Ileana Paul, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest funding

Aspect and modality in Malagasy
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$27,548
Restructuring in Austronesian
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$77,545
The nature of parameters: representing language universals and language variation
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$225,894

All 11 grants and awards

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Aspect and modality in Malagasy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: Malagasy language; Syntax; Semantics; Aspect; Modality

$27,548

Restructuring in Austronesian

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: restructuring; Austronesian; syntax; clitics; scrambling; clause type

$77,545

The nature of parameters: representing language universals and language variation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.

Keywords: syntactic theory; universal grammar; language variation; parameters; language change: ergativity; austronesian; Mayan; Inuit; Salish; Wakashan; Tsimshianic

$225,894

Linguistic symposium on romance languages 44

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: romance linguistics

$11,472

Nominalizations workshop

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: nominalizations; syntax; morphology; phonetics

$8,494

Dialectal micro variation in Malagasy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: linguistics; syntax; morphology; dialectal variation

$133,250

Varieties of predication

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: predication; syntax; semantics; pragmatics; small clauses; lexical categories

$47,700

Canada Research Chair in Linguistics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: syntax; malagasy; austronesian languages; linguistic theory; linguistic methodology

$500,000

The semantics-pragmatics boundary from the perspective of cognitive science and pragmatic deficits in autism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stainton, Robert J.H.

Keywords: philosophy of language; philosophy of mind; cognitive science; semantics; pragmatics; communication deficits; autism; pragmatic deficits

$119,743

Aspects of ergativity in Austronesian

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana

Keywords: syntax; ergativity; Malagasy; Austronesian; Niuean

$101,593

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 Paul, 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]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Aspect and modality in Malagasy" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]