Melanie Owens, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2012.
Serial Verb Constructions: Argument Structural
Uniformity and Event Structural Diversity.
Jingxia Lin, Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford
University, 2011.
The Encoding of Motion Events in Chinese: Multi-morpheme Motion
Constructions.
(Chao Fen Sun, co-chair)
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chinese and Bilingual
Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Iván García-Álvarez, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2009.
Generality and Exception: A Study in the Semantics of Exceptives.
(David Beaver, co-chair)
Current position: Lecturer in Linguistics, School of Languages,
University of Salford, UK.
Itamar Francez, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2007.
Existential Propositions.
(Cleo Condoravdi, co-chair)
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Linguistics,
University of Chicago.
Andrew Koontz-Garboden,
Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2007.
States, Changes of State, and the Monotonicity Hypothesis.
Current position: Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Manchester.
John Beavers,
Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2006.
Argument/Oblique Alternations and the Structure of Lexical Meaning.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics,
University of Texas, Austin, TX.
Jean-Philippe Marcotte, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2005.
Causative Alternation Errors in Child Language.
(Eve Clark, co-chair)
Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Program in Linguistics,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Saundra Wright, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 2001.
Internally Caused and Externally Caused Change of State Verbs.
(Chris Kennedy, co-chair)
Current position: Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of
English, California State University, Chico, CA.
Michele Feist, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 2000.
On In and On: An Investigation into the
Linguistic Encoding of Spatial Scenes. (Dedre Gentner, co-chair)
Current position: Associate Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Larin Adams, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1999.
Complex Events and the Semantics of -ing
Sentential Complements.
Current position: Instructor, Department of Linguistics, Payap
University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; also SIL International, Dallas, TX.
Linda DiDesidero, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1999.
Psych Verbs: Acquisition, Lexical Semantics, and Event Structure.
Current position: Director, Communication Studies and Professional
Writing, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD.
Grace
Song, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1997.
Cross-linguistic Differences in the Expression
of Motion Events: Implications for Second Language Acquisition.
Current position: ESL Specialist, The Emory Writing Center, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA.
Victoria Muehleisen,
Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1997.
Antonymy and Semantic Range in English.
Current position: Associate Professor in English, International
College, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Talke Macfarland, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1995.
Cognate Objects and the Argument/Adjunct Distinction.
Mari Olsen, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1994.
A Semantic and Pragmatic Model of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect.
(Published by Garland, 1997.)
Current position: Senior Lead International Project Engineer, Microsoft,
Redmond, WA.
Nola Stephens, Ph.D.,
Linguistics, Stanford University, 2010.
Given-before-new: The Effects of Discourse on
Argument Structure in Early Child Language.
Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA.
Douglas Ball, Ph.D.,
Linguistics, Stanford University, 2009.
Clause Structure and Argument Realization in
Tongan.
Current position: Temporary Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Truman
State University, Kirksville, MO.
Elizabeth Coppock, Ph.D.,
Linguistics, Stanford University, 2009.
The Logical and Empirical Foundations of
Baker's Paradox.
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Semantics, Heinrich Heine
Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
Elisabeth Norcliffe, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2009.
Head Marking in Usage and Grammar:
A Study of Variation and Change in Yucatec Maya.
Current position: Research Staff, Language and Cognition Group,
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Tatiana Nikitina,
Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2008.
The Mixing of Syntactic Properties and
Language Change.
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, PROIEL Project, University of
Oslo.
Ashwini Deo, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2006.
Tense and Aspect in Indo-Aryan Languages:
Variation and Diachrony.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Yale
University, New Haven, CT.
Judith Tonhauser, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2006.
The Temporal Semantics of Noun Phrases:
Evidence from Guaraní.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Veronica Gerassimova, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2005.
Unbounded Dependency Constructions in Western
Austronesian.
Current position: Senior Search Quality Analyst, Yahoo.
Shiao Wei
Tham, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2004.
Representing Possessive Predication: Semantic
Dimensions and Pragmatic Bases.
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures,
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
David
McKercher, Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2001.
The Polysemy of with in First Language.
Current position: Continuing Sessional Instructor, University of
Victoria, Victoria, BC.
Ida Toivonen,
Ph.D., Linguistics, Stanford University, 2001.
The Phrase Structure of Non-Projecting Words.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science and
School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
Raquel Klibanoff, Ph.D., Psychology, Northwestern University, 2000.
Conceptual and Perceptual Factors Contributing to the Role of Basic Level
Categories in Children's Acquisition of Adjectives.
Phillip Wolff, Ph.D., Psychology, Northwestern University, 1999.
Events Construals and the Linguistic Coding of
Causal Chains.
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA.
Pilar Ron, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1998.
The Position of the Subject in Spanish and
Clausal Structure: Evidence from Dialectal Variation.
Current position: Profesor Titular, Filología Inglesa, Universidad de
Huelva, Huelva, Spain.
Betty Birner, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1992.
The Discourse Function of Inversion in English.
Current position: Professor, Department of English, Northern
Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
C.-H. Chang, Ph.D., EECS, Northwestern University, 1991.
Resolving Ambiguities in Mandarin Chinese.
Franziska Lys, Ph.D., Linguistics, Northwestern University, 1988.
An Analysis of Aspectual Compositionality in
English and German.
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of German,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Judy
Shepard-Kegl, Ph.D., Linguistics, MIT, 1985.
Locative Relations in American Sign Language: Word Formation, Syntax and Discourse.
Current position: Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of
Southern Maine, Portland, ME.