
Line Mikkelsen
Title
Professor of Linguistics
Department
Dept of Linguistics
Faculty URL
Email
Phone
(510) 643-7620
Fax
(510) 643-5688
Research Expertise and Interest
morphology, syntax, semantics, Germanic and California languages
Research Description
Line Mikkelsen received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research spans morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and the interactions among these. Her particular languages of expertise are Danish, English, and Karuk, an indigenous language of Northern California. Her work on Karuk proceeds in close collaboration with Karuk elders, and language teachers, learners and activists in the Karuk community.