisition, anaphora in SLA |
Title | Professor of Foreign Languages and Linguistics |
Awards | fellow of AAAS |
Academic background | |
Education | BA, University of Massachusetts-Boston; MS, University of Puerto Rico; PhD, Cornell University |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Thesis | A Study of the Effects of Principal Branching Direction in Second Language Acquisition: The Generalization of a Parameter of Universal Grammar from First to Second Language Acquisition (1984) |
Influences | Noam Chomsky, Samuel Epstein, Barbara Lust |
Academic work | |
Discipline | language acquisitionist, linguist |
Sub-discipline | Bilingualism and multilingualism |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
Website | [1] |
Suzanne Flynn (June 30, 1950- ) is an American linguist and Professor of Linguistics at MIT who has contributed to the fields of second and third language acquisition. She has also investigated language disorders.[1]