Donna Jo Napoli
Professor of Linguistics
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Areas of Expertise
- Sign language
- Children's literature
- Historical & comparative linguistics
- Language development
- Syntax, phonetics, phonology & morphology
Affiliations
- Fellow - Linguistic Society of America
In the News
- Merging Minds - "The Authorship Illusion: A Discussion about AI, Ideas, and Originality with Donna Jo Napoli"
- The New York Times - "The 2023 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books"
- American Association for the Advancement of Science - "Language is Healthcare, Says Donna Jo Napoli"
- The Wall Street Journal - "Children’s Books: Tales of Wonder and Wisdom"
- Entertainment Weekly - "Fish Girl creators talk writing mermaids and blending fantasy with reality"
- The Christian Science Monitor - "Berenstain Bears 'have helped so many children through so many challenges"
- The New York Times - "The Power of Myth, Kid-Lit Version"
- Orlando Sentinel - "Third-Person Peculiar is a Growing Phenomenon"
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