Invited Talks

2004

In Other Words: Global Text, Local Contexts, and the Third Space. Forum Lecture given at the 10th 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. Plenary talk 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 ‘Special Symposium on Pedagogical Issues in Teaching South Asian Languages,’ at the XXIII South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable, University of Texas at Austin October 10-12.

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, Northeastern 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.