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Teresa Satterfield |
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Theoretical linguistics, first language acquisition, bilingualism, generative Romance syntax, complex adaptive systems Interests and Current Work Most recently I have been incorporating notions of Complex Adaptive Systems as computer simulations to study first language acquisition and language contact phenomena. Working closely with the U-M Center of Study of Complex Systems, I have implemented several agent-based models to reconstruct natural language acquisition scenarios, with an eye toward providing greater socio- and psycholinguistic explanations for situations where bilingualism and creole languages emerge. My interests in generative syntax center on questions of language variation, such as OPC Effects across Romance languages, and larger questions of language learnability, such as the theoretical viability of concepts such as 'monolingualism' and 'parameters' in syntactic variation. Recent and Selected Publications "Current Issues in Romance Languages." Proceedings from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages. Co-edited with Tortora and Cresti. Benjamins: 2002. "Economy of Interpretation: Patterns of Pronoun Selection in Transitional Bilinguals." In V.Cook, ed: Effects of the L2 on L1. Multilingual Matters: 2003. "Generation Gap: Explaining New and Emerging Word-order Phenomena in Mayan-Spanish Bilinguals." In Proceedings from the First International Symposium on Bilingualism in Latin America. Co-authored with Rusty Barrett. ESSARP: 2004. Recent undergraduate courses taught:Span 330: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics Span 355: Spanish in the U.S. Span 411: Spanish Morphosyntax Span 487: Seminar in Romance-language-based Pidgins and Creoles Span 487: Seminar in Bilingualism |