Madelyn J. Kissock

Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor
329 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-2174
kissock@oakland.edu

Education

Research Interests

Syntax, Phonology, Acquisition, Dravidian languages,
Historical Linguistics

Selected Publications and Presentations

Phonology and Syntax in Rotuman: A Reply to den Dikken, (with M. Hale) paper presented at the Concordia Symposium on Generative Grammar, Montréal, September 27-28, 2007.Download Handout

Perception of Non-Native Phonological Contrasts: Evidence From and For Featural Representations, (with M. Hale) paper presented at the 15th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, England, May 24-26, 2007. Download Handout

The Phonetics-Phonology Interface and the Acquisition of Perseverant Underspecification, (with M. Hale) in The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces, G. Ramchand and C. Reiss (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 81-101, 2007. Download ms. version

Microvariation, Variation, and the Features of Universal Grammar, (with M. Hale and C. Reiss), Lingua 117:4:645-665, 2007. Download ms. version

Underspecification: Neutralization, and Acquisition, (with M. Hale) paper presented at the 13th Manchester Phonology Meeting, May 26-28, 2005.

Introduction to Linguistic Science (with M. Hale).  Textbook ms. Fall 2005 revision.

Underspecification, Markedness, and the Acquisition Process, (with M. Hale and C. Reiss) paper presented at the 6e Journées Internationales du Réseau Français de Phonologie, Orléans, France, June 3-4, 2004. Download Handout

Anti-antigemination: Syncope and Epenthesis in Telugu, (with C. Reiss) paper presented at the 11th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, England, May 22-24, 2003. Download Handout

Transitivity and Objecthood in Rotuman, Oceanic Linguistics, 42:1: 1-18, 2003. Download Paper

The Initial State: Recent Empirical Evidence, paper presented at the 10th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, May 23-25, 2002. Download Handout