Diane Massam

**Diane Massam** ta kasance masaniyar harshe ne na  ƙasar Kanada, Farfesa Emeritus a Jami'ar Toronto .

## Ilimi da bincike
Ta sami digirinta na PhD a fannin ilimin harshe a karkashin Noam Chomsky  a 1985 daga Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts.  Ta rike mukami a Sashen Harshe a Jami'ar Toronto daga, shekara ta 1989 har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritaya a 2017, lokacin da ta zama farfesa emeritus.

Massam ya ƙware a cikin haɗin gwiwar Niue Niuean, yaren Austronesian da ake magana a ƙasar Niue ta Kudu ta Pacific. Ta haɓaka bincike game da nau'in aikatau tare da haɗin suna da ake kira haɗin suna wanda ya buɗe taga don nazarin irin waɗannan abubuwan a wasu harsuna. Binciken ta kuma ba da shawarar sabuwar hanyar fahimtar dangantakar da ke tsakanin batun da maganganunsa.

## Daraja
Ta kasance babban mai magana a taron shekara-shekara na 21 na kungiyar Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) a shekarar 2014. 

Ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Jaridar Linguistics ta Kanada, da kuma Kwamitin Edita na mujallar Linguistic Inquiry . 

An nada Massam Mataimakin Shugaban Kungiyar Harsunan Kanada a shekarar 2015. Bayan kammala wa'adin shekaru biyu a wannan mukamin ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar CLA daga shekarar 2017 zuwa 2019. 

## Littattafai

* [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] Niuean: Magana da Tattaunawa a cikin Harshe mai Keɓewa.  (Binciken Oxford na Harsuna Masu Hadari). Jami'ar Oxford Press . 
* [Hasiya] Ƙarin zama: Ƙaddamar da haɗin gwiwar gine-ginen harsashi a cikin Turanci. *Harshe* 93.1: 121-152.
* [Hasiya] Ƙididdiga da Mass Aross Languages (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 42). Jami'ar Oxford Press.
* Massam, D., J. Lee da N. Rolle. 2006. "Har yanzu Preposition: The Category of ko," *Te Reo*: *Jaridar Linguistic Society of New Zealand* 49:3-38.*.*
* Massam, D., Starks da O. Ikiua . 2006. "A kan iyakar Grammar: Magana Particles a cikin Niuean," Oceanic Linguistics 45.1:191-205.
* Massam D., M. Abdolhosseini da K. Oda. 2002. "Lamba da Abubuwan da suka faru: Reduplication na Magana a cikin Niuean" Oceanic Linguistics 41.2:475-492.
* Massam D. 2001. "Samun Mahimmanci a cikin Niuean", *Harshe na Halitta da Ka'idar Harshe* 19:1:153-197.
* Massam D. 2000. VSO da VOS: Abubuwan da suka shafi tsari na Niuean, "Sashe na harsuna na farko.*Hanyar magana ta harsuna na farko.*
* Massam D. da W. Sperlich . 2000. "Dashi a cikin Niuean" a cikin Steven Fischer, ed. Alamomi masu mallaka a cikin Harsunan Tsakiyar Pacific: Ƙididdigar Magana na Harshe da Harsuna (Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung). shafi na 281-292.
* [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] "Abin da ake ginawa: Abin da yake, menene bincike mai kyau" Turanci *Harshen Ingilishi da Harshe* 3.2:335-352.
* S. Bejar da D. Massam. 1999. "Binciken Kasuwanci da yawa" *Syntax: Jaridar Nazarin Ka'idoji, Gwaje-gwaje da Bincike na Harkokin Kasuwanci*, 2.2:65-79. 1999.
* [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] "K*aki* na kayan aiki da Yanayin Niuean Transitivity" Oceanic Linguistics: 37.1:12-28.
* Ghomeshi, J. da D. Massam. 1994, "Lexical / Syntactic Relations Without Projection" Linguistic Analysis 24.3-4:175-217.
* [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] "Ka'idar shari'a da ka'idar tsinkaye".
* Levin, J. da D. Massam. 1985. "Surface ergativity: Case / theta dangantakar sake bincika," *Ayyukan NELS.*

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