University of Colorado at Boulder

Teaching

I teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in syntax and semantics. At the undergraduate level, I often teach LING 3430, an undergraduate introduction to semantics that is required for the major, and a popular multi-section cross-listed course that I helped to create, LING/CLAS 1010 (The Study of Words), an introduction to the development and structure of the English vocabulary that focuses on words of Latin and Greek origin. At the graduate level, I teach an MA-level introduction to semantics and pragmatics (LING 5430) that is required for the MA degree in Linguistics, a doctoral-level required introduction to syntactic analysis (LING 6450) and doctoral-level courses in syntax and semantics (LING 7420, 7430 and 7800), all of which focus on construction-based approaches. My current course websites require CULearn access, but the list below provides a sample of my older, public sites. In addition to classrooom teaching, I advise doctoral students, and have graduated 6 PhD students since 1999. Among my former advisees (and co-authors) are Phyllis Bellver, an associate professor of Spanish at Centre College, and Hartwell Francis, director of the Cherokee Studies Program at Western Carolina University.

Course Websites

Fall 2007

Linguistics 3430: Semantics

Linguistics 7430: Tense and Aspect

Spring 2007

Linguistics 5430: Semantics and Pragmatics

Fall 2006

Linguistics 7420: Advanced Syntax



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