Cheryl A. Black
Contact
P.O. Box 8987
Catalina, AZ 85738-0987
(520) 825-6000
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Degrees
- Ph.D. Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz (1994)
- B.A. Mathematics, University of California, San Diego (1974)
Current positions
- International Linguistics Consultant (2000– )
- Linguistics Consultant, Mexico (1994– )
Other experience
- Instructor, SIL, University of North Dakota (Summers 1994-1996)
- Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz (1993)
- Teaching Assistant, SIL, University of North Dakota (Summer 1990)
Research interests
- Zapotec
- Otomangean languages
- syntax
- tone
- syntactic parsing
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
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2000. Quiegolani Zapotec syntax: A principles and parameters account. SIL International and UT Arlington Publications in Linguistics 136, 349 pp. Dallas.
1998. (with Velma B. Pickett and Vicente Marcila C.) Gramática popular del Zapoteco del Istmo. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Binnizá A.C. and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano A.C. 123 pp. Juchitán, Oaxaca, México and Tucson.
1998. Review of Parameters and functional heads: Essays in comparative syntax, ed. by Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi, 1996, Notes on Linguistics 80:32-36.
1996-1997. "Introduction to government and binding theory." (a seven-part series of articles), Notes on Linguistics 73:5-12, 74:5-12, 75:5-16, 76:7-16, 77:7-19, 78:5-24, 79:5-27.
1996. "A PC-PATR implementation of GB syntax," Proceedings of the 1996 General CARLA Conference, Waxhaw, NC. Pp. 97-148 Dallas: SIL Intl.
1996. "A backwards binding construction in Zapotec," Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session 40, pp. 75-87.
1996. (with Stephen A. Marlett) "On generating the Greek noun phrase," Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session 40, pp. 89-105.
1995. "Boundary tones on word-internal domains in Kinande." Phonology 12:1-38.
1995. "Review of Head-driven phrase structure grammar, by Carl Pollard and Ivan A. Sag." Notes on Linguistics 71:32-34.
1995. "Laryngeal licensing and syllable well-formedness in Quiegolani Zapotec," Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session 39. pp. 11-32.
1994. Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax. Ph.D. Dissertation,University of California, Santa Cruz. 412 pp.
1993. "Negative concord with obligatory fronting in Zapotec." In Geoffrey K. Pullum and Eric Potsdam, eds. Syntax at Santa Cruz 2. pp. 1-20. Santa Cruz: University of California.
1992. "Comitative coordination using quantifiers in Quiegolani Zapotec." In H. Andrew Black and James McCloskey, eds. Syntax at Santa Cruz 1. pp. 1-33. Santa Cruz: University of California.
Conference papers presented
2000. "Number marking innovations in Zapotec." Presented at The Indigenous Voice of Oaxaca conference, University of California, Los Angeles.
1996. (with Stephen Marlett) "On generating the Greek noun phrase." Presented at University of North Dakota-SIL Colloquium, Grand Forks.
1995. "Negative concord with obligatory fronting in Zapotec." Presented at University of North Dakota-SIL Colloquium, Grand Forks.
1994. "Clause structure and A-Bar dependencies in Quiegolani Zapotec." Presented at University of North Dakota-SIL Colloquium, Grand Forks.
Works online
2001. (with Velma B. Pickett and Vicente Marcila C.) Gramática Popular del Zapoteco del Istmo, segunda edición (electrónica). Juchitán, Oax.: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Binnizá y México DF: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 125 pp. http://www.sil.org/mexico/zapoteca/istmo/G023a-GramaticaZapIstmo-ZAI.htm.
1999. "A step-by-step introduction to the Government and Binding theory of syntax." http://www.sil.org/americas/mexico/ling/E002-IntroGB.pdf .
1997. "A PC-Patr implementation of GB syntax," SIL Electronic Working Papers 1997-006. Dallas, Tex.: Summer Institute of Linguistics. http://www.sil.org/silewp/1997/006/SILEWP1997-006.html.