| Gunnar Ólafur Hansson |
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M.A. 1997, University of Iceland
Ph.D. 2001, University of California, Berkeley
Theoretical and Typological Issues in Consonant Harmony (pdf)
The main focus of my research is on theoretical phonology, and the demarcation of phonology as a component of grammar relative to morphology and phonetics. Currently my research primarily revolves around harmony systems, in particular consonant harmony, and the more general issue of non-local interactions in (segmental) phonology. A central topic of interest is the interplay of diachronic and synchronic factors in shaping language structure, and thus the study of processes of phonologization (the emergence of systematic sound patterns from phonetic effects) and morphologization (the extension and/or reanalysis of sound patterns through analogical change). I am also interested in various issues related to morphological paradigms and their manifestation: inflectional classes, allomorphy, syncretism patterns and paradigm gaps. Languages I have worked on include Icelandic (my native language), Faroese (its closest relative), Saami (a.k.a. Lapp; Finno-Ugric), Turkish, Tsilhqot'in (a.k.a. Chilcotin; Athapaskan) and Yowlumne (a.k.a. Yawelmani; Yokuts).
Undergraduate:LING 200 Linguistic Theory and Analysis I (2007W)Graduate:
LING 311 Studies in Phonology (2004W, 2006W)
LING 319 Comparative and Historical Linguistics (2006W, 2007W)
LING 447 Topics in Linguistics (2004W: temporal organization in language [with Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson and Rose-Marie Déchaine]; 2005W: the phonology-morphology interface)LING 507 Formal Foundations of Phonetics and Phonology (2003W, 2005W, 2007W)
LING 510 Phonological Theory and Analysis (2003W, 2004W)
LING 512 Topics in Phonetics and Phonology (2008W) LING 530 Linguistic Problems in a Special Area (2003W: derivational opacity in phonology; 2006W: the phonology-morphology interface)
(in press) Effects of contrast recoverability on the typology of harmony systems. Contrast in Phonology: Perception and Acquisition, ed. by P. Avery, B. E. Dresher and K. Rice, pp. 55-81. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.(2008) Diachronic explanations of sound patterns. Language & Linguistics Compass 2(5): 859–893.
(2007) Productive syncretism in Saami inflectional morphology. Saami Linguistics, ed. by I. Toivonen and D. Nelson, pp. 91–135. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(2007) On the evolution of consonant harmony: the case of secondary articulation agreement. Phonology 24(1): 77-120.
(2007) Blocking effects in agreement by correspondence. Linguistic Inquiry 38(2): 395-409.
(2005) Latent segments in Yowlumne: an epiphenomenon of template satisfaction? WSCLA X: Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas, ed. by S. Armoskaite and J. Thompson, pp. 109-122. (UBC Working Papers in Linguistics 17.) Vancouver: Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia.
(2004) Tone and voicing agreement in Yabem. WCCFL 23: Proceedings of the 23rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, ed. by B. Schmeiser, V. Chand, A. Kelleher and A. Rodriguez, pp. 318-331. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
(2004) [with Suzanne Gessner] Anti-homophony effects in Dakelh (Carrier) valence morphology. BLS 30: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, ed. by M. Ettlinger, N. Fleischer and M. Park-Doob, pp. 93-104. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society.
(2004) Long-distance voicing agreement: an evolutionary perspective. BLS 30: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, ed. by M. Ettlinger, N. Fleischer and M. Park-Doob, pp. 130-141. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society.
(2003) Laryngeal licensing and laryngeal neutralization in Faroese and Icelandic. Nordic Journal of Linguistics 26: 45-79.
(2001) The phonologization of production constraints: evidence from consonant harmony. CLS 37: The Main Session. Papers from the 37th Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, Vol. 1, ed. by M. Andronis, C. Ball, H. Elston and S. Neuvel, pp. 187-200. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
(2001) [with Sharon Inkelas, Aylin Küntay and Orhan Orgun] Labial attraction in Turkish: an empirical perspective. Turkic Languages 5: 169-97.
(2001) Remains of a submerged continent: preaspiration in the languages of Northwest Europe. Historical Linguistics 1999, ed. by L. Brinton, pp. 157-73. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(1999) [with Andrew Dolbey] The source of naturalness in synchronic phonology. CLS 35: The Main Session. Papers from the 35th Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, Vol. 1, ed. by S. Billings, J. Boyle and A. Griffith, pp. 59-69. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
(1999) "When in doubt...": Intraparadigmatic dependencies and gaps in Icelandic. NELS 29: Proceedings of the 29th meeting of the North Eastern Linguistic Society, ed. by P. Tamanji, M. Hirotani and N. Hall, pp. 105-119. Amherst: GLSA Publications, University of Massachusetts.
(1999) [with Ronald Sprouse] Factors of change: Yowlumne vowel harmony then and now. Proceedings of WSCLA IV, ed. by M. Caldecott, S. Gessner and E.-S. Kim, pp. 39-57. (UBC Working Papers in Linguistics 2.) Vancouver: Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia.