Teaching
I regularly teach courses at different levels, from entry-level grammar courses for new majors (SPAN 401) to specialized undergraduate syntax courses (SPAN 601) as well as a contrastive structure of Spanish and English (SPAN 610), At the graduate level the topics vary from History of the Language (SPAN 736) to topics courses on diachronic morphology and syntax (SPAN 836 or 839), extending to Romance Linguistics (ROMLG 811, 812) with varying topics, e.g. on clitic development or analogy in morphological systems.Courses Taught (OSU only)
Undergraduate- Span 401 Advanced Grammar (also H401 Honors Section)
- Span 403 Spanish Composition
- Span 404 Spanish Phonetics
- Span 536 Language Change in Spanish
- Span 601 Spanish Syntax
- Span 610 Contrasts Spanish - English
- Span 732 Spanish Syntax and Semantics
- Span 734 Spanish Phonology and Morphology
- Span 736 History of the Spanish Language
- Span 833 Studies in Spanish Synchronic Linguistics (Phonology, Syntax)
- Span 836 Studies in Spanish Diachronic Linguistics (Historical Spanish Syntax: various topics)
- Span 830 Colloquium in Hispanic Linguistics
- Span 893 Independent Studies (various topics)
- RomLg 811 Romance Linguistics I
- RomLg 812 Romance Linguistics II (Morphosyntax, Clitics)
- Ling 795.12 (LSA Linguistic Institute, Summer 1993, The Ohio State University): Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns
M.A. Thesis Supervision
Roberto Perry, M.A. 1991. Másdeun tipo de sílaba. Contacto sintáctico como origen de sílabas pesadas en español. Research position in phonetics lab, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.Ph.D. Supervision
David Alexander, 2006–. "The Spanish Postnominal Demonstrative. A Syntactic and Pragmatic Analysis of the Construction in Synchrony and Diachrony".Steven Fondow, 2006–. "The Velar Insert in Span. tengo, vengo, pongo. A study in morphological analogy".
Richard K. Danford, 2002. Preverbal accusatives, pronominal reduplication, and information packaging: a diachronic analysis of Spanish. Assistant Professor of Spanish, Marietta College, Marietta, OH.
Lisa Wagner, 1999. Toward a Sociopragmatic Characterization of Apologies in Mexican Spanish. Asisstant Professor of Spanish, Univ. of Louisville.
Tara Narcross, 2000. Infinitival complementation in selected Spanish verbs of influence : a diachronic investigation of argument structure and surface structure. Director of ESL Program, Columbus State College, Columbus, OH.
Alicia Cipria, Ph.D. 1996. The interpretation of tense in Spanish complement clauses (co-directed by C. Roberts, Dept. of Linguistics). Assistant Professor of Spanish, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Uthaiwan Wong-opasi. 1987. Lexical phonology and the Spanish lexicon. Lecturer in Spanish, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Robert A. Cloward. Ph.D. 1984. Spanish external vowel sandhi. Educational position with Church of Latterday Saints, Cedar City, UT.
Thomas D. Cravens. 1984. A reappraisal of Romance Lenition (Ph.D. in Italian). Professor of Italian, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.
Course and Program Development (OSU only)
Curriculum in Spanish Linguistics- Master plan and specific course projects for M.A. in Spanish with specialization in Linguistics, including several new and revised courses: Span 732 Spanish Syntax and Semantics, 736 History of the Spanish Language, 833 Studies in Spanish Synchronic Linguistics, 836 Studies in Spanish Diachronic Linguistics, 839 Seminar in Spanish Linguistics), 1988-89
- Master plan for Ph. D. in Spanish with specialization in Hispanic Linguistics, 1990-91
- New course: Span 739 Introduction to Medieval Spanish. 1994
- Designed frame conditions for MBA Spanish program (3 courses) (1999)
- Development of Colloquium Courses for Graduate Programs (SPAN 830, 840). 2003-04
- New undergraduate curriculum: Minor in Spanish for Business. 2004