Curriculum Vitae

Administrative Positions

Chair, Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE), University of Illinois, Fall 2003-present.

Associate Director, Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (PSAMES), University of Illinois, Fall 2002-2004.

Faculty Coordinator, Hindi Language Instruction in the Program of Non-Western Languages of the Department of Linguistics, Fall 2000-present.

Academic positions

Associate Professor of Linguistics and SLATE, Fall 2003-present, University of Illinois.

Assistant Professor of Linguistics and SLATE, Fall 2000-Summer 2003, University of Illinois.

Assistant Professor of Linguistics and English, Fall 1998-Summer 2000, University of South Carolina.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics and English, Fall 1997, University of South Carolina.

Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Fall 1993-Summer 1998, University of Tennessee.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Linguistics, specialization in Syntax, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1994.

M.A., Linguistics, specialization in Sociolinguistics, University of Pittsburgh, 1987.

M.Phil., Linguistics, specialization in Sociolinguistics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1984.

M.A, Linguistics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1982.

B.S., Botany Honours, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1980.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied Linguistics: World Englishes, Language Learning, Teaching, and Use of Second/Non-native Languages; Language Contact and Variation; Language Ideology, Language Planning, Language Maintenance and Shift; Heritage Language Acquisition and Use.

Syntax: Indo-Aryan Syntax; Syntax of Language Contact and Language Variation.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Forthcoming (2006)

World Englishes, Cambridge University Press (with R. Mesthrie as second author).

1999

Verb Movement and the Syntax of Kashmiri, in the series Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Kluwer Academic Press.

Journal articles and book chapters

In press

Argument Licensing in Optimal Switches. In Jeff MacSwan (ed.) Grammatical Theory and Bilingual Code-switching. Cambridge. Mass.: MIT Press. (In press, pp. 41).

The Minority Languages and their Status. In B.B. Kachru & S.N. Sridhar (editors) Language in South Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pp. 41; with A. Mahboob as second author).

2005

Venerable discourses, local practices, and hybridity: The case of Indian Englishes. In S. Canagarajah (ed.) Language Practices and Identity: Negotiating the Global and Local. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 25-54.

2004

The syntax of India English. In Elizabeth Traugott et al. (eds.) Mouton Handbook of Varieties of English. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 213-227.

2002

Structural Minimality, CP and the Initial State in Second Language Acquisition (with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt as second author). Second Language Research, 18.4. 348-392.

Experts, Dialects, and Discourse. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12.1. 74-109.

2001

World Englishes. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30. 527-550.
Language Economy, Standardization, and World Englishes. In Edwin Thumboo (ed.) The Three Circles of English. Singapore: UniPress. 401-422.
Constraint Demotion and Null-Subjects in Spanish L2 Acquisition. In Joaquim Camps and Caroline Wiltshire (eds.) Romance Syntax, Semantics and their L2 Acquisition. Philadelphia: John Benjamin. (with Larry LaFond and Rachel Hayes). 121-135.
Code-switching: Structural Models. In Rajend Mesthrie (ed.) Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 456-461.

2000

Optimal Expressions in Indian English. English Language and Linguistics, 4.1. 69-95.

1997

Constraints, Code-Switching and Optimal Grammars. Lingua, 102.4 123-151.
Code-Switching and the Functional Head Constraint. World Englishes, 16.1. 171-176.
Optimal L2 Syllables: Interactions of Transfer and Developmental effects. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19.3. 331-378. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.

1996

Introduction. Symposium on Constraints on Code-Switching. World Englishes, 15.3. 359-360.
On the Grammar of Bilingual Code-Switching. World Englishes, 15.3. 369-375.
Transfer in L2 Grammars: Commentary on Epstein, Flynn and Martohardjono’s ‘Second language acquisition: theoretical and experimental issues in contemporary research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19.4. 715-716. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.

1995

Prescriptivism, Creativity, and World Englishes. World Englishes, 14.2. 247-260.
The Uprooted, The Indentured, and The Segregated: South African Indian English. Review article, Journal of Pidgins and Creoles, 10.2. 381-396.

1994

On Experiencers and Subjects of Perfect Predicates. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 24.1/2. 73-84.
Word Order, Configurationality and the Structure of the Kashmiri Clause. In M. Butt, T. H. King & G. Ramchand (eds.) Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages. Stanford: CSLI. 31-66.

1993

On Hindi Agreement. South Asian Language Review, 3.1. 65-78.

1992

Language Identity, Conflict and Convergence in South Asia. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 22.1. 1-21.
Sociolinguistic Area and Language Planning. In E. Dimock Jr., B. Kachru, and BH. Krishnamurti (eds.) Dimensions of South Asia as a Sociolinguistic Area: Papers in Memory of G. Kelly. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH. 47-69.

1989

Language Planning and Language Conflict. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 75. 73-85.
The Problem of MT Maintenance in Multilingual Setting: The Kashmiri Case. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 18.2. 40-50.
Good Mixes and Odd Mixes: Implications for the Bilingual's Grammar. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 19.1. 165-168.

Edited volumes

Forthcoming

Special issue of Studies in the Linguistic Sciences (Fall 2005), on “papers in Sociolinguistics.”

1996

Special issue of World Englishes (1996), symposium on “Constraints on Code-Switching.” 15.3.

1993

Co-edited (with Yamuna Kachru) special issue of South Asian Language Review (1993), on Hindi Syntax. 3.1.

Book reviews

Forthcoming

Review of Robert Kaplan’s (edited) The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Language.

2002

Review of Suresh Canagarajah’s Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching. Language in Society, 31.4. 631-634.

1999

Review of Kashi Wali and Omkar Koul's Kashmiri: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar. Lingua, 109.4. 311-314.
Review of R. K. Agnihotri and A. L. Khanna (eds.) English Language Teaching in India: Issues and Innovations. World Englishes, 18.2. 298-300.

1997

Review of Rajendra Singh et al., (eds.) Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 20. 123-124.

1996

Review of Rajendra Singh et al., (eds.) Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics. Anthropological Linguistics. 39.1. 180-183.

1995

Review of Tim W. Machan and Charles T. Scott (eds.) English in its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguistics. World Englishes, 14.2. 307-310.

1994

Review of Rajend Mesthrie's English in Language Shift: The History, Structure and Sociolinguistics of South African Indian English. Anthropological Linguistics. 31.3. 524-526.
Review of G. D. McConnell's A Macro-Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language Vitality. Saint-Foy: Laval University Press, Anthropological Linguistics, 33.4, 461-463.

1991

Review of S.N. Sridhar's Kannada, In: South Asia In Review (SAIR), 15-16.

Articles in conference proceedings

1999

Optimal Questions in L2 Acquisition. Universit y of Pittsburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 4. 49-61.

1997

Optimality and the Syntax of Lectal Variation. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, 4.1. 271-297.

1995

Code-Switching and the Functional Head Constraint. In Janet M. Fuller et al. (eds.) Proceedings of Eastern States Conference On Linguistics 94. Ithaca, N.Y.: DMLL. 1-12.

1994

The Case of Quirky Constructions. In Alice Davison et al. (eds.) Proceedings of The Formal Linguistic Society of Mid-America (FLSM) IV. 20-34.

1993

Psyched Out — Analyzing Quirky Constructions. In Katharine Beals et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 29th Chicago Linguistic Society Meeting, Chicago. 77-88.
On the Nature of L1 Filter and Cross Language Transfer Effects. In A. James & J. Leather (eds.) New Sounds ‘92. (Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt). 14-29.

Dative Subjects and Retreats in UG. In C. Hunt, T. Perry and V. Samiian (eds.) Proceedings of the Western Conference on Linguistics, 4. 48-59.
On the Composition of COMP and Parameters of V2. In D. Bates (ed.) Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, 10. (Co-authored with James Yoon.) 41-52.

1990

Why Language Planning Fails in India: The Minority Language Question. In E. Cheryl, et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the Mid-America Linguistic Conference, University of Northern Iowa.

INVITED TALKS

2005

Language Policy and Pedagogical Practices in South Asia. To be given at the Language Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 8.

2004

In Other Words: Global Text, Local Contexts, and the Third Space. Forum Lecture given at the 10^th meeting of the International Association for World Englishes, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, July 16-18.

Theoretical Perspectives on Teaching South Asian Languages: Heritage, LCTLs, or FLA? Given at the University of California, Berkeley, at the first SALRC (South Asian Language Resource Center) Workshop on Appropriate Pedagogy: Texts and Contexts of Teaching South Asian Languages, Feb 12-13.

2003

Vulnerable Edges: Phrase Structure in SLA, SLI, and AA. To be given at the International Seminar on Applied Linguistics in a Globalized World, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, December 12-14.

Crises in SALT (South Asian Language Teaching). Given at the University of Texas at Austin in the Special Symposium on Pedagogical Issues in Teaching South Asian Languages.

2000

Regarding English—Orphan Varieties and Language Politics. Given at the Linguistics Seminar of the Department of English, East Carolina University, November 16.
Homogeny, Hegemony, and History: Standard English in Non-standard Contexts. Talk given at the Linguistics Seminar of the Department of Linguistics, North Eastern Illinois University, October 25.
Vulnerable Edges in Second Language Acquisition. Talk given at the colloquium on ‘SLA and Linguistics’ at the annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF 2000) held in September 7-10, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Codeswitching in Optimality Theory. Focus Lecture, given at the conference 'Linguistics at the Millennium in Southern Africa', held in January 12-14, 2000, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

1998

The Case of Grammatical Relations in South Asian languages. Given at the Special symposium on Discourse and Grammar in Multilingual South Asia, University of Illinois, IL., 7-8 November.

1997

Second Language Acquisition Paradigms and World Englishes. Given at the National University of Singapore conference on Three Circles of English, December 17-19.
Optimal Expressions in the Grammar of Indian English. Given at the University of South Carolina, Program in Linguistics, Columbia, 7 November.

1996

The Syntax of Contact Varieties: An Optimality-Theoretic Approach. Given at the University of Utah, Program in Linguistics, Salt Lake City, 18 February.

1995

Codeswitching, Constraints, and Optimal Grammars. Given at the University of Delhi, Department of Linguistics, New Delhi, India, 12 December.
Codeswitching, Constraints, and Optimal Grammars. Given at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics, Philadelphia, 2 November.

1993

Creativity in Bilinguals' Language Use: Issues and Implications of Multilingualism in South Asia. Given at the University of Utah, Program in Linguistics, Salt Lake City, 19 October.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Book

Vanishing Voices: Knowledge, Folk Beliefs, and Evaluation of Kashmiri Language in Diaspora.

Journal Articles

Code-switching, Cultural Memory, and the Politics of Otherness.

Language Alternation, Third Space, and Identity Representation.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2005

In other words: code-switching in the third space. To be presented at the International Conference on Interrogating Third Spaces in Language Teaching, Learning and Use, July 27-28, University of Leicester, U.K.

Language alternation, multicultural space and identity representation. Presented at the First Midwestern Conference on Language, Culture and Cognition, Northwestern University, May 15-16.

2002

Accusative DPs in Kashmiri. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), November 1-3, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Domesticating coloniality: English in South Asia. Presented at the International Sociology Conference, July 7-13, Brisbane, Australia.
Accusative Case. Presented at the South Asian Language Analysis (SALA) roundtable, June 21-23, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Subverting power: Language movements in South Asia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, April 6-9, Salt Lake City, Utah.

2001

Roots of language shift: Competing languages, contesting ideologies and functional diglossia. Presented at the 3^rd International Symposium on Bilingualism, April 18-20, The University of the West of England, Bristol, U.K.
Naturalizing Standard English: Anatomy of "Expert" Discourse. Paper presented at the International Congress on World Languages and Multilingual Contexts, Jan 3-7, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, India.

2000

Interface Constraints in L2 Acquisition. Presented at the 5^th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA), Mar 30-Apr 1. MIT, Cambridge, Mass. (with Larry Lafond and Rachel Hayes).
Constraint Demotion and Null Subjects in Spanish L2 Acquisition. Presented at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Feb 20-24, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida (with Larry LaFond and Rachel Hayes).

1999

Competition, Conflict and Optimality in Second Language Acquisition. Presented at the annual Second Language Research Forum meeting, University of Minnesota, MN, Sept. 24-26 (with Larry LaFond and Rachel Hayes).
Ethical questions and the applied linguist, Discussant's note presented in the panel on Ethical Issues in Applied Linguistics. American Association of Applied Linguists, 6-8 March, Stamford, CN.

1998

Anatomy of an ideology: Standards for WE. Presented at the VI meeting of the International Association of World Englishes, University of Illinois, 5-7 November 1998.
Optimal questions in L2A. Presented at the annual meeting of the Second Language Research Forum, University of Hawaii, 15-18 October.
Optimal acquistion of L2 questions. Presented at the 4th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition., University of Pittsburg, PA, 23-25 September.
AgrP in UG: Elimination or Special Dispensation. Presented at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New York, 8-12 January.

1997

On the Absence of CP in Adult L2 Syntax. Presented at the 1997 Second Language Research Forum, Oct. 16-18, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.
Optimality in L2 Syllable Structure. Presented at the New Sounds 97 Symposium, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, September 8-12. Co-authored with Barbara J. Hancin-Bhatt.
Functional Projections in Adult Second Language Acquisition. Presented at the 19th annual South Asian Language Analysis (SALA) roundtable, 6-8 January, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

1996

Minimal Projections and Derivations in Second Language Acquisition. Presented at the 21st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 1-3 November, Boston, Mass. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.
Phrase Structure Acquisition and the Status of CP in early adult syntax. Presented at 1996 Second Language Research Forum, Oct. 24-27, University of Arizona, Tucson, Az. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.
Optimality and the Syntax of Language Variation. Presented at the 25th meeting of NWAVE, 17-19 October, Las Vegas, Nevada.
SLA, World Englishes, and the Paradigm Trap. Discussion note, presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, IL, March 23-26.

1995

Optimality, Crosslanguage Transfer, and L2 phonology. Presented at the 1995 Second Language Research Forum, Sept. 27-Oct. 1, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.
On the Syntax of Language Variation: Towards an Optimality-Theoretic Account. Presented at the Third International Conference on World Englishes, Nagoya, Japan, May 25-28.
Syntactic Constraints on Language Mixture: Patterns, Problems, and Prescriptions. Presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Asian Studies, Washington D.C., April 6-8.
On the Grammar of Bilingual Code-Switching. Presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Long Beach, CA, March 26-28.
Constraints, Optimality, and Code-Switching. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America; New Orleans, LA, January 5-8.

1994

Code-Switching and the Functional Head Constraint. Presented at the Eastern States Conference on Linguistics; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Sept. 30- Oct. 2.
Experiencers and Subjects of Perfect Predicates. Presented at the Formal Linguistic Society of MidAmerica; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, May 22-24.
Code-Mixing and Linguistic Theory. Presented at the sixteenth annual South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, May 26-28.
Form, Function, and the Grammar of Indian English. Presented at the First International Conference on World Englishes; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, March 31-April 2.
Meaning in Deviation: Responding to the Writings of Nonnative English Speakers. Presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication; Nashville, Tennessee, March 17-19.

1993

Psyched Out- Analyzing Quirky Constructions Presented at the 29th Chicago Linguistic Society Meeting, University of Chicago, Chicago, April 22-24.
The Case of Quirky Constructions. Presented at The Formal Linguistic Society of Mid-America Meeting (FLSM) IV, University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 16-18.
On Describing World Englishes. Presented at the Colloquium on World Englishes; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, March 30.
Nominative Objects in Kashmiri. Presented at the Linguistic Society of America meeting, Los Angeles, CA, January 7-10.

1992

On the Nature of L1 Filter and Cross Language Transfer Effects. Presented at the New Sounds ‘92 Symposium, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, April 13-16. Co-authored with Barbara J. Hancin-Bhatt.
Phonological Constraints in Second Language Production: A Model-Theoretic Approach. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguists, Seattle, WA, Feb. 28-Mar. 2. Co-authored with Barbara J. Hancin-Bhatt.

1991

Dative Subjects and Retreats in UG. Presented at the Western Conference on Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., November 8-9.
On Hyphenated Identities and Liberation Linguistics. Presented at 3rd Annual Illinois TESOL/BE Graduate Student Conference, Nov. 7, Normal, IL.
Case and Agreement in Kashmiri. Presented at the 20th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Nov. 3-5.

1990

Phrase Structure Order and V2 in Kashmiri. Presented at the 12th Annual Conference on South Asian Language Analysis, University of California- Berkeley, Jun. 13-15.
Why Language Planning Fails in India. Presented at the Mid-America Linguistics Conference, University of Northern Iowa, Iowa, October 18.

1988

Dative Subjects in Kashmiri. Presented at the 17th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Nov. 2-4.

1986

Language Maintenance and Language Shift: The Case of Kashmiri. Presented at the 8th Annual Conference on South Asian Language Analysis, University of Illinois, May 13-15.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Research:

• American Institute of Indian Studies’ Senior Short Term Research Fellowship, 2003-2004 (Estimated $10,000).

• South Asian Language Resource Center grant, 2004-2005, for developing Hindi On-line. (PI, $28,000). Extension for another year ($28,000) submitted.

• Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) fellowship for running the sociolinguistic reading group, ‘Language and Society.’ ($750).

• Humanities Released Time Award, University of Illinois, Fall 2001, Spring 2006.

• College of Liberal Arts Scholarship Stipend (CLASS) award, University of South Carolina, 1999 ($8640; Declined due to move to the University of Illinois).

• Graduate College Professional Development Award, University of Tennessee, 1997 ($2000).

• English Hodges Grant, University of Tennessee, 1994, 1996 ($3500 x 2).

• Won the University of TN nomination for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1993 and 1994.

• Motorola Project Summer Fellowship, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Jun - Aug 1993.

Teaching:

• 25th Silver Anniversary Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, AY 91/92.

• University of Illinois’ Incomplete List of Outstanding Teachers rated by the students, Fall 02, Spring 03.

STUDENT MENTORING

Dissertation supervision:(6)

• Linguistics (3): Hyunju Park, Teruaki Muto, Hala Jawlakh (Laura Felton, Erica Britt, and Brahim Chakrani are working closely with me).

• Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese (3): Antonio Reyes Rodriguez, Aaron Feder, Maria Ciriza.

Doctoral committees:(13)

• Linguistics (3)

• Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese (3)

• French (2)

• Institute for Communication Research (2)

• Educational Psychology (1)

• Curriculum and Instruction (1)

Masters thesis supervision:(1)

• Elise Ahn

COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate Courses: Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics: Theory and Practice, Seminar on Bilingualism, Codeswitching: Form and Function, Seminar on Critical Sociolinguistics, Seminar in Critical Discourse Analysis, Seminar in Language Contact, World Englishes, Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Syntax, Introduction to Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition, Seminar in English Language Teaching.

Undergraduate Courses: Structure of Modern English, Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Language and Society, English Across Cultures.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE

Regional Editor

The Yearbook of South Asian languages and Linguistics. Mouton de Gruyter. (2003-present).

Review Editor

World Englishes: Journal of English as an International and Intranational Language. Blackwell. (1996-1999)

Referee

Journal

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Second Language Research

TESOL-Quarterly

International Sociology

World Englishes: Journal of English as an International and Intranational Language.

Studies in the Linguistic Sciences

Book Series

Indiana University Linguistics Club Publications

Conferences

West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics

Penn Linguistic Colloquium

World Englishes

Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages

Conference Chair

Conference Chair, 25^th annual meeting of the South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable, Sept. 15-18, 2005, UI-UC, Urbana, ILL.

Conference Co-Chair, 9^th International Conference on World Englishes, 2002, UI-UC, Urbana, ILL.

Conference Co-Chair, 6^th International Conference on World Englishes, 1999, Tokyo.

Conference Co-Chair, 5^th International Conference on World Englishes, 1998, UI-UC, Urbana, ILL.

Conference Panel Organizer

Language Ideology, Linguistic Monorities, and Language Shift. 3^rd International Conference on Bilingualism, Bristol, U.K., 2001.

The Decolonization of English: Power, Politics and Ideology. Fifth International Conference on World Englishes, Urbana, ILL, 1998 (with J. Brutt-Griffler, U Cinncinati).

Transfer in Generative Grammar. Annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics , Orlando, FL, 1996 (with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt).

Constraints on Structure and Processing in Code-Switching. Annual meeting of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Long Beach, CA, 1995.

LANGUAGE FLUENCIES

Hindi, Kashmiri, English: Literacy and Orality. Punjabi: Orality only.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Member of Linguistic Society of America, American Association of Applied Linguistics, International Association for World Englishes.