Megan Crowhurst's research page

RESEARCH
Primary interests:

  • Prosody - word stress, reduplication, and syllable structure.
  • Phonological typology
  • Theoretical phonology (Optimality Theory)
  • Indigenous languages of Latin America. Languages I have recently worked on: Guarayu (Tupi-Guarani, Bolivia), Nanti (Kampa, Peru; with Lev Michael).
  • Speech perception


    Publications:

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. & L. Michael. 2005. 'Iterative footing and prominence driven stress in Nanti (Kampa).' Language 81.1.

    Munshi, S. & M. Crowhurst. 2004. 'Kashmiri Stress,' South Asian Linguistic Association Roundtable XXIII.

    *Crowhurst, M.J. 2004. 'Mora Alignment,' Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 22, 127-177.

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 2003. 'Comparative markedness and identity effects in Reduplication,' Theoretical linguistics 29, 77-87.

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 2002a. 'Un intercambio de vocales altas en el sirionó (tupí-guaraní),' Revista Linguas Indigenas do América do Sul, Vol. 2 Campinas, Brazil: UNICAMP. pp. 7-29. [Substantial revision and translation into Spanish of Crowhurst 2000.]

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 2001a. 'Coda conditions and Um infixation in Toba Batak,' Lingua 111, 561-590.

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 2000. 'A Flip-Flop in Sirionó (Tupian): The mutual exchange of /i +/,' International Journal of American Linguistics 66, 57-75.

    *Crowhurst, M.J. 1998. 'Um Infixation and Prefixation in Toba Batak,' Language 74, 590-604.

    Echols, C. H., & Crowhurst, Megan J. 1998. 'Developing knowledge of metrical rhythm in infancy.¹ In M. C. Gruber, D. Higgins, K. Olsen, & T. Wysocki (Eds.), Chicago Linguistic Society 34, Vol II: The Panels. Chicago Linguistic Society, Chicago.

    *Echols, C.H., M. J. Crowhurst, & J. Childers. 1997. 'The Perception of Rhythmic Units in Speech by Infants and Adults', Journal of Memory & Language 36, 202-225.

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 1996. 'An Optimal Alternative to Conflation,' Phonology 13, 409-424.

    Hewitt, Mark & Megan J. Crowhurst. 1996. 'Conjunctive Constraints and Templates in Optimality Theory,' Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society 26 , Graduate Linguistics Student Association, Amherst, MA, pp. 101-116.

    *Crowhurst, M.J. & M. Hewitt. 1995. 'Prosodic Overlay & Headless Feet in Yidiny', Phonology 12, 39-85.

    Crowhurst, Megan J. & Mark Hewitt. 1995. 'Directional footing, degeneracy, and Alignment,' in J. Beckman, (ed.), Proceedings of North East Linguistic Society 25, vol. 1 , Graduate Linguistics Student Association, Amherst, MA, pp. 47-61.

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 1994. 'Foot Extrametricality and Template Mapping in Cupeño,' Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 12, 177-201.

    Crowhurst, M.J. 1994. 'Prosodic Alignment and Misalignment in Diyari, Dyirbal, and Gooniyandi: An Optimizing Approach', in R. Aranovich et al (eds.), Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 13 , Stanford Linguistics Assoc., Stanford, pp. 16-31.

    *Crowhurst, Megan J. 1993. 'Diminutives and Augmentatives in Mexican Spanish: A Prosodic Analysis,' Phonology 9, 231-253.

    Crowhurst, Megan J. 1991. 'Demorafication,' in T. Sherer (ed.) Proceedings of the North East Linguistics Society 21, Graduate Linguistics Student Assoc., Amherst, MA, pp. 49-64.

    Crowhurst, Megan J. 1988. 'Empty consonants and direct prosody,' in H. Borer (ed.) Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 7 , Stanford Linguistics Assoc., Stanford, pp. 67-79.


    Dissertation:

    Crowhurst, Megan J. (1992). Minimality and Foot Structure in Metrical Phonology and Prosodic Morphology. Distributed by Indiana University Linguistics Club, Bloomington.


    Photo: Peace statue, Madrid, New Mexico. © Megan Crowhurst.