Jonathan Howell

I am chiefly a semanticist, although I enjoying tackling semantic problems using different methodologies. My work on focus has allowed me to explore secondary interests in the phonetics and phonology of English prosody. I also enjoy semantic fieldwork. Recently I've been working on modality and counterfactuals in French and in the future I hope to explore similar phenomena in lesser studied languages, including Nishnaabemwin (Algonquian).

SOME RECENT WORK

(in progress). On modal interpretations of the French Conditionnel. ms.

(2008). A corpus search methodology for focus realization. (with Mats Rooth). Talk delivered at Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody, Cornell University. April 12.

(2008). Why Nishnaabemwin is not 'Martian': In defence of readjustment rules. Talk delivered at the 82nd Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Chicago, IL. January 2.

(2007). Second occurrence focus and the acoustics of prominence. In Charles Bond Chang and Hannah Haynie: Proceedings of the 26th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 26). Cascadilla Press Proceedings Project.

(2006). Tongue Dorsum location and Tongue Root retraction in alveolar and palatal clicks in the endangered language N|uu. (with Amanda Miller, Johanna Brugman and Bonny Sands). Poster presented at the 152nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (4th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan), Honolulu, HI. December 2.

TEACHING

TA, LING 302: Introduction to Phonology, Spring 08 (Instructor: Draga Zec)

TA, LING 101: Introduction to Linguistics, Spring 07 (Instructor: Molly Diesing)

Instructor, LING100: Testing the Language Instinct, Fall 05, Spring 06, Fall 06 (Freshman Writing Seminar)

SERVICE

Co-editor (with Effi Georgala), Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XV (2005) .

Co-editor (with Masayuki Gibson). Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory XVI (2006).

Graduate School Academic Integrity Hearing Board, Cornell University, Spring 2006