Areas of Study
Graduate Program
Pragmatics
Linguistics Faculty
Donna Byron, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 2003) B.A., (French), University of Texas at Arlington, 1986.; M.B.A., University of Texas at Arlington, 1987.; M.S.C.S. (Computer Science), University of Texas at Dallas, 1996.; M.S. (Computer Science), University of Rochester, 1998.; Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Rochester, 2002.
Areas of Specialization: Computational treatment of anaphora for spoken dialog interfaces, Understanding situated language in virtual or real environments, Evaluation of Natural Language Processing systems.
Areas of Specialization: Computational treatment of anaphora for spoken dialog interfaces, Understanding situated language in virtual or real environments, Evaluation of Natural Language Processing systems.
David Dowty, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1972; Chair of the Department of Linguistics, 1979-85) B.A., (Music), Austin College, 1968 Ph.D., (Linguistics), University of Texas at Austin, 1972 .
Areas of Specialization: Syntactic and semantic theory; formal semantics; tense and aspect; lexical semantics.
Areas of Specialization: Syntactic and semantic theory; formal semantics; tense and aspect; lexical semantics.
Carl Pollard, Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1990) B.S., (Mathematics), Purdue University, 1970 M.S., (Mathematics), Brown University, 1973 M.A., (East Asian Languages & Cultures), Indiana University, 1978 Ph.D.. (Linguistics), Stanford University, 1984 .
Areas of Specialization: Syntax; semantics; computational linguistics; mathematical formulations of linguistic theory; Chinese linguistics.
Areas of Specialization: Syntax; semantics; computational linguistics; mathematical formulations of linguistic theory; Chinese linguistics.
Javier Jesus Gutierrez Rexach, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portugese; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1997) Ph.D. UCLA, 1997.
Language Specialization: Spanish
Language Specialization: Spanish
Craige Roberts, Associate Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1988) A.B., (Linguistics), Indiana University, 1979 Ph.D., (Linguistics), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1987.
Areas of Specialization: Semantics; the syntax-semantics interface; formal theories of discourse.
Areas of Specialization: Semantics; the syntax-semantics interface; formal theories of discourse.
Scott Schwenter, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics
History: (Appointed 1999) M.A., (Linguistics), University of New Mexico, 1993; Ph.D., (Linguistics), Stanford University, 1998.
Areas of Specialization: Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Syntactic Variation, Spanish Dialectology.
Areas of Specialization: Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Syntactic Variation, Spanish Dialectology.
Graduate Courses in Pragmatics
- 680 Formal Foundations of Linguistics
- 681 Algebraic Linguistics
- 780 Formal Pragmatics
- 795.14 Pragmatics Study Group
- 814 Seminar in Pragmatics
See also courses in Computer Science, Psychology, and Philosophy.
Faculty with Related Interests in Other Departments
- Steven E. Boer, Prof. of Philosophy (Philosophy of Language, Logic)
- Alan Code, Steve R. & Sarah E. O'Donnell Professor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Language)
- Diana Raffman, Associate Professor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Language)
- William W. Taschek, Associate Professor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Language)
- Neil Tennant, Professor of Philosophy, Adjunct Professor of Cognitive Science (Logic, Philosophy of Language)
