Education
Research Interests
Academic Positions
Selected Recent Work
Courses
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Education
| Ph.D. |
Harvard University |
1987 |
| M.A. |
Indiana University |
1980 |
| B.A. |
University of Michigan |
1976 |
Research Interests
Indo-European linguistics, Oceanic linguistics, diachronic syntax, phonological theory
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Academic Positions
- Professor, Linguistics, Concordia University, 2008-present.
- Visiting Professor, Linguistics, University of California
at Berkeley, Summer 2009 (Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute).
- Interim Chair, Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics,
Concordia University, 2008-2009.
- Visiting Professor, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales,
Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l'Asie orientale, Summer 2008.
- Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Winter 2006.
- Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard University,
Summer 2005 (Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute).
- Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Winter 2002.
- Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, 2000-2001.
- Visiting Professor, McGill University, Fall 1999.
- Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Summer 1999.
- Visiting Professor, Cornell University, Summer 1997 (Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute).
- Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Summers 1995-97.
- Associate Associate Professor, Linguistics, Concordia University, 1994-2008.
- Visiting Professor, Institut für indogermanische und
allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien, Spring 1994.
- Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Harvard University, 1990-94.
- Visiting Professor, Institut für indogermanische und allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien, Spring 1991.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Harvard University, 1987-1990.
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, Harvard University, 1982-1986.
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, Indiana University, 1979-1980.
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Selected Recent Work
Aspects of Rotuman Phonetics: Implications for Rotuman Phonology (with M. Kissock),
19th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 19-21, 2011.
Is Harmonic Serialism Serial Enough? (with M. Kissock), Old World Conference on
Phonology 8, Marrakech, Morocco, January 16-22, 2011.Download slides
Introduction to Linguistic Science (with M. Kissock). Concordia University
ms. Fall 2010 edition.
Rotuman Metathesis: Establishing Order (with M. Kissock), 18th Manchester Phonology Meeting,
Manchester, UK, May 20-22, 2010.
Rotuman Phase Distinctions: Phonology and Syntax (but not Semantics), (with M. Kissock) 11th
International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France, June 22-26, 2009.Download handout
The Phonetics-Phonology Interface and the Acquisition of Perseverant
Underspecification, (with M. Kissock) in The Oxford andbook of Linguistic
Interfaces, G. Ramchand and C. Reiss (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 81-101, 2007.Download ms. version
Microvariation, Variation, and the Features of Universal Grammar,
(with M. Kissock and C. Reiss), Lingua 117:4:645-665, 2007.Download ms. version
Underspecification: Neutralization, and Acquisition, (with M. Kissock), 13th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 26-28, 2005.Download handout
Underspecification, Markedness, and the Acquisition Process, (with M. Kissock and C. Reiss),
6e Journées Internationales du Réseau Franèais de Phonologie, Orléans,
France, June 3-4, 2004.Download Handout
Courses
(at Concordia University)
Introduction to Linguistic Science
Hittite
Sanskrit
Indo-European
Advanced Phonology
Non-IndoEuropean Structures (Marshallese, Rotuman, Paici)
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