Dr. Rurik Tywoniw - English Placement Test Coordinator - I am currently beginning my position as EPT coordinator. I look forward to helping maintain and improve the excellent English Placement Test system at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In my own time, I am working on submitting manuscripts from my dissertation research for publication, and working on computational linguistics...
The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking Edited by Alexandru Mardale and Silvina Montrul INaLCO, Paris / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Differential Object marking (DOM), a linguistic phenomenon in which a direct object is morphologically marked for semantic and pragmatic reasons, has attracted the attention of several subfields of linguistics in the past few years. DOM has...
The MATESL and Linguistics/SLATE programs provided me with theoretical and practical knowledge that could easily be applied to the real world. Diverse teaching and researching opportunities I had under the guidance of amazing mentors have been invaluable (e.g., teaching ESL writing, administering the EPT), and these helped me grow professionally.
Currently, I'm developing a new business writing course called "ESL 525 Elements of Business Writing" in collaboration with my colleagues in Illinois ESL. It is targeted at upper-level international students who needs a single course sequence to fulfill their graduation requirement and wants to study business writing rather than academic writing for their career goal. I'm excited about bringing...
Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields, The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is a one-of-a-kind reference work and it is a timely and valuable resource for anyone looking to explore informal language learning outside of a formal education environment. It features a comprehensive collection of cutting edge research areas exploring...
The University of Illinois has a vast array of resources, including clubs, the extensive library system, webstore, etc. that are useful no matter your position. My time as a MATESL student allowed me to make valuable, cross-campus connections and meet many folks who have become important research partners and friends.
Ionin, Tania & Matushansky, Ora. (2018). Cardinals: The syntax and semantics of cardinal-containing expressions. An argument that complex cardinals are not extra-linguistic but built using standard syntax and standard principles of semantic composition.
Ionin, T., & Rispoli, M. (n.d.). Three streams of generative language acquisition research: Introduction (Vol. 63). John Benjamins Publishing Company. This edited volume contains a representative sample of papers presented at the 7th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition – North America (GALANA-7) conference. The book features three streams of...
Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion, Edited by: Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande, ...
Peter Lasersohn (2017) Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-theoretic Semantics. Oxford University Press. This work explores linguistic and philosophical issues presented by sentences expressing personal taste, such as Roller coasters are fun, and examines how truth-theoretic semantics can account for expressions of this type. It provides a detailed and explicit formal grammar paired with...