Douglas Pulleyblank, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Phonology without universal grammar.
Frontiers in psychology · 2015 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

50th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL50)
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$25,000
West African vowel systems: the emergence of phonological patterns
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$200,348
Emergent phonology properties of vowel systems
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$107,945

All 8 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Phonology without universal grammar.

Archangeli D, Pulleyblank D

Frontiers in psychology2015Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01229 PMID: 26388791

50th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL50)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Pulleyblank, Douglas

Keywords: Africa; linguistics; ethnomusicology; syntax; semantics; morphology; phonology; historical linguistics; Afro-Asiatic; Khoisan; Niger-Congo; Nilo-Sharan; Autronesian

$25,000

West African vowel systems: the emergence of phonological patterns

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pulleyblank, Douglas

Keywords: linguistics; phonology; phonetics; African languages; Kru; Gur; Kainji; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; West Africa

$200,348

Emergent phonology properties of vowel systems

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Pulleyblank, Douglas

Keywords: linguistics; phonology; phonetics; African languages

$107,945

Phonology in the root and beyond

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hansson, Gunnar Ó.

Keywords: linguistics; phonology; morphology; lexicon; morpheme structure constraints; analogy; learning algorithms; psycholinguistics

$120,370

Harmony

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Pulleyblank, Douglas

Keywords: linguistics; phonology; phonetics; emergence; tongue root

$74,728

Harmony and the phonetic basis of phonological features

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Pulleyblank, Douglas

Keywords: linguistics; phonology; phonetics; optimality; learnability; emergence; tongue; root; pharynx

$142,682

Audible effects of sentence structure in Edo and Yoruba (Niger-Congo)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Déchaîne, Rose-Marie

Keywords: grammar; syntax; phonology; interface; tone; epenthesis; deletion; Niger-Congo; Kwa; Yoruba; Moba; Edo

$109,710

Asymmetric patterns in phonology

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Pulleyblank, Douglas

Keywords: linguistics; phonology; optimality; learnability; African languages; first nations languages

$32,004

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Pulleyblank, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Phonology without universal grammar." (2015), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]