Harriet Jisa is an emeritus professor of linguistics at Lumière University Lyon 2. Her research has made significant contributions to the study of language development and the development of literacy.[1][2]
Education, career and honours edit
Jisa completed two PhDs, the first at the University of Southern California in 1985, the second at Lyon 2 in 1989, where she also received her habilitation.[3] After briefly occupying positions at California State University, Long Beach and the University of California, Santa Barbara, she took up an assistant professorship at the Lumière University Lyon 2 in 1982, becoming promoted to associate professor in 1989 and to full professor in 1992. She retired in 2014, and was appointed member of the Academy of Europe in 2015.[1] She is also a member of the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France, to which she was appointed senior member in 2009.[4]
Research edit
Jisa's research has focused on language development cross-linguistically, both in young children and later in life. The development of literacy has also been a major focus in her research.[1] Highly cited works of hers include a paper on the acquisition of academic French,[5] a major co-authored paper on the cross-linguistic development of passive voice constructions in written text,[6] an article on the development of relative clauses in narrative texts by French children,[7] and a paper on language mixing in French-English bilingual infants.[8]
Selected publications edit
- Jisa, Harriet, and Sophie Kern. 1998. Relative clauses in French children's narrative texts. Journal of Child Language 25 (3), 623–652. doi:10.1017/S0305000998003523
- Jisa, Harriet. 2000. Language mixing in the weak language: Evidence from two children. Journal of Pragmatics 32 (9), 1363–1386. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00104-6
- Jisa, Harriet, Judy Reilly, Ludo Verhoeven, Elisheva Baruch, and Elisa Rosado. 2002. Passive voice constructions in written texts: A cross-linguistic developmental study. Written Language & Literacy 5 (2), 163–181. doi:10.1075/wll.5.2.03jis
- Jisa, Harriet. 2004. Growing into academic French. In Ruth A. Berman (ed.), Language development across childhood and adolescence, 135–161. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN 9789027295002
References edit
- ^ a b c "Harriet Jisa". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Harriet JISA". Université Lyon 2 (in French). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Harriet Jisa: CV". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Harriet JISA". Institut Universitaire de France (in French). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Jisa, Harriet (2004). "Growing into academic French". In Berman, Ruth A. (ed.). Language development across childhood and adolescence. John Benjamins. pp. 135–161. ISBN 9789027295002.
- ^ Jisa, Harriet; Reilly, Judy; Verhoeven, Ludo; Baruch, Elisheva; Rosado, Elisa (2002). "Passive voice constructions in written texts: A cross-linguistic developmental study". Written Language & Literacy. 5 (2): 163–181. doi:10.1075/wll.5.2.03jis.
- ^ Jisa, Harriet; Kern, Sophie (1998). "Relative clauses in French children's narrative texts". Journal of Child Language. 25 (3): 623–652. doi:10.1017/S0305000998003523. PMID 10095328. S2CID 10700082.
- ^ Jisa, Harriet (2000). "Language mixing in the weak language: Evidence from two children". Journal of Pragmatics. 32 (9): 1363–1386. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00104-6.