Dr. Claire Lefebvre

Claire Lefebvre is a scientific leader in linguistic theory, in the theory of language contact and change, and in the theory of how new languages come about. Her work is known and cited internationally. She is the (co-)author of numerous articles and of several books on syntactic constructions of Quechua, French, Haitian creole, Fongbe and of a major book on creole genesis that will certainly be a classic of Creole linguistics.