Theodore B. Fernald, Professor of Linguistics
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-328-8437
tfernal1 AT swarthmore.edu
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-328-8437
tfernal1 AT swarthmore.edu
I am a semanticist with interests in the distinction between individual - and stage-level predicates, negative polarity items, generic sentences, definite and indefinite descriptions, and all things having to do with Navajo syntax and semantics.
Teaching:
Fall 2012
Semantics (Ling 040)
Research Seminar/Senior Honors Thesis (Ling 100/195)Spring 2013
First Year Seminar: American Indian Languages (Ling 004)
Seminar in Semantics (Ling 108)
Curriculum Vitae
Current Research:
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Navajo Grammar Project
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Navajo Language Academy
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Navajo Conversations
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Navajo Linguistics Archive
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Navajo Linguistics Bibliography
I am fortunate to teach summer workshops run by the Navajo Language Academy. Linguists, language teachers, and students join together for three weeks of classes and collaborative research every summer at a location on or near the Navajo reservation.
Links:
- Navajo and Athabaskan
- Writing systems , Decipherment, and Cryptography
Last updated February 10, 2011