H. Andrew Black
Contact
16131 N. Vernon Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85739-9395
USA
Degrees
- PhD Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993
- MA Old Testament Language and Exegesis, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1981
- BA Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, 1975
Current positions
- CARLA Consultant, SIL Mexico (1993– )
- International Linguistic Consultant, SIL (1994– )
- Adjunct Assistant Professor in the SIL, University of North Dakota, (1994– )
Other experience
CARLA Consultant, Peru (1984-1988)
Memberships
- Linguistic Society of America
- Association of Computational Linguistics
Research interests
- Computational morphology
- Computational syntax
- Generative phonology
- Zapotec morphology
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
1997. "Review of Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies, by Bruce Hayes." Notes on Linguistics 76:28-29.
1993. Constraint-ranked derivation: A serial approach to optimization. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz.
1992. "South American verb second phenomena: evidence from Shipibo." In Black, H. Andrew and James McCloskey, eds. Syntax at Santa Cruz, vol. 1: 35-63. Santa Cruz: University of California.
1991. "The phonology of the velar glide in Axininca Campa." Phonology 8: 183-217.
1990. (with David J. Weber, Stephen R. McConnel, and Alan Buseman) "STAMP: A tool for dialect adaptation." Occasional Publications in Academic Computing no. 15. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
1988. (with David J. Weber, and Stephen R. McConnel) "AMPLE: A tool for exploring morphology." Occasional Publications in Academic Computing no. 12, 252 pp. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Selected papers presented
1993. "Constraint ranked derivation: Truncation and stem binarity in Southeastern Tepehuan." Presented at UND SIL Colloquium, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
1991. "South American verb second phenomena: evidence from Shipibo." Presented at the Workshop on Clitics held at the 1991 LSA Linguistic Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz.