Past Ph.D. Students

with doctoral dissertations related to syntax

Debra Aarons (1994) Aspects of the Syntax of American Sign Language. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Formerly tenured Associate Professor, Department of General Linguistics (offering the first specialization in sign language linguistics in South Africa), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Some related publications:

Aarons, D. and Akach, P. (in press). South African Sign Language--one language or many? In R. Mesthrie, ed., Language and Social History. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Aarons, D, and Reynolds, L. (in press). South African Sign Language: Changing Policies and Practices. In L. Monaghan, ed., Many ways to be Deaf. Washington DC and Hamburg: Gallaudet University Press and Signum Press.

Aarons, D. and Morgan, R. (to appear). Polymorphemic classifier constructions and their effect on Sign Language syntax". In K. Emmorey, ed., Classifiers in Sign Languages. Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey.

Bahan, Benjamin (1996) Non-Manual Realization of Agreement in American Sign Language. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Professor Department of ASL and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

Some related publications:

Bahan, B. and Poole Nash, J. (1996). The Formation of Signing Communities: Perspective from Martha's Vineyard. In J. Mann, ed., Deaf Studies IV Conference proceedings. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University College of Continuing Education.

Lane, H., Hoffmeister, R., and Bahan, B. (1996). A Journey into the Deaf World. San Diego: Dawn Sign Press.

Cahana-Amitay, Dalia (1997) Syntactic Aspects of the Production of Verbal Inflection in Aphasia. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Research Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Publications

 

Law, Sam-Po (1990) The Syntax and Phonology of Cantonese Sentence-Final Particles. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Professor, Department.of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong.

Publications listed on this page: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/splaw

 

Dawn MacLaughlin (1997) The Structure of Determiner Phrases: Evidence from American Sign Language. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, MA.


Previously:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, McGill University, 2000-2001.

Some recent publications; see also home page

MacLaughlin, D. (1995). Language Acquisition and the Subset Principle. The Linguistic Review, 12, 143-191.

MacLaughlin, D. (1998). The acquisition of the morphosyntax of English reflexives by non-native speakers. In M.-L. Beck, ed., Morphology and its interfaces in second language knowledge (pp. 195-226). Philadelphia: John Benjamins.