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Will Oxford Curriculum vitae May 30, 2019 CONTACT INFORMATION Address Department of Linguistics University of Manitoba 545 Fletcher Argue Building 15 Chancellor’s Circle Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 Phone 204-474-9623 Email [email protected] Website http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/∼oxfordwr EDUCATION 2014 PhD, University of Toronto (Linguistics) Thesis: Microparameters of agreement: A diachronic perspective on Algonquian verb inflection 2007 MA, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Linguistics) Thesis: Towards a grammar of Innu-aimun particles 2005 BA, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Linguistics and French) 2005 Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, MIT/Harvard PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2019– Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Manitoba 2014–19 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Manitoba 2013–14 Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Manitoba PUBLICATIONS Journal articles 2018 Oxford, Will. 2018. Inverse marking and Multiple Agree in Algonquin: Complementar- ity and variability. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. (Published online; volume number to follow.) 2017 Oxford, Will. 2017. The Activity Condition as a microparameter. Linguistic Inquiry 48: 711–722. Will Oxford • 2 of 18 2017 Oxford, Will. 2017. Variation and change in the Degree Phrase. Linguistic Variation 17: 98–110. 2015 Oxford, Will. 2015. Patterns of contrast in phonological change: Evidence from Algo- nquian vowel systems. Language 91: 308–357. under Lochbihler, Bethany, Will Oxford, and Nicholas Welch. The person-animacy connection: revision Evidence from Algonquian and Dene. Revisions requested by Linguistic Inquiry. Books and edited volumes in prep Ghomeshi, Jila, and Will Oxford, eds. Special double issue of Canadian Journal of Lin- guistics on grammatical person. 2008 Oxford, Will. 2008. A grammatical study of Innu-aimun particles. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics Memoir 20. Winnipeg: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics. Book chapters in prep Oxford, Will. Algonquian. Invited submission to Handbook of Languages and Linguis- tics of North America, ed. by Carmen Jany, Marianne Mithun, and Keren Rice. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter. in press Oxford, Will. When direct and inverse are asymmetrical. To appear in Papers of the 49th Algonquian Conference, ed. by Monica Macaulay and Margaret Noodin. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. in press Oxford, Will. Algonquian. Invited submission to Routledge handbook of North Ameri- can languages, ed. by Daniel Siddiqi, Michael Barrie, Carrie Gillon, Jason Haugen, and Eric Mathieu. 2018 Dresher, B. Elan, Christopher Harvey, and Will Oxford. 2018. Contrastive feature hi- erarchies as a new lens on typology. In Phonological typology, ed. by Larry M. Hyman and Frans Plank, 273–311. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2017 Bliss, Heather, and Will Oxford. 2017. Patterns of syncretism in nominal paradigms: A pan-Algonquian perspective. In Papers of the 46th Algonquian Conference, ed. by Monica Macaulay and Margaret Noodin, 1–18. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. 2014 Oxford, Will. 2014. A survey of locative expressions in Innu-aimun. In Papers of the 42nd Algonquian Conference, ed. by J. Randolph Valentine and Monica Macaulay, 181– 201. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 2013 Oxford, Will. 2013. Verb morphology on Innu-aimun pronouns: Evidence for the na- ture of Algonquian wh-questions. In Papers of the 41st Algonquian Conference, ed. by Karl S. Hele and J. Randolph Valentine, 208–229. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. Will Oxford • 3 of 18 2008 Oxford, Will. 2008. Towards a grammar of Innu-aimun particles. In Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference, ed. by Karl S. Hele and Regna Darnell, 531–556. London, Ontario: University of Western Ontario. Proceedings of refereed conferences 2018 Tollan, Rebecca, and Will Oxford. 2018. Voice-less unergatives: Evidence from Algo- nquian. In Proceedings of the 35th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WC- CFL 35), ed. by Wm. G. Bennett, Lindsay Hracs, and Dennis Ryan Storoshenko, 399–408. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla. 2017 Oxford, Will. 2017. Inverse marking as impoverishment. In Proceedings of the 34th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 34), ed. by Aaron Kaplan, Abby Kaplan, Miranda K. McCarvel, and Edward J. Rubin, 413–422. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla. 2016 Bliss, Heather, and Will Oxford. 2016. A microparametric approach to syncretisms in nominal inflection. In Proceedings of the 33rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 33), ed. by Kyeong-min Kim et al., 67–76. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla. 2015 Oxford, Will. 2015. Probe competition as a source of ergative person splits. In NELS 45: Proceedings of the 45th annual meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, volume 2, ed. by Thuy Bui and Deniz Özyildiz, 213–222. Amherst, MA: GLSA. 2014 Dresher, B. Elan, Christopher Harvey, and Will Oxford. 2014. Contrast shift as a type of diachronic change. In NELS 43: Proceedings of the 43rd annual meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, volume 1, ed. by Hsin-Lun Huang, Ethan Poole, and Amanda Rysling, 103–116. Amherst, MA: GLSA. 2014 Oxford, Will. 2014. Multiple instances of agreement in the clausal spine: Evidence from Algonquian. In Proceedings of the 31st West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WC- CFL 31), ed. by Robert E. Santana-LaBarge, 335–343. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla. 2013 Oxford, Will. 2013. A contrast-based model of merger. In NELS 42: Proceedings of the 42nd annual meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, volume 2, ed. by Stefan Keine and Shayne Sloggett, 95–106. Amherst, MA: GLSA. Other conference proceedings to Oxford, Will. What’s the inverse of an inverse? Transitive constructions in Algonquian appear and Austronesian. To appear in Proceedings of the 2018 annual conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. to Oxford, Will. Fission in Algonquian and the status of morphological templates. To appear appear in Proceedings of the 23rd Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA 23), ed. by Daniel Reisinger. UBC Working Papers in Linguistics. 2017 Oxford, Will. 2017. Proximate DP, obviative KP: Balancing the morphosyntax and prag- matics of obviation. In Proceedings of the 2017 annual conference of the Canadian Lin- Will Oxford • 4 of 18 guistic Association, ed. by Andrew Monti. Published online at http://cla-acl.ca/ actes-2017-proceedings/. 2012 Oxford, Will. 2012. “Contrast shift” in the Algonquian languages. In Phonology in the 21st Century: In Honour of Glyne Piggott, ed. by J. Loughran and A. McKillen. Proceedings of the 2011 Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Phonology Workshop (MOT 2011). McGill Work- ing Papers in Linguistics 22.1. Published online at https://www.mcgill.ca/mcgwpl/ archives/volume-221-2012. 2011 Oxford, Will. 2011. The syntax of Innu-aimun locatives. In Proceedings of the 16th Work- shop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA 16), ed. by Alexis Black and Meagan Louie, 135–150. UBC Working Papers in Linguistics 31. 2010 Oxford, Will. 2010. Nominal predication and verb morphology in Innu-aimun. In Pro- ceedings of the 15th Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Amer- icas (WSCLA 15), ed. by Beth Rogers and Anita Szakay, 30–46. UBC Working Papers in Linguistics 29. 2010 Oxford, Will. 2010. Same, other, and different: A first look at the microsyntax of identity adjectives. In Proceedings of the 2010 annual conference of the Canadian Linguistic Associ- ation, ed. by Melinda Heijl. Published online at http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/ ~cla-acl/actes2010/actes2010.html. Book reviews 2016 Oxford, Will. 2016. Review of The clause-typing system of Plains Cree: Anaphoricity, in- dexicality, and contrast, by Clare Cook. Anthropological Linguistics 58: 327–329. Working papers 2017 Oxford, Will. 2017. Algonquian grammar myths. Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics 39 (special issue on Indigenous languages), ed. by Ruth Maddeaux. Published online at http://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/twpl/article/view/28496. 2016 Oxford, Will. 2016. From head-final to head-initial in Algonquian: Evidence and im- plications. Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics 37 (special alumni issue), ed. by Julie Doner et al. Published online at http://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ twpl/issue/view/1788. 2016 Oxford, Will. 2016. Menominee vowel harmony revisited: A height-based underspeci- fication account. Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics 35, ed. by Joanna Chociej et al. Published online at http://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/twpl/issue/ view/1736. 2008 Oxford, Will. 2008. A classifier analysis of direct object doubling. In Memorial University of Newfoundland Occasional Student Papers in Linguistics 1, ed. by Carla Dunphy and Will Oxford, 19–35. St. John’s, NL: Department of Linguistics, Memorial University. Will Oxford • 5 of 18 2008 Dunphy, Carla, and Will Oxford, eds. 2008. Memorial University of Newfoundland Occa- sional Student Papers in Linguistics, volume 1. St. John’s, NL: Department of Linguistics, Memorial University. Community-oriented publications 2013 Mailhot, José, and Marguerite MacKenzie, with the assistance of Will Oxford. 2013. Innu- English Dictionary and English-Innu Dictionary. Sheshatshiu, Labrador: Mamu Tshishku- tamashutau Innu Education. 2012 Mailhot, José, and Marguerite MacKenzie, with the assistance of Will Oxford. 2012. Dic- tionnaire Innu-français. Sept-Iles, Quebec: Institut Tshakapesh. 2008 MacKenzie, Marguerite, Will Oxford, and Laurel Anne Hasler.
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