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George Aaron Broadwell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Elling Eide Professor of Anthropology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jessie Ball duPont Magid Term Professor (2025-2028)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Areas of Interest\/Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Linguistic anthropologist with primary research interest in syntactic theory, language documentation, and language and history. Area specialization is Native American languages, with a particular research focus on Choctaw, Timucua, Copala Triqui, and Zapotec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

I was the 2023 recipient of the Victor Golla Prize<\/a><\/strong> from the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In 2025, I gave the Michael Gannon lecture at University of Florida, entitled Reading Florida’s First Native Authors: Towards an Understanding of Timucua Literature.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 (The link will take you to a recording of the lecture.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

My most recent book is<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Broadwell, George Aaron. (2024).\u00a0The Timucua language: A text-based reference grammar<\/em>. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. https:\/\/www.nebraskapress.unl.edu\/nebraska\/9781496237781\/the-timucua-language\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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