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Lisa Green
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| Institutions | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Thesis | Topics in African American English: The verb system analysis (1993) |
Dr. Lisa Green is a smart scientist who studies language. She is a linguist, which means she looks at how languages work. Dr. Green is an expert in something called syntax, which is about how words are put together to make sentences. She also studies African American English (AAE). Dr. Green teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In July 2020, she became a special "Distinguished Professor" there.
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Her School Journey
Before becoming a language expert, Dr. Green went to college. She earned a first degree, a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), in English education from Grambling State University. Then, she got a Master of Arts (M.A.) in English from the University of Kentucky.
After that, Dr. Green continued her studies. She earned her highest degree, a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), in linguistics. She received this degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1993.
What She Does
After finishing her Ph.D., Dr. Green taught at the University of Texas at Austin for 11 years. Later, she moved to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There, she started and now leads a special place called the Center for the Study of African American Language.
Studying African American English
This center helps students and teachers learn about different ways people speak. A big goal for Dr. Green is to show that African American English (AAE) is a real language system. She wants to help people understand that AAE is not "wrong" or "bad" English. It has its own rules, just like other types of English.
Dr. Green's work looks at how different types of English are spoken. She mostly focuses on African American English. Her research explores how words and sentences are built in AAE. This includes how people talk about time (like past or present) and how they use "not" in sentences. She also studies how young children learn to speak AAE.
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Green has received special honors for her work. In 2016, she became a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. This is a big honor for linguists.
Her Books and Papers
Dr. Green has written important books and many research papers. These help others learn about her studies.
Books
- Green, Lisa. (2011). Language and the African American Child. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780511975561.
- Green, Lisa. (2002). African American English: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521891387.
Selected Papers
- Green, Lisa, & Walter Sistrunk (2015). Syntax and Semantics. In Oxford Handbook of African American Language. Sonja Lanehart (ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Green, Lisa. (2014). Force, Focus, and Negation in African American English. In Micro-syntactic Variation in North American English. Raffaella Zanuttini and Laurence R. Horn (eds.). Oxford University Press.
- Green, Lisa, & Tom Roeper (2007). The Acquisition Path for Aspect: Remote Past and Habitual in Child African American English.” Language Acquisition. 269-313.
- Green, Lisa (2000). “Aspectual Be-Type Constructions and Coercion in African American English.”Natural Language Semantics, 8, 1-25.
- Green, Lisa, Linda Bland-Stewart, & Harry Seymour (1998). Difference Versus Deficit in Child African American English. In Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Vol 29 No. 2, p. 96 - 109.
