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John (Jack) Merrill joined the Program in Linguistics at Princeton University as a lecturer in Spring 2020. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. His research primarily focuses on historical linguistics and language documentation, with a particular emphasis on West African languages. Jack has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Sereer, Noon, and Kobiana languages and has presented his findings on synchronic and diachronic analysis, including studies on noun class systems and consonant mutation. His work contributes significantly to the understanding of linguistic structures and their historical development in lesser-studied languages.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.