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Jila Ghomeshi is a Persian-Canadian linguist. She earned her Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Diane Massam. She is currently a professor of linguistics at the University of Manitoba, where she has been since 1998.

Ghomeshi received the National Achievement Award presented by the Canadian Linguistic Association in 2014, in recognition of her contribution in educating the broader public about linguistic issues, such as language discrimination and the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. This is addressed in her 2010 book, Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language.

Ghomeshi also does research in theoretical syntax, including the syntax of Persian, and the interfaces with pragmatics and morphology. She is co-editor of a book, with Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko, called Determiners: Universals and variation on cross-linguistic universals and variation in the syntax of determiners.

Ghomeshi is the sister of Jian Ghomeshi, former CBC broadcaster.

Selected honors

• Canadian Linguistic Association National Achievement Award, 2014

Key publications

• Ghomeshi, J.and D. Massam. 1994. "Lexical/syntactic relations without projection," Linguistic Analysis.
• Ghomeshi, Jila (1 November 1997). "Non-Projecting Nouns and the Ezafe: Construction in Persian". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 15 (4): 729–788. doi:10.1023/A:1005886709040. S2CID 170146072.
• Ghomeshi, J. 2001. "Control and thematic agreement," Canadian Journal of Linguistics.
• Ghomeshi, J. 2003 "Plural marking, indefiniteness, and the noun phrase," Studia Linguistica.
• Ghomeshi, Jila; Jackendoff, Ray; Rosen, Nicole; Russell, Kevin (1 May 2004). "Contrastive Focus Reduplication in English (The Salad-Salad Paper)". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 22 (2): 307–357. doi:10.1023/B:NALA.0000015789.98638.f9. S2CID 170949456.
• Jila Ghomeshi, Ileana Paul and Martina Wiltschko (eds.) 2009. Determiners: Universals and variation. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• Ghomeshi, Jila. Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language. Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring, 2010. ISBN 978-1894037-44-0

References

1. LinguistList
2. Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, http://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/twpl/issue/view/500
3. ^ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Arts - Linguistics - Jila Ghomeshi". Umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
4. ^ Mayes, Alison (2011-01-13). "She'd like a few words with you". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
5. "Prix national d'excellence | National Achievement Awards". Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
6. Ghomeshi, Jila. "Grammar Matters". ARP Books. Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
7. Ghomeshi, Jila; Paul, Ileana; Wiltschko, Martina (2009). Determiners: Universals and variation. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 978-90-272-8895-0.
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9. "Canadian Linguistics Association National Achievement Award 2014". Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 59 (2): 299–300. July 2014. doi:10.1017/S0008413100000359. S2CID 231890565. Project MUSE 555340.
10. Bilous, Rostyslav (2011). "Determiners: Universals and variation (review)". The Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 56 (1): 128–130. Project MUSE 429029.
11. "Yes, Good Grammar Is (Still) Important, and Here's Why". ClearVoice. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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13. Heather (2011-05-24). "Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language". The Word Blog. Retrieved 2019-03-27.

• Living people
• Academic staff of the University of Manitoba
• University of Toronto alumni
• Linguists from Canada
• Iranian biographers
• Grammarians from Iran
• Women linguists
• Canadian people of Iranian descent