Steven Franks
| Steven Franks | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom and United States |
| Fields | Linguistics, Slavic Languages, Generative Grammar |
| Institutions | Indiana University |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, UCLA, Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Wayles Browne |
| Doctoral students | Martina Proffe Lindseth, Sue Ellen Brown, Michael Yadroff, John Erickson, Karen Leigh Brown, Dorian Roehrs, Tosikazu Ikuta |
| Known for | Generative Syntax Works on Slavic Languages, Russian Resyllabification |
Steven Franks is a British born American linguist and researcher in the fields of syntax and slavics. Franks has written numerous books that have significantly contributed to Slavic linguistics. He is currently a professor of Linguistics, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Cognitive Science, as well as an adjunct professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences and lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his family.