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{{Short description|American linguist}}
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| name = Matthew Dryer
| fields = [[Linguistics]]
| workplaces = [[State University of New York at Buffalo]]
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'''Matthew S. Dryer''' is a professor of [[linguistics]] at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|State University of New York at Buffalo]] who has worked in typology, syntax, and language documentation.<ref>{{Cite web
'''Matthew S. Dryer''' is a professor of [[linguistics]] at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|State University of New York at Buffalo]] who has worked in typology, syntax, and language documentation.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Matthew S. Dryer
| title = Matthew S. Dryer
| work = Florida Linguistics Association
| work = Florida Linguistics Association
| accessdate = 2013-09-19
| access-date = 2013-09-19
| url = http://floridalinguistics.com/?page_id=477
| url = http://floridalinguistics.com/?page_id=477
}}</ref> He is best known for his research on word order correlations, which has been widely cited.<ref>Dryer, Matthew S. 1992. 'The Greenbergian Word Order Correlations', Language 68: 81-138</ref> He is one of the editors of the [[World Atlas of Language Structures]]. His research has also analyzed various definitions of [[markedness]] as they may apply to word order.<ref>[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_sauthors=%22Matthew+S.+Dryer%22 Google Scholar citations of Dr. Dryer's publications]</ref> He has done original research on [[Kutenai language|Kutenai]] and is currently doing research (in conjunction with Lea Brown) on a number of languages of Papua New Guinea, among them [[Valman language|Walman]].
}}</ref> He is best known for his research on word order correlations, which has been widely cited.<ref>Dryer, Matthew S. 1992. 'The Greenbergian Word Order Correlations', Language 68: 81-138</ref> He is one of the editors of the [[World Atlas of Language Structures]]. His research has also analyzed various definitions of [[markedness]] as they may apply to word order.<ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_sauthors=%22Matthew+S.+Dryer%22 Google Scholar citations of Dr. Dryer's publications]</ref> He has done original research on [[Kutenai language|Kutenai]] and is currently{{when|date=August 2024}} doing research (in conjunction with Lea Brown) on a number of languages of Papua New Guinea, among them [[Valman language|Walman]].

== Selected works ==
* Dryer, Matthew S. (1992) 'The Greenbergian Word Order Correlations', Language 68: 81-138
* Dryer, Matthew S. (2002) ''A Comparison of Preverbs in Kutenai and Algonquian''. In Proceedings of the Thirtieth Algonquian Conference, edited by David Pentland, pp.&nbsp;63–94. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.
* Dryer, Matthew S. (2007) ''Kutenai, Algonquian, and the Pacific Northwest from an areal perspective''. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Algonquian Conference, edited by H. C. Wolfart, pp.&nbsp;155–206. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.
*{{Cite conference
| conference = American Indian Languages Conferences
| volume = Volume 16
| pages = 183-202
| last = Dryer
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| first = Matthew S
| title = Subject and inverse in Kutenai
| booktitle = Proceedings of the Hokan-Penutian Workshop
| location = [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]
| series = Occasional papers in linguistics
| accessdate = 2013-09-19
| date = 1991
| url = http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/resources/publications.php?publication=hokan-penutian&year=1991
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}}


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/dryer/dryer/dryer.htm Dryer's web site at Buffalo]
*[http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dryer/ Dryer's web site at Buffalo]
*[http://wals.info/ Online version of World Atlas of Language Structures]
*[http://wals.info/ Online version of World Atlas of Language Structures]

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Latest revision as of 11:23, 29 August 2024

Matthew Dryer
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsState University of New York at Buffalo

Matthew S. Dryer is a professor of linguistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo who has worked in typology, syntax, and language documentation.[1] He is best known for his research on word order correlations, which has been widely cited.[2] He is one of the editors of the World Atlas of Language Structures. His research has also analyzed various definitions of markedness as they may apply to word order.[3] He has done original research on Kutenai and is currently[when?] doing research (in conjunction with Lea Brown) on a number of languages of Papua New Guinea, among them Walman.

References

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  1. ^ "Matthew S. Dryer". Florida Linguistics Association. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. ^ Dryer, Matthew S. 1992. 'The Greenbergian Word Order Correlations', Language 68: 81-138
  3. ^ Google Scholar citations of Dr. Dryer's publications
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