Areas of Interest

I am interested in all aspects of Salish languages, including the phonetics and semantics of these languages, as well as their historical development and the structure of their lexicons. My current research focuses on the semantics-pragmatics interface.

Education Background

• B.Sc. International Business, Auburn University, 2000.
• B.A. German, Auburn University, 2000.
• M.A. Linguistics, University of Montana, 2005. (Master's Thesis: An Edition of Lawrence Nicodemus's Coeur d'Alene Dictionary)

Publications

1. Lyon, John and Rebecca Greene-wood. (2007). Lawrence Nicodemus's Coeur d'Alene Dictionary in Root Format. University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, volume 20.
2. Lyon, John. (2010). Lawrence Nicodemus's Snchitsu'umshtsn File Card Collection in Dictionary Format. Northwest Journal Of Linguistics. Volume 4, Issue 2, Pp. 1–110. http://www.sfu.ca/nwjl/Articles/V004_N02/LyonNicodemusCards.html

Working Papers and Other Research Papers: