PUBLICATIONS / BOOK CONTRACTS
- True Grammar,
a structure of English textbook. Under contract to Thompson/Wadsworth/Heinle.
Prospective publication 2006.
- A Review of
the National Literacy Strategy: Grammar for Writing, Syntax in the
Schools, Vol. 19, No. 1, Autumn 2002, 1-7.
- Introflection
(an article on languages with discontinuous morphology). Language Typology
and Language Universals, An International Handbook, Walter De Gruyter,
Publisher. 2001.
- Alternate Grounds
in the Interpretation of Deictic Expressions. In Spaces, Worlds and
Grammar, Gilles Fauconnier and Eve E. Sweetser, Eds. Chicago: U of Chicago
Press. 1996.
- The Interaction
of Folk Models and Syntax: Case Choice after Prepositional Verbs of Cognition
in German. In Cognitive Linguistics in the Redwoods, selected proceedings
of the Second International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Eugene Casad,
Ed. The Hague: Mouton. 1995.
- Grammaticization
as Semantic Change: A Case Study of Preposition Development. In Perspectives
on Grammaticalization, William Pagliuca, Ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
1994.
- Forms Derived
from Verbal Roots in T
isqopa Modern Aramaic. In Semitica: Serta Philologica
Constantino G. Tsereteli Dicata, Riccardo Contini, Fabrizio Pennacchietti,
and Mauro Tosco, Eds. Torino: Silvio Zamorani Editore. 1993.
- Preposition
Use in a Speaker with Williams Syndrome: Some Cognitive Grammar Proposals.
With Edward S. Klima. Newsletter of the Center for Research in Language, U
C San Diego, Vol. 5, No.3. 1991.
- '...That part
of the city': Mental Spaces and Ethnic Neighborhoods. In Proceedings
of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp.
268-277. 1988.
- Prototype Effects
in some Psychological Studies of Grammar. In Papers from the Twenty-second
Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society Vol. 22, pp. 318-335. 1986.
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PRESENTATIONS
/ PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
LINGUISTICS
- From Semantic
to Phonological Motivation: Accounting for Verb Classes in Modern Aramaic.
International Workshop Motivation in Grammar, University
of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, July 9, 1999.
- A Network Model
of Root-and-Pattern Morphology. Cognitive Morphology Workshop, Ghent,
Belgium. July 1998.
- Modern Aramaic:
Endangered Language Field Report. 30-min. paper, Linguistic Society of
America Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1997.
- Meaning, Grammar,
Discourse: Applications of Cognitive Linguistics. Invited Colloquium,
Dept. of Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara. 1996.
- A protoype model
of conjugation classes in Modern Aramaic. Neo-Aramaic Panel of North American
Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics, Philadelphia, PA, March 1996.
- On Morphological
Relevance. Fourth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, U of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1995.
- Two Models of
Discontinuous Morphology. FAS Inaugural Conference, Berlin, 1994.
- Neutralization
and Morphophonology in Cognitive Grammar. Cognitive Linguistics Workshop,
U C San Diego, 1993.
- Discontinuous
Morphology in Modern Aramaic. Cognitive Linguistics Working Group, U
C San Diego, 1992.
- Discontinuous
Morphology in Modern Aramaic. Cognitive Linguistics Workshop, U C Berkeley,
1992.
- Templatic Morphology
and Epenthesis in Modern Aramaic. Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society
of America, Philadelphia, 1992.
- The Interaction
of Folk Models and Syntax: Case Choice after Prepositional Verbs of Cognition
in German. Second International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, U C
Santa Cruz, 1991.
- Alternate Grounds
in the Interpretation of Deictic Expressions. Mental Spaces Working Group,
Cognitive Linguistics Workshop, U C San Diego, 1991.
- Cognitive Models
and California Proposition 63: English as Offical Language. Law &
Society Association, Berkeley, 1990.
- Grammaticization
as Semantic Change: A Case Study of Preposition Development. Cognitive
Linguistics Workshop, U C Berkeley, 1990.
- Grammaticization
as Semantic Change: A Case Study of Preposition Development. Nineteenth
Annual Linguistics Symposium: Explanation in Historical Linguistics, U of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1990.
- From Content
to Function Word: The Development of Prepositions in Neo-Aramaic. 23rd
Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 1989.
- '...That part
of the city': Mental Spaces and Ethnic Neighborhoods. Fifteenth Annual
Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February, 1989.
- '...That part
of the city': Mental Spaces and Ethnic Neighborhoods. Seminar, Cognitive
Science 200, U C San Diego, 1988.
- Nonconcatenative
Morphology in Modern Aramaic. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies
Association, Los Angeles, 1988.
- Prototype Effects
in Some Psychological Studies of Grammar. Twenty-second Annual Meeting
of the Chicago Linguistic Society. 1986
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
- What's so bad
about bad English? How to teach grammar so that students don't feel bad about
themselves. Mini-workshop, Assembly for the Teaching of
English Grammar (NCTE) annual conference, North Seattle Community College,
July 14, 2004.
- Presenter,
NCTE panel on Grammar Alive, November 22, 2003.
- Co-organizer
(with Melody DeMerritt), Grammar Roundtable, roundtable
discussion of the concerns of teachers across disciplines regarding grammar
in writing instruction. Co-sponsored by WINGED (Cal Poly's writing-across-the-curriculum
program) and the English Department. November 19, 2002.
- The History
of English Faire: Using Creative Projects to Enhance Student Interest
in History of the English Language. Studies in the History of the
English Language II, University of Washington, March 24, 2002.
- Grammar standards
and standardized testing: A linguist's call to arms. Invited Colloquium,
Dept. of Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara. 2001.
- Contextualizing
Grammar. Conducted weekend workshop, Asilomar state teachers' conference,
Sept. 2001.
- Contextualizing
Grammar. Conducted weekend workshop, Asilomar state teachers' conference,
Sept. 2000.
- Grammar and
Social Class: Dialect Discrimination in Language Arts. Assembly for the
Teaching of English Grammar (NCTE), North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis,
MN, July 2000.
- Contextualizing
Grammar. Conducted weekend workshop, Asilomar state teachers' conference,
Sept. 1999.
- ATEG's Scope,
Sequence and Standards Project: Progress Report. Annual conference of
the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, a Special Interest Group
of the National Council of Teachers of English. Raritan Valley Community
College, North Branch, NJ, July 16, 1999.
- Invited Participant,
Teacher Preparation for the 21st Century, Liberal Studies Department, Cal
Poly. Dinner meetings bringing local K-12 teachers and Cal Poly faculty together
to discuss goals for reform of Cal Poly's teacher preparation program. DATES.
- School Partnership Case Study Presentation,
National Network for Educational Renewal. With Andrea Brown and Diane
Whitehouse. Seattle, WA, March 1999.
- Language and Gender. Women’s Studies
Lunchtime Seminar Series, Cal Poly. May 3, 1999.
- Grammar for
the Twenty-First Century. Presenter and co-chair, special-interest-group
panel for the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, National Council
of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, Nov. 21, 1998.
- Grammar for
the Twenty-First Century. Conducted weekend workshop, Asilomar state
teachers' conference, Sept. 25-27, 1998.
- Linguists and
Teachers and Grammar, oh my! Opening keynote address, meeting of the
Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, a subcommittee of NCTE. Seattle,
July 18, 1998.
- Grammar for
the Twenty-First Century. 'What Else We Do' English dept. faculty forum
presentation, May 1998.
- Ebonics.
Presentation, Curriculum Study Commission Meeting, Asilomar, March 1997.
- 'Ain't no shame':
Ebonics: Fact vs. Myth. Community Service lecture, Cal Poly, Feb. 3, 1997.
- Discussant,
Asilomar Teachers' Conference of the CSC, September 1997.
- Participant,
Asilomar 46, Threads in the Tapestry of Learning, conference on language
arts education held by the Curriculum Study Commission of the Central California
Association of Teachers of English. Discussion group: The inclusive classroom.
September 1996.
- Invited participant,
Asilomar Invitational Exploring Early Reading Instruction, Curriculum
Study Commission of the Central California Council of Teachers of English,
April 1996.
GUEST CLASS LECTURES
- Language and
Gender. Anthropology 433: Language and Culture. Spring 2001.
- Equity and Bias
in the Academy: A Linguistic Perspective. Psychology 216x. Spring
2000.
- The History
of English. Bellevue Santa Fe Charter School (Middle School). Winter
2000.
- Social Sources
of Stress: Gender Identity and Stress. Psychology 315. Fall 1999.
- Problems of
ESL college writers. ENGL 502: Composition Theory. Yearly since 1995.
- Language and
Prejudice. Staff Development, Residential Life. May 1996.
- Language and
Prejudice. Ethnic Studies 320: Cultural Images of African Americans.
1995.
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