Assistant Professor
raimy@wisc.edu
English Language and Linguistics
http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~raimy/
Degrees PhD Linguistics, University of Delaware,
1999
MA Linguistics, University of Delaware, 1997
BA Linguistics and Philosophy, University
of Toronto, 1993
The phonology and morphology of reduplication (2000, Mouton de Gruyter), Raimy, E. and Cairns, C. Contemporary views on architecture and representation in phonological theory (in press 2008, MIT Press).
“Remarks on backcopying” (2000) Linguistic Inquiry, I. Vogel and Raimy, E. (2002) “The acquisition of compound vs. phrasal stress: the role of prosodic constituents”, Journal of Child Language, “Asymmetry and linearization in phonology” (2003) In Di Sciullo, A. (ed) Proceedings from the asymmetry conference, John Benjamins
There are two projects continuing my work on reduplication. The first is a collaboration with Bill Idsardi (University of Maryland) on a book that contains our work on computational aspects of reduplication, reduplication in Sanskrit and artistic uses of these formalisms in rhyme, alliteration and ludlings. The second reduplication based project is developing a database of reduplication patterns found in the world’s languages.
I am also currently collaborating with Thomas Purnell in the Linguistics Department on the perception of pitch and social dialect in modified speech. Finally, I am a member of and collaborate with both the Wisconsin Englishes Project and the CUNY Phonology Forum. The Wisconsin Englishes Project explores the English we speak in Wisconsin and performs public outreach projects through public presentations. The CUNY Phonology Forum organizes and hosts semi-annual topical conferences on phonological issues at the City University of New York.
I teach mostly undergraduate courses in the English Language and Literature section on sociolinguistics, phonology and general linguistic analysis of novel data. I will also occasionally teach courses on English morphology and syntax, second language phonology and advanced phonology.