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College of Arts and Humanities

John Boyle

Associate Professor

Linguistics

jboyle@csufresno.edu

Education

  • 2007    Ph.D. in Linguistics 2007, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Ph.D. Dissertation: Hidatsa Morpho-Syntax and Clause Structure.  Committee: Jason Merchant (Chair), Amy Dahlstrom, Catherine Rudin, Jerrold Sadock, Michael Silverstein.
  • 1999    M.A. in Linguistics, 1999. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. M.A. Thesis: Switch-Reference and Clause Structure in Hidatsa. Advisors: Amy Dahlstrom, Randolph Graczyk
  • 1997    M.A. in Linguistics, 1997. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Graduate Paper: A Preliminary Examination of Switch-Reference in the Traditional Hidatsa Texts Collected by Robert H. Lowie. Advisors: Mauricio Mixco, Edward Rubin
  • 1992   Secondary Teaching Certification, 1992. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah Teaching Endorsement in History and English, grades 7 – 12.
  • 1990   B.A. in History, 1990. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Courses Taught

  • LING 10 - Introduction to Language
  • LING 11 - Linguistics for Teachers
  • LING 138 - History of the English Language
  • LING 140T - Morphology
  • LING 143 - Syntax
  • LING 151 - Languages of the World
  • LING 154 - Field Linguistics
  • LING 243 - Seminar in Syntax
  • LING 249 - Field Methods
  • Specialization: Syntax, Language Documentation and Revitalization, Hidatsa, Crow, Mandan, Biloxi, Mixtec, Language in the Classroom, Code-Switching
  • Subspecialties: The Morpho-syntax Interface, The Morpho-discourse Interface, Morphology, Typology, Switch-Reference, Relative Clause and Nominalization, Siouan Syntax, Comparative/Historical Siouan, Language Contact, Language Variation, Pedagogical Grammar