User:Russky1802

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Hi, my name is Alex. I'm interested in syntax (GB, Minimalism), language acquisition (both L1 and L2), psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, British studies. I collect dictionaries (and love browsing through them, too!) I think that (British) English accent (RP or Estuary English or whatever) is very sexy ;)

Currently I'm doing my master's at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in L2 acquisition.

I'm a Fulbright scholar, 2006-2008.

Scholars I admire (the list is by no means complete!):

• David Crystal
• Noam Chomsky
• David Adger
• Andrew Radford
• Ray Jackendoff
• Howard Lasnik
• Victoria Fromkin
• Liliane Haegeman
• Stephen Pinker
• Anna Wierzbicka
• Terrence Deacon
• Mark Baker
• Peter Ladefoged
• John C. Wells
• Jerry Fodor
• Lydia White

My favorite professors:

• Bonnie D. Schwartz
• Robert Bley-Vroman
• William O'Grady

My favorite movies:

• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
• The Pianist

My favorite TV shows:

• South Park
• Lil' Bush
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• The Colbert Report

Best books on linguistics:

• O'Grady, W. et al. (2005). Contemporary Linguistics. Boston; New York: Bedford; St. Martin's. ISBN 0312419368. 
• Fromkin, V. et al. (2000). Linguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 0631197117. 
• Crystal, D. (2006). How language works. Woodstock, NY; New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 9781585678488. 

Best books on generative syntax:

• Adger, D. (2003). Core Syntax: A Minimalist approach. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199243700. 
• Haegeman, L. (1994). Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 0631190678.