Donald A. Burquest Associate Professor of Linguistics

Ph.D., UCLA 1973; M.A. 1965; B.A., Wheaton College 1961
Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL, Box 19559, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0559, USA
Phone: (817) 272-3133
Fax: (817) 272-2731
E-mail: don@ling.uta.edu

Research Interests

Phonology, Syntax, Field Application of Principles & Parameters Theory, Discourse, Chadic Languages (Hausa, Ngas)

Selected Publications

A. Articles and Books

• "Joint Attention and Early Word Learning in Ngas-speaking Infants in Nigeria." Journal of Child Language 34(2): 199-225, 2007. (Co-authored with J. B. Childers and J. Vaughan)
• "Interpreting Nominals in Hausa Narrative Discourse." TEXT 21(3): 269-302, 2001.
• A Field Guide for Principles and Parameters Theory. Part of the LinguaLinks Linguistics Bookshelf CD collection for linguistics fieldworkers. Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2001.
• "Is There PRO in Hausa? Ganii Yaa Fi Jiì." In Paul F. A. Kotey (ed.), New Dimensions in African Linguistics and Languages: Trends in African Linguistics, Vol. 3, 1999. Pp. 177-188.
• A Survey of Linguistic Theories, 3rd edition. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998. (Co-authored with Jerold A. Edmondson)
• Phonological Analysis: A Functional Approach, 2nd edition. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1998.
• "The Importance of Purposive Behavior in Text Analysis." In Kurt R. Jankowsky (ed.), The Mystery of Culture Contacts, Historical Reconstruction, and Text Analysis: An Emic Approach. Washington: Georgetown University, 1996. (Co-authored with Kenneth L. Pike)
• "Prosodic Structure and Reduplication: Data from Some Languages of Maluku." In Karen L. Adams and Thomas John Hudak (eds.), Papers from the Second Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 1994. Pp. 85-101. (Co-authored with Lee A. Steven)
• "An Introduction to the Use of Aspect in Hausa Narrative." In Shin Ja J.Hwang and William R. Merrifield (eds.), Language in Context: Essays for Robert E. Longacre, Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics Number 107, 1992. Pp. 393-417.

B. Edited Works

• "Descriptive Studies in Languages of Maluku." NUSA: Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages of Indonesia, 34.v-90. 1992. (Co-edited with Wyn D. Laidig)
• Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, No. 108, 1992. (Co-edited with Wyn D. Laidig)
• "An Introduction to Hausa Narrative Structure." The Journal of West African Languages xxi:2.41-117, 1991.

Courses Taught in the Past Two Years [click on course title to view a brief summary]

• Linguistic Analysis (LING 5300) (Spring 08 syllabus)
• Phonological Theory I (LING 5320)
• Formal Syntax (LING 5330)
• Advanced Formal Syntax (LING 5331)
• Morphology (LING 5334)
• Text Analysis (LING 5350)
• Non-Western Linguistic Structures [Hausa] (LING 5360)
• Survey of Linguistic Theories (LING 5370) (Spring 08 syllabus)