Gunnar Ólafur Hansson |
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Educational Background | Areas of Interest | Courses Recently Taught | Recent Publications |
M.A. 1997, University of Iceland
Ph.D. 2001, University of California, Berkeley
Title of dissertation:
Theoretical and Typological Issues in Consonant Harmony
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(to appear)
Anti-homophony effects in Dakelh (Carrier) valence morphology. Proceedings
of BLS 30. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society. (co-authored with Suzanne
Gessner) pdf
(to appear)
Long-distance voicing agreement: an evolutionary perspective. Proceedings of
BLS 30. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society. pdf
(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. pdf
(2001)
Labial attraction in Turkish: An empirical perspective. Turkic
Languages 5: 169-97. (co-authored with Sharon Inkelas, Aylin
Küntay and Orhan Orgun)
(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)
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. (co-authored with Andrew Dolbey)
(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.
pdf
(1999)
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. (co-authored with Ronald Sprouse)
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), Sámi (a.k.a. Lapp; Finno-Ugric), Turkish, Tsilhqot'in (a.k.a. Chilcotin; Athapaskan) and Yowlumne (a.k.a. Yawelmani; Yokuts).
LING 311 Studies in phonology
LING 507 Formal foundations of phonetics and phonology (co-taught with Bryan Gick)
LING 510 Phonological theory and analysis
LING 530 Linguistic problems in a special area (seminar on derivational opacity in phonology)
(to appear)
Tone and voicing agreement in Yabem. WCCFL 23 Proceedings, ed. by B.
Schmeiser, V. Chand, A. Kelleher and A. Rodriguez. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla
Press. pdf