Gwendolyn Hyslop

Department of Linguistics   

1290 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403

glow(at)uoregon.edu

http://uoregon.edu/~glow

 

 

  

The University of Oregon

2006-Present - Pursuing PhD in Linguistics.

2006. M.A. Linguistics. Thesis title: Kurtoep Phonetics and Phonology. Chairs: Scott DeLancey and Susan Guion.

 

The University of Texas at Austin

2003-2004.

Courses taken: Syntax One with Rajesh Bhatt, Syntax Two with Lisa Green, Phonology One with Megan Crowhurst, Phonology Two with Scott Myers, Phonetics with Bjorn Linblom.

 

The University of Wisconsin at Madison

2003. B.S. with distinction in Linguistics.

 

 

 

 

 

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Summer 2004 - Present                Director

The Aienla Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to language and cultural preservation in Northeast India and surrounding areas

 

Spring -Fall 2006                         Hindi Tutor

                                                University of Oregon, Yamada Language Center

                                                Responsible for teaching basic Hindi grammar

 

Fall 2004- Spring 2006                  Graduate Teaching Fellow

                                                University of Oregon, Department of Linguistics

                                                Instructor for Linguistics 150 – The Structure of English Words

                                                Teaching Assistant for: Linguistics 450/550 – Introduction to Phonology with Melissa Redford

                                                             English 495/595 – English Grammar with Scott DeLancey

                                                             Linguistics 101- Introduction to Language with Eric Pederson

 

Spring 2004                                Tutor and Mentor

                                                University of Texas, Athletics Department

                                                Tutor for Introduction to the Study of Language

  

Spring 2002                                Undergraduate Research Assistant

                                                University of Wisconsin, Department of Linguistics

                             Research Assistant for the Menominee Dictionary Project

 

Spring 1999 - Fall 2001                 Tutor

                                                Madison Area Technical College, Alternative Learning Division

                                                Tutor for College Algebra, French 1, Spanish 1-2 and Trigonometry

 

Spring 2000                                Supplemental Information Instructor

                                                Madison Area Technical College, Alternative Learning Division

                                                Organized and held walk-in review sessions for Spanish 1

 

Fall 1999                                    Grading Assistant

                                                Madison Area Technical College, Spanish Department

                                                Responsible for grading homework assignments and exams         

 

 

FIELD WORK/RESEARCH

 

September 2005 – Present                                          Kurtoep (in Bhutan 2007- present)

March – May 2008                                                     Kheng, Bumthang, Chali, Dzala (in Bhutan)

October 2007                                                                    Dakpa (in Tawang, India)

February 2007                                                                   Survey of western Arunachal Pradesh (Nishi, Puroik, Hruso

                                                                                                Sherdukpen, Tshangla, Bugun, Dakpa)

Summer 2005                                                                              Dhulikhel and Kathmandu Newar

August 2002 – February 2003, August 2004, March 2005           Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec (in Oaxaca, Mexio)

August 2003 – May 2004                                                      San Pablo Güilá Zapotec

January 2002 – November 2002                                            White Hmong

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Refereed Articles

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. to appear a. Kurtöp Tone: A Tonogenetic Case Study. Lingua.

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. 2008. Kurtöp Phonology in the Context of Northeast India. In eds. S. Morey and M. Post, North East Indian Linguistics 1: Papers from the First International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistic Society, 3-25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lowes, Gwendolyn and Ausenica Lopez Cruz. 2007a. Potential Aspect and the Role of Tone in Two Variants of Zapotec. In eds. Eloina Miyares Bermudez and Leonel Ruiz Miyares Linguistics in the Twenty-First Century, 135-144.  Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. [expanded version of Lowes & Lopez Cruz 2005]

 

Other Articles/Book Chapters

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. to appear b. Kurtöp and the Classification of the Languages of Bhutan. Proceedings from CLS 42. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. to appear c. Newar Classifiers: a summary of the literature. Newah Vijaana 6

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. to appear d. Personal Pronouns in Kurtöp and Dzongkha. Journal of Bhutan studies

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. to appear e. Some Kurtöp Morphophonemic Properties. Proceedings from the 13th HLS. Shimla

Lowes, Gwendolyn and Ausencia Lopez Cruz. 2005. Tonal Alternations in Potential Aspect within Two Variants of Valley Zapotec. Proceedings from the Ninth International Symposium on Social Communication. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

 

Book Reviews/Notices/Announcements

Lowes, Gwendolyn. 2007b. Notice for Themes in Himalayan Languages and Linguistics ed. by Tej Ratna Kansakar and Mark Turin. Himalayan Linguistics Book Notices 1.1-2. http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/HimalayanLinguistics/reviews/2007/HLN_Kansakar_Lowes.pdf

Lowes, Gwendolyn. 2007c. Report on the 2nd Annual Meeting of the North East Indian Linguistic Society, Guwahati, Assam, India, 5-9 February 2007. LTBA 30:1.219-221.

Lowes, Gwendolyn. 2007d. Notice for Himalayan Languages ed. by Anju Saxena. Himalayan Linguistics 3.1-3.

 

 Other

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. 2008. The Different ‘Monpa’ Languages of Arunachal Pradesh’ Indigenous Herald: Face of Northeast India. http://www.indigenousherald.com/innerpages/commentaries.html

Hyslop, Gwendolyn. 2007. Language and Cultural Preservation in Northeast India. Indigenous Herald: Face of Northeast India. Website:

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

2008. Preliminary Notes on Twanag Monpa (Dakpa). Presented at the 3rd annual meeting of the North East Indian Linguistic Society (NEILS 3). Guwahati, Assam, India. January 21. With Karma Tshering.

2007. Preliminary Notes on Kurtöp Grammar. Presented at the 13th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Shimla, India. October 24.

2007. Pragmatic Ergative Marking in Tibeto-Burman. Presented at the 7th biennial meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Paris, France. September 26. Co-presenter with Scott DeLancey.

2007. Toward a Typology of Tonogenesis. Presented at the 7th biennial meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Paris, France. September 25.

2007. Comparative Notes on Tibeto-Burman Copulas of North East India. Presented at the second annual meeting of the Northeast Indian Linguistics Society (NIELS 2). Guwahati, Assam, India. February 7.

2006. Kurtoep Tonogenesis in the South Asian Context. Presented at the 26th annual meeting of South Asian Language Analysis. Mysore, India. December 21.

2006. Preliminary Notes on Kurtoep Case. Presented at the 12th Annual Himalayan Symposium. Kathmandu, Nepal. November 27.

2006. Kurtoep Case in the Tibeto-Burman Context. Presented at the High Desert Linguistics Society. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. November 11.

2006. Comparative Notes on Tibeto-Burman Copulas. Presented at the 39th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. University of Washington, Seattle. September 16.

2006. Kurtoep Tone: Reflections on Diachrony. Presented at the second Tone and Intonation Europe (TIE 2) conference. Berlin. September 9.

2006. Tonogenesis in Progress: An Experimental Study with Kurtoep. Presented at the LSA summer meeting, East Lansing, Michigan. June 23.

2006.  Kurtoep and the Classification of the Languages of Bhutan. Presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society. April 6.

2006. Kurtoep Phonology in the Perspective of Northeast India. Presented at the inaugural meeting of the Northeast Indian Linguistic Society (NEILS). February 6.

2005. Is there a relationship between tone and gemination?: The story of Teotitlán Zapotec. Paper presented at the 60th annual convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. October 21.

2005. A History of Tone Studies in Sino-Tibetan. Presented at the SASLI graduate student conference. Madison, Wisconsin. June 25.

2005. Reconstructing Tonogenesis in Zapotec. Presented at the Between Stress and Tone Conference. Leiden, the Netherlands. June 16.

2005. Tonogenesis in Zapotec: A Case Study With Teotitilán del Valle Zapotec. Paper presented at the Eighth Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (WAIL VIII). Santa Barbara, California. April 23.

2005. Tonal Alternations in Potential Aspect within Two Variants of Valley Zapotec. Paper presented at the IX International Symposium on Social Communication. Santiago, Cuba. January 27.

 

 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

 

2008-2010     NSF Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

2008             Grant from the Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration and Fieldwork – American Philosophical Society

2007-2009               Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Project Individual Graduate Studentship for documentation of the Kurtoep language.

2007             Fellowship to attend ALT VII – Association for Linguistic Typology

2007                      China and Inner Asia Council Grant - Association for Asian Studies

2007                      Bakony Grant – University of Oregon, Yamada Language Center.

2007                      Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for summer study of Burmese - University of Wisconsin, Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (Declined).

2007             Graduate Student Research Support - University of Oregon, Center for the Study of Women in Society.

2007                      Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for summer study of Chinese - University of Oregon, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.

2006-2008               Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for study of Chinese - University of Oregon, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (Declined 2007-2008).

2006                      Small Professional Grant - University of Oregon, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.

2006                      Graduate School Research Fund Award - University of Oregon.

2006                      LSA Summer Meeting Travel Grant.

2006                      Gary E. Smith Summer Grant - University of Oregon, Graduate School.

2005             Small Professional Grant –University of Oregon, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.

2005                      NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention.

2005                      Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for study of Hindi –University of Wisconsin, South Asia Summer Language Institute.

2005                      Participation Grant for presenters – Between Stress and Tone (BeST) Conference, Leiden University.        

2004-2007               Graduate Teaching Fellowship – The University of Oregon, Department of Linguistics (Declined 2006-2007).

2004-2005               Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for study of Hindi – University of Texas, Asian Studies (Declined).

2003-2004               Meyerson Tuition Fellowship – University of Texas, Asian Studies.

2002                      Hilldale Research Fellowship – University of Wisconsin.

2001                      Merit-Based Travel Grant – University of Wisconsin.

1999                      Academic Excellence Award – Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper.

 

 

LANGUAGES

 

Spanish                                Fluent reading, writing, speaking

French                                 Conversational, advanced reading

Hindi                                   Conversational, intermediate reading, writing

Mandarin Chinese                   Intermediate conversation, reading, writing

Italian                                  Limited comprehension, reading, writing

Kurtoep                                Some comprehension, production

Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec      Limited conversation

Classical Tibetan                    Limited reading

Siberian Yupik, White Hmong   Limited knowledge of structure

  

 

SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

 

Organizational Liaison for Archaeological Legacy Institute. 2007-Present

Reviewer for FLIS Proposals, University of Oregon. 2006

Abstract reader for the 37th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 37). 2005

Co-Organizer of GLOSS and Department of Linguistics Colloquia Series at the University of Oregon, with Chris Doty.  2005-2006

Presented A Crash Course in Zapotec at Foreign Language and International Studies (FLIS) day, University of Oregon. 2005, 2006, 2007

Chair of GLOSS, the student linguistic organization at the University of Oregon. 2004-2005

Director of The Aienla Project (www.aienlaproject.com). 2004-Present

Conference Volunteer for Texas Linguistic Society (TLS), UT-Austin. 2004

Member of Catering Committee for the Symposium about Language and Society (SALSA) 13, UT-Austin. 2004

Abstract Reader for SALSA 13, UT-Austin. 2004

Member of Logistics Committee for the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA) 1, UT-Austin. 2003

Conference Volunteer for CILLA 1, UT-Austin. 2003

Conference Volunteer for South Asia Language Analysis (SALA) 23, UT-Austin. 2003

Narrated documentary on rug-weaving in Oaxaca, Mexico. 2002

Read English texts to be recorded for education program in Oaxaca, Mexico. 2002

Instructor of English, French and Italian. Oaxaca, Mexico. 2002-03

Implemented and taught at language exchange program in Spanish-speaking community in Madison, WI. 2001

Tutored ESL to high school students for CentroHispano in Madison, WI. 2000

Special Education Assistant for Madison Metropolitan School District. 2000

Interpreter (Spanish) for Madison Metropolitan School District. 2000

Vice President of French Club, Madison Area Technical College. 1999

 

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

Member of Linguistic Society of America

Member of the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas

Member of Association for Linguistic Typology

Member of the Association for Asian Studies

Member of the American Anthropological Association

Member of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

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