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Elena E. Benedicto
Linguistics
My teaching focuses on the formal aspects of Syntax and its interaction with Semantics, as well as in bringing little studied languages to the attention of formal linguistics.
Ling 521 Syntax I / Engl 512 Syntax and Syntactic Theory
The first of a sequence of two, this is an introduction to basic syntactic methodology. Generative framework.
Ling 522 Syntax II / Engl 627 Advanced Issues in Syntax
Second semester introduction to Syntax. Generative framework.
Ling 598 / Engl 596 Field Methods in Linguistics
A practical course on methods for data elicitation. Based on a less-commonly taught language.
Engl 627 Elements of African American English
A seminar on the formal gramatical properties of AAE.
Span 552 Spanish Morpho-Syntax
Syntactic properties of Spanish. Generative framework.
Engl 227 Elements of Linguistics
An introduction to the formal properties of Human Language.
Engl 328 English Language: Structure and Meaning
The Syntactic formal properties of English… an introduction for undegraduate students.
Undergraduate students wishing to have a more hands-on approach to a linguistics project may participate in any of the on-going research projects as part of and Honors project.
Graduate students may participate as part of a Directed Reading course.
@URACCAN University (Nicaragua)
In collaboration with URACCAN (the University for the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua), I have developped a series of four courses on the Mayangna language directed to the students in their Bachelor’s Degree for Intercultural Education.
· Mayangna Language I
· Mayangna Language II
· Mayangna Language III
· Mayangna Language IV
Workshops
I have also developped several workshops for the teachers of the Bilingual Education Program in Nicaragua on the grammatical properties of the Mayangna language.
Pedagogical Publications
2001 Diccionario Alfabético Infantil Mayangna. [A bi-dialectal dictionary for elementary school children in the indigenous language Mayangna, for use in the Bilingual Bicultural Programs]. Bilwi, Nicaragua: PEBI/URACCAN.
2001 Mi primer libro. Diccionario Ilustrado Infantil Mayangna. [A primer for kindergarten children in the indigenous language Mayangna, for use in the Bilingual Bicultural Programs]. Bilwi, Nicaragua: PEBI/URACCAN.
1990 "Eines informàtiques a l'ensenyament universitari" [Computer-Aided Education at the University Level], in Anuari de Filologia. Studia Graeca et Latina. Vol.XIII, sec.D, n.1. Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Filologia, Barcelona.