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Frank Trechsel

Associate Professor
PhD, University of Texas

Office: Robert Bell 252
Phone: (765) 285-8243
E-mail: frtrechsel@bsu.edu

Areas of Specialization:

Theoretical syntax, formal semantics, phonetics, phonology, Native American languages (Totonac, Tepehua, K'iche, Tzotzil, Jakaltek, Southern Tiwa)

Representative Publications:

Totonaco de Misantla Veracruz, coauthored with Carolyn J. MacKay, forthcoming in Archivo de Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico, Mexico D.F.: Centro de Estudios Linquisticos y Literarios, El Colegio de Mexico.

"A CCG Approach to Tzotzil Pied-Piping," Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 18: 611-63. 2000.

"Binding and Coreference in Jakaltek." In Grammatical Relations: Theoretical Approaches to Empirical Issues, Ed. Clifford S. Burgess, Katarzyna Dziwirek, and Donna B. Gerdts. Stanford: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1995. 449-71.

"Quiche Focus Constructions," Lingua 91: 33-78. 1993.

Courses:

Graduate: Introduction to Linguistics, Phonology, Syntax, Topics in Phonological Theory, Grammatical Theory

Undergraduate: Linguistics, English Grammar