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Alana Johns

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Linguistics

  • Professor Emeritus/Emerita
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Linguistics
  • 416-978-4029 (Work)
  • 416-978-1761 (Work)
  • University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3, Canada

BIO

Dr. Alana Johns is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics. Her field of study includes Linguistic Theory, and her Areas of Interest include Morphology, Syntax, and Inuktitut. Throughout her years of teaching, she conducted research on a number of linguistics topics, especially on dialects in the Inuit language Inuktitut. She served as Director of Indigenous Studies 2013-2015.

In addition to her publications on theoretical linguistics, she co-authored a dictionary of Inuktitut word units, and in 2019 helped make an app of everyday words and expressions in the Labrador dialect.

Preferred method of contact: Email

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor Emeritus
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2017 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1996 - 2017

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries

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