B.A. (Carleton), M.A. (U of Ottawa), PhD. (McGill University)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

second language acquisition
bilingualism
hispanic linguistics
syntax
syntax-semantics interface

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

2007 - 2008:

Academic Development Fund (ADF), Major Grant, The University of Western Ontario, title: "The end state grammars of heritage speakers and adult second language learners". (Principal investigator)

2006 - 2007:

Internal SSHRC Research Grant, University of Western Ontario, title: "Examining the nature of divergence in second language grammars". (Principal investigator)

THESIS SUPERVISION:

Elaine McIlwraith, "Bilingualism in Gibraltar: Focus constructions of bilingual Spanish-English grammars and the syntax-discourse interface", Master’s, completed August 2007; chief supervisor

COURSES 2007-2008:

Graduate:

Undergraduate: