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Degrees
1991 PhD Linguistics, Stanford University
1981 MA Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington
1975 BS Math, Yale University
Current positions
International Linguistics Consultant (2004- )
Associate Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Applied Linguistics, GIAL (2000- )
Other experience
School Director, Asia SIL School, Singapore & Darwin (1995-99)
Linguist/consultant, SIL Malaysia Branch (1982-1994)
Secondary Math/Science teacher, U.S. Peace Corps, Malaysia (1975-1977)
Memberships
Linguistic Society of America (1987)
International Lexical Functional Grammar Association (~1996)
Language proficiency
English
Malay 2+
Kimaragang Dusun 2
Research interests
Western Austronesian morphology and syntax
Language documentation
Syntactic typology
Lexical Functional Grammar
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2005. "Kimaragang." In Sander Adelaar & Nikolaus Himmelmann, eds. The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge/Curzon Press.
2005. Analyzing grammar: an introduction. Cambridge University Press.
2004. Analyzing syntax: a lexical-functional approach. Cambridge University Press.
1998. "Clitics and clause structure in Tagalog." In Bautista (ed.),Pagtanaw: Essays on language in honor of Teodoro A. Llamzon.Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Manila.
1996. "The morphology of affectedness in Kimaragang Dusun." In H. Steinhauer (ed.),Papers in Austronesian Linguistics No. 3. Pacific Linguistics A 84.
1996. "Asu vs. Tasu: On the origins of Dusunic moveable t-." In James Collins, ed.Language and Oral Traditions in Borneo.Borneo Research Council Procedings Series vol. 2.
Selected papers presented
2006. "Resultative complex predicates in Kimaragang Dusun." Presented at the 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Palawan.
2004. "Backwards resultatives in Kimaragang Dusun." Paper presented at "Syntax of the World's Languages-1", Leipzig, Germany.
2002. "The homophonous applicative vs. derivational uses of -kan in Bahasa Indonesia." Paper presented to the 6th International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics, Bintan, Riau, Indonesia.
1998. "Nouns and verbs in Tagalog: a reply to Foley." Presented at the 3rd Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
1994. "Vowel Harmony, Neutralization and Inalterability in Dusun vs. Murut." Presented at the Seventh International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Works online
2005. (co-authored with Jim Johansson). "Object alternations in Kimaragang." In J. Heinz & D. Ntelitheos, eds., Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA). UCLA Working Papers in Linguistics, no. 12, pp. 177-193. available at:http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/wpl/issues/wpl12/wpl12.htm
2004. "Backwards resultatives in Kimaragang Dusun." Paper presented at "Syntax of the World's Languages-1." | 