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, Hartwell Francis, director of the Cherokee Studies Program at Western Carolina University and Jessica Sams, an assistant professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State 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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