David Lightfoot (linguist)

David William Lightfoot (born February 10, 1945) is an American linguist who served as an assistant director of the National Science Foundation from 2005 to 2009.[1][2] He is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University.[3]

David Lightfoot
Born	February 10, 1945
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Sub-discipline	Syntactic theory, language acquisition, language change
Institutions	McGill University University of Utrecht University of Maryland Georgetown University

References

1. "National Science Foundation Names David Lightfoot as New Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences". National Science Foundation. 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
2. "Faculty". Georgetown University Linguistics Department.
3. "David Lightfoot Faculty Profile". Georgetown University. Retrieved 10 May 2018.