Jessica Coon (she/her)
Professor, Department of Linguistics
Canada Research Chair in Syntax and Indigenous Languages

By appointment
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Syntax, Morphology, Mayan, Algonquian, Field Methodology, Language Documentation and Revitalization.
Agreement and Anti-Agreement Across Languages; SSHRC Insight Grant; Jessica Coon (PI); 2017–2022
The Nature of Parameters: Representing Language Universals and Language Variation; SSHRC Insight Grant; Lisa Travis (PI), Richard Compton, Jessica Coon, Henry Davis, Ileana Paul; 2016–2021
Pragmatics and Language Revitalization: Using Evidentiality in Mi’gmaq to Explore the Interface Between Grammar and General Reasoning; SSHRC Insight Grant; Alan Bale (PI), Jessica Coon and Elizabeth Allyn Smith; 2016–2021
Siawinnu’gina’masultinej: Mi’gmaq Language Learning and Teaching Across the Lifespan in Listuguj; SSHRC Insight Grant; Mela Sarkar (PI), Beverly Baker, Jessica Coon, Constance Lavoie, Teresa Strong-Wilson; 2013–2019