Summary
Ignacio Montoya is an associate professor of linguistics in the Department of English at the 91·çÃùÄñ³ª.
Prior to his graduate work in linguistics, he taught in a wide variety of elementary and middle school classrooms and was motivated to pursue a Ph.D. in linguistics in part by his experiences as an educator. As a linguist, he approaches theoretical problems from functionalist perspectives in which findings in applied fields inform theory. In addition, he has interests in and experiences with endangered language revitalization and heritage language maintenance.
Research interests
- Language revitalization and reclamation
- Indigenous languages in North America
- Language prescriptivism
- Morphology
- Cognitive and usage-based approaches to grammar
Recent publications
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Montoya, Ignacio L., Julien De Jesus, & Macario Mendoza-Carrillo. (2024). . Language Documentation and Conservation, 18: 176-193.
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Montoya, Ignacio L. (2024). . In Anne Harper Charity-Hudley, Christine Mallinson, & Mary Bucholtz (Eds), Decolonizing Linguistics, 25-45. Oxford University Press.
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Montoya, Ignacio L., Debra Harry, & Jennie Burns (2020). . Language Documentation & Conservation, 14: 462-487.
Education
- Ph.D., Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2017
- M.A., Linguistics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2013
- M.A., Educational Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007
- B.A., Psychology, Harvard College, 1997