Susannah Kirby
the elusive susannah is rarely captured in her natural habitat

Office: 320 Dey Hall
Office hours: T 2-3pm, R 12-1pm, or by appointment
Alternative office hours: profkirby (AIM)

Contact me

• tofu AT email DOT unc DOT edu

Classes taught

• Ling 203 (Language Acquisition): Spring 2008
• Ling 101 (Intro to Language): Fall 2007, Fall 2006
• Ling 101 Online: Spring 2007
• Ling 30 (Intro to Language): Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004

Recent writings

• Kirby, Susannah, and Misha Becker. (2007). Which It Is It?: The acquisition
  of referential and expletive it. Journal of Child Language, 34, 1-29.
• Kirby, Susannah. (2005). Semantics or Subcases?: The acquisition of proform
  and expletive 'it'. MA Thesis.

Professional and academic information

• CV
• Teaching Portfolio

Obligatory intellectually elitist joke

Q: Two linguists walk into a bar. Which of them was the specialist in
deictic and anaphoric discourse referent resolution strategies?
A: The other one.

Last update: 11 June, 2008