Liina Pylkkänen
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InstitutionsNew York University
ThesisIntroducing arguments (2002)
Liina Pylkkänen | |
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Pittsburgh University of Tampere |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | New York University |
| Thesis | Introducing arguments (2002) |
Liina Pylkkänen is a Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at New York University. Her research considers the neurobiology of language and theoretical linguistics.
Pylkkänen grew up in Tampere, Finland.[1] Pylkkänen studied philology at the University of Tampere. She was an undergraduate exchange student at the University of Pittsburgh, and decided to move there for her graduate studies.[2] In 1997 she joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a doctoral researcher. Her doctorate explored verbal argument structure and cross-linguistic variations in introducing arguments.[3] She joined New York University as a postdoctoral fellow in 2002.
