Emily A. Hanink

emhanink [at] iu.edu

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Welcome! I'm an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University.
I received my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

My research focuses on theoretical syntax and its interfaces with semantics and morphology.

My work investigates theoretical issues surrounding relativization, subordination, nominalization, agreement/concord, and categorization.

Much of my research draws from my fieldwork on Wá·šiw (Washo), an Indigenous language spoken around Lake Tahoe (dáʔaw).
I have also worked on German (and its dialects), Basaá, and Fijian. Recently, I have also begun working with the Chin Languages Research Project.

Recent and upcoming


August 2024. Talk at the 21st International Morphology Meeting, Vienna
(with Andrew-Koontz Garboden): The semantics of property-concept root categorizers.

April 2024. Talk at WSCLA 24, Toronto (with Andrew-Koontz Garboden):
What makes a bipartite verb? A case study from Wá·šiw.

February 2024. Colloquium at Rutgers University. Deriving entities in the syntax at the A and A' level.

January 2024. Talk at the Linguistic Society of America's annual meeting
(with Andrew-Koontz Garboden): Resultative bipartite verbs in Wá·šiw.