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Andrew Alexander SimpsonProfessor of Linguistics & East Asian Languages and CulturesContact Information E-mail: andrew.simpson@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3640 Office: GFS 310D LINKS Curriculum Vitae Personal Website |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Linguistics, University of London, 12/1995
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Reader in Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), 09/01/1999-12/31/2006
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Description of Research |
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Research Specialties |
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| Comparative syntax of East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian languages: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Burmese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Bengali. | |
Publications |
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Simpson, Andrew Alexander (Ed.).
(2008).
Language and National Identity in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A.
(2007).
Language and National Identity in Asia. (Simpson, Andrew Alexander, Ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A., Austin, P. A.
(2007).
Endangered Languages. Linguistische Berichte.
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Simpson, A. A., Li, Y.
(2003).
Functional Structure(s), Form and Interpretation: Perspectives from Asian Languages. Routledge-Curzon.
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Simpson, A. A.
(2000).
Wh-Movement and the Theory of Feature-Checking. John Benjamins.
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Book Chapter |
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Simpson, A. A.
(2008).
The grammaticalization of clausal nominalizers in Burmese. (Vol. Rethinking Grammaticalization). pp. 265-288. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
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Simpson, A. A.
(2008).
Introduction. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Africa). pp. 1-25. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A., Oyetade, A.
(2008).
Nigeria: Ethnolinguistic Competition in the Giant of Africa. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Africa). pp. 172-198. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A., Bhattacharya, T.
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Argument prominence and the nature of superiority violations. (Vol. Argument Structure). pp. 175-212. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
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Simpson, A. A.
(2007).
Language and National Identity in Asia: a Thematic Introduction. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Asia). pp. 1-31. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A.
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Hong Kong. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Asia). pp. 168-185. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A.
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Taiwan. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Asia). pp. 235-259. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A.
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Indonesia. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Asia). pp. 312-36. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A.
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Singapore. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Asia). pp. 374-90. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A., Thammasathien, N.
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Thailand and Laos. (Vol. Language and National Identity in Asia). pp. 391-414. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A., Watkins, J.
(2006).
Constituent Focus in Burmese: a Phonetic and Perceptual Study. (Vol. 27-66). Canberra: Studies in Burmese Linguistics/Pacific Linguistics.
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Simpson, A. A., Bhattacharya, T.
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Sluicing in Indo-Aryan: an investigation of Bangla and Hindi. (Vol. Sluicing in a cross-linguistic perspective). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Simpson, A. A.
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The EPP, Fossilized Movement, and Reanalysis. (Vol. 161-190). Diachronic Clues to Synchronic Grammar/John Benjamins.
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Simpson, A. A.
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On the Status of Modifying DE and the Structure of the Chinese DP. (Vol. 74-101). Stanford: On the Formal Way to Chinese Languages/CSLI.
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Simpson, A. A.
(2003).
Empty determiners and nominalization in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In: Functional Structure(s), Form and Intepretation: perspectives from East Asian Languages (eds. A. Li and A. Simpson). First pp. 131-161. London: CurzonRoutledge.
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Simpson, A. A., Wu, Z.
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The Grammaticalization of Formal Nouns and Nominalizers in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. In: 'Language Change in East Asia'. pp. 250-283. London: Curzon.
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Conference Proceeding |
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Simpson, A. A., Ho, H. T.
(2008).
The comparative syntax of passive structures in Chinese and Vietnamese.
In M. Chan (Ed.), Columbus. University of Ohio Press.
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Simpson, A. A., Hwang, H., Ipek, C.
(2008).
The comparative syntax of ditransitive constructions in Japanese, Korean and Turkish.
In R. Vermeulen (Ed.), Boston, MA. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.
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Honors and Awards |
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USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences General Education Teaching Award, 2010-2011
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Service to the Profession |
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Joint General Editor, Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 2003-
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