gillian gallagher
mit department of linguistics and philosophy
77 massachusetts avenue, 32-d808
cambridge, ma 02139 usa
gilliang [at] mit [dot] edu
I am a fifth year graduate student in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT. I am interested in phonology and phonetics, and the relationship between the two. My dissertation explores the acoustic and perceptual properties of ejectives and aspirates and develops a phonetically informed analysis of laryngeal cooccurrence restrictions.
Papers and handouts
Under review Perceptual distinctness and laryngeal (dis)harmony. draft
2009 Distinguishing total and partial identity: evidence from Chol. Natural Language and
Linguistic Theory 27:545-582. with Jessica Coon. DOI: 10.1007/s11049-009-9075-3. draft
2008 Perception and contrast in laryngeal (dis)harmony. Poster. NELS 39, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY. handout
2008 The role of contrast in laryngeal cooccurrence restrictions. WCCFL 27, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA. proceedings paper
2008 Total identity in cooccurrence restrictions. BLS 34, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
2008 Identity and consonant harmony in Chol (Mayan). with Jessica Coon. ConSOLE, Universite
Paris 7, Paris, France. handout
2008 Unergatives and unaccusatives in Mandarin Chinese. MIT Generals Paper. draft
2007 Similarity and correspondence in Chol Mayan. with Jessica Coon. NELS 38, University of
Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. proceedings paper
2007 Diachronic and synchronic pharyngealization in West Greenlandic. WiGL 5, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI. proceedings paper
2007 Pharyngeal preservation in West Greenlandic. LSA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. handout.