Ruth King
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
Professor
Office: Ross Building, S553
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 88731
Email: rking@yorku.ca
Ruth King Specializes in sociolinguistics, language contact, language and gender, and syntactic theory. She is the first author of Talking Gender (1991) and the author of The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing (2000) and Acadian French in Time and Space (2013).
Degrees
Ph.D., Memorial UniversityM.A., Memorial University
B.A., Memorial University
Research Interests
, Morphosyntax, History of French, French Dialects, Dialect Contact, Language Contact, Language and Identities
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | AP/LING4440 3.0 | A | Syntactic Change | SEMR |
| Fall 2023 | GS/LAL5440 3.0 | A | Syntactic Change | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/LING2140 3.0 | M | Syntax 1: Analysis | LECT |
| Winter 2024 | GS/LAL6480 3.0 | M | Language, Gender and Sexuality | SEMR |
Ruth King Specializes in sociolinguistics, language contact, language and gender, and syntactic theory. She is the first author of Talking Gender (1991) and the author of The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing (2000) and Acadian French in Time and Space (2013).
Degrees
Ph.D., Memorial UniversityM.A., Memorial University
B.A., Memorial University
Research Interests
, Morphosyntax, History of French, French Dialects, Dialect Contact, Language Contact, Language and Identities
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | AP/LING4440 3.0 | A | Syntactic Change | SEMR |
| Fall 2023 | GS/LAL5440 3.0 | A | Syntactic Change | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/LING2140 3.0 | M | Syntax 1: Analysis | LECT |
| Winter 2024 | GS/LAL6480 3.0 | M | Language, Gender and Sexuality | SEMR |
