Tim Thornes
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20092023

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Dr. Tim Thornes joined the linguistics faculty at Boise State University in 2012. He earned both an M.A. and Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Oregon where he developed his interests in language typology, language documentation, and Native American languages. In 2003, he completed a comprehensive grammar of the Northern Paiute language as a dissertation. His earlier experience includes a B.A. in English (writing emphasis) from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and three years working as a primary school construction supervisor as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon. He has taught linguistics at the University of Oregon and University of Central Arkansas. He has presented and published widely on aspects of Northern Paiute grammatical structures while exploring their relationships both within the ecology of the language and from a cross-linguistic, typological perspective.

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  • Clause-combining: Relative clauses

    Thornes, T., 4 Sep 2023, The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America: A Comprehensive Guide, Vol 1. p. 323-343 21 p.

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  • Sounds of the Dari Language

    Ostermann, M., Temkin Martinez, M., Ali, D., Cain, B., Gamino-Garcia, A., Thornes, T., Gibson, G., Jurhs, G., Maderious, R., Neukom, J., Nguyen, C., Nutting, A. & Delsooz, S., 12 Apr 2022.

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  • Word Formation in the Dari Language

    Nutting, A., Gibson, C., Maderious, R., Temkin Martínez, M., Delsooz, S., Ali, D., Thornes, T., Cain, B., Gamino Garcia, A., Jurhs, G., Neukom, J., Nguyen, C. & Ostermann, M., 12 Apr 2022.

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  • Introduction

    García Salido, G. & Thornes, T., Apr 2021, In: International Journal of American Linguistics. 87, S1

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  • Northern Paiute

    Lewis, R. H. & Thornes, T., 1 Apr 2021, In: International Journal of American Linguistics.

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