He holds a BA and MPhil from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a PhD from NYU. His research interests include morphology, (micro-)comparative syntax, argument structure, and the morphosyntax and semantics of possession cross-linguistically. Professor Myler carries out linguistic fieldwork on Quechua languages (in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina) and on English dialects. His talk at the Colloquium will be entitled "Some Advantages of not Taking Wordhood too Seriously," a description of which can be found on the "Colloquim: Schedule" page.