I am a professor in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Brigham Young Univeristy. My primary research interests include: Marshallese and other Micronesian languages Syntax and syntactic typology Language documentation CP level syntax and the left periph+ery Infinitives

                                                                                                              

Contact Information

Email:           heather_willsonATbyuDOTedu

Snailmail:   4065 JFSB                             Linguistics Department                             Brigham Young University                             Provo, UT 84602

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Teaching

Ling 330 - Introduction to Linguistics

Ling 430 - Theoretical Syntax

Elang 325 - The Grammar of English

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Curriculum Vitae

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Publications

2008. Subject positions in Marshallese. PhD dissertation. UCLA

2008. Subject position and the Marshallese restructuring configuration. U Penn working papers - download

2007. Remnant movement and the position of the Marshallese question particle. 5th Asian Glow Proceedings - download

2005. Marshallese yes/no questions and remnant movement. UCLA Working Papers in Linguistics - download

2003. A brief introduction to Marshallese phonology. ms, UCLA - download

2003. Some aspects of the Marshallese determiner phrase. ms, UCLA - download

2002. Marshallese reduplication. ms, ASU - download

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Links
Listen to Marshallese music Listen to Micronesian radio

News from the Marshall Islands - yokwe.net

News from the Marshall Islands - rimajol.com

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Updated August 3, 2009