CARMEN JANY - CURRICULUM VITAE (October 2006)


EDUCATION

2007 (exp)       Ph.D. in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara. Committee: Prof. Marianne Mithun (chair), Prof. Sandra A. Thompson, Prof. Matthew Gordon, Prof. Dorothy Chun. Thesis title: Chimariko in Areal and Typological Perspective
Interdisciplinary Ph.D Emphasis, Applied Linguistics
Certificate in College and University Teaching

2005                Advancement to Ph.D. Candidacy, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara

2004                M.A., Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara. Advisors: Prof. Marianne Mithun, Prof. Sandra A. Thompson, Prof. Matthew Gordon. Thesis title: Argument Structure and Transitivity in Chimariko

2001                Ph.D., Department of Romance Languages, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Advisor: Prof. Georg Bossong. Dissertation title: El impacto del inglés en el español puertorriqueño: un análisis comparativo (The impact of English on Puerto Rican Spanish: A Comparative Analysis)

2000                Visiting Scholar, Department of Spanish, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Sponsor: Prof. Carmen Silva-Corvalán)

1997                Lizentiat, Spanish, Italian, Journalism, University of Zurich, Switzerland (equivalent to a combined B.A. and M.A.). Thesis title: El elemento afro-cubano en los cuentos negros de Lydia Cabrera (The Afro-Cuban element in Lydia Cabrera's 'Cuentos Negros')


EMPLOYMENT (TEACHING & RESEARCH)

2006               Teaching Associate, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara. Ling 101 : Linguistic Analysis. Responsibilities: in sole charge of course design, all instruction, grading, and exams

2004-6                         Research Assistant for Prof. Matthew Gordon, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara. Project: Auditory Modeling and Syllable Weight. Responsibilities: acoustic analysis, sound manipulation, statistical evaluation of results,co-authoring of articles, and software co-design

2003-4                         Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Santa Barbara . Spanish 1: Introductory Spanish (Fall) . Spanish 2: Introductory Spanish (Winter) . Spanish 3: Introductory Spanish (Spring) . Responsibilities: in charge of all instruction, grading, and exams

2003                Teaching Assistant, Department of Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Languages, University of California, Santa Barbara. German 2: Introductory German (Winter). German 3: Introductory German (Spring). Responsibilities: in charge of all instruction, grading, and exams

2002                Teaching Assistant-Reader, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara. Ling 60: Word Origins taught by Prof. Schwartz (Fall). Responsibilities: grading, co-creating exam


PUBLICATIONS

Submitted      With Matthew Gordon, Carlos M Nash, and Noutaka Takara. ‘Acoustic and perceptual correlates of coda weight’. Phonetica

Submitted      With Matthew Gordon, Carlos M Nash, and Noutaka Takara. ‘Extrametricality and mora sharing in Egyptian Arabic’. Journal of Linguistics

In Press         ‘Is there any evidence for complementation in Chimariko’. International Journal of American Linguistics

 

2006               ‘Vowel length and phonation contrasts in Chuxnabán Mixe’. Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics 18: Proceedings from the 9th Annual Workshop on Native American Languages. University of California, Santa Barbara

 

2006               ‘The Relationship Between Case Marking and S, A, and O in Spoken Sinhala’. Proceedings from the Workshop on Sinhala Linguistics, June 3-4, 2005. University of California, Santa Barbara

 

2005               With Matthew Gordon, Carlos M Nash, and Noutaka Takara. ‘Acoustic and perceptual correlates of syllable weight’. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118:3, p. 1899

 

2004                Review of Michael J. Leeser, 2004, ‘The Effects of Topic Familiarity, Mode, and Pausing on Second Language Learners’ Comprehension and Focus on Form’, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 26, 587-615. http://www.eral.ucsb.edu/

2003               Review of Peter Stockwell, 2002, Sociolinguistics: A resource book for students, Routledge, and Joan Cutting, 2002, Pragmatics and Discourse: A resource book for students, Routledge. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 7/2. 263-9

2003               Review of Daniel Villa, 2002, ‘Integrating Technology into Minority Language Preservation and Teaching Efforts: An Inside Job’, Language Learning and Technology 6/2. http://www.eral.ucsb.edu/

 

2001                El impacto del inglés en el español puertorriqueño: un análisis comparativo (The Impact of English on Puerto Rican Spanish: A Comparative Analysis). Europäische Hochschulschriften Reihe 24: Ibero-Romanische Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 68. Peter Lang: Bern, Switzerland


PRESENTATIONS

2007               (scheduled) ‘Argument structure alternations with no oblique category: The case of Chimariko ’, SSILA Annual Meeting, January 4-7, Anaheim, California

2006               ‘Vowel length and phonation contrasts in Chuxnabán Mixe’, 9th Workshop on American Indian Languages , University of California, Santa Barbara, April 21-22

2006               ‘Is there any evidence for complementation in Chimariko’, SSILA Annual Meeting, January 5-8, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2005               With Matthew Gordon, Carlos C. Nash, and Nobutaka Takara. ‘Acoustic and Perceptual Correlates of Syllable Weight’. Colloquium, November 3, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2005               ‘The Relationship Between Case Marking and S, A, and O in Spoken Sinhala’. Workshop on Sinhala Linguistics, June 3-4, 2005. University of California, Santa Barbara.

2005               ‘Argument Structure in Chimariko: A Hierarchical System Contrasting Agents and Patients’, SSILA Annual Meeting, January 6-9, Hotel Marriot, Oakland, California.

2004-6            Various presentations for the Native American Languages Research Group (NAIL), University of California, Santa Barbara. A complete list can be found here.

2004               ‘Argument Structure in Chimariko: A Hierarchical System Contrasting Agents and Patients’, Colloquium, November 4, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2001                ‘Determinative Factors in Puerto Rican Spanish Subject Expression’, Fifth Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, October 11-14, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.


FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2006                Graduate Dissertation Fellowship and Certificate of Achievement, University of California and Affiliates, Santa Barbara

2006                Humanities Research Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, Research Fellowship

2005-2006       Dean's Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara  

2002-2006       Graduate Fellowships, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara

2003                Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of German, Slavic, and Semitic Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

2000                Dissertation Fellowship, National Science Foundation, Switzerland


CONFERENCE ORGANIZING, EDITING & OTHER POSITIONS

2004-6            Native American Indigenous Languages Study Group (NAIL), University of California, Santa Barbara, Main Coordinator for interdisciplinary group events and talks of invited guest speakers & webmaster (including webpage design)

2005               Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Workshop on American Indian Languages, University of California, Santa Barbara, Editor

2004-5            Linguistics Lab, Student Representative

2003               Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Workshop on American Indian Languages, University of California, Santa Barbara, Editor

2004-6            Workshop on American Indian Languages (WAIL), University of California, Santa Barbara, Main Coordinator (Co-Coordinator 2006) & webmaster

2003                Workshop on American Indian Languages (WAIL), University of California, Santa Barbara, Secretary

 

LANGUAGES

Written           Spanish, English, German, Italian

Spoken            Spanish, English, German, Italian, Croatian, French, Portuguese

Studied            Chimariko, Mixe, Sinhala, Spanish, Croatian

 

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