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Meet Our Graduates

B. Devan Steiner
PhD, French Linguistics
bdsteine @indiana.edu

Degrees earned

MA French Linguistics, Indiana University, 2008
BA Psychology/French, Gettysburg College, 2006

Scholarly interests

Historical (French) Linguistics
Phonology
Syntax
Contact Linguistics

Achievements

Conference Presentations

V2 Loss in Old French and Old Occitan: The Role of Fronted Clauses presented with Barbara Vance and Bryan Donaldson. Linguistic Symposium of Romance Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, March 27, 2009.

"Stress in Muruwari: The effect of derivation, syllable weight and root length" Mid-Continental Workshop on Phonology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October 27, 2007.

Publication

Underapplication of stress clash resolution: the role of morphologically derived environments." IUWPL6: Phonological Opacity Effects in Optimality Theory, ed. by Ashley W. Farris-Trimble and Daniel A. Dinnsen, p. 71-79. Bloomington, IN: IULC Publications

Dept of French and Italian, Ballantine Hall 642, 1020 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103
telephone: (812) 855-1952; fax: (812) 855-8877; email: Department of French & Italian

Last updated: 10-Nov-2009 Comments: Nancy Stoute