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

Office: 102A Smith Building
Office hours: By appointment
Alternative office hours: profkirby (AIM)

suki (AT) ibiblio.org

Recent writings

• Kirby, Susannah. (To appear). Syntax and semantics: Argument mapping and
  maturation in child passives. Proceedings of the 38th West Coast Conference
  on Formal Linguistics.
• Kirby, Susannah. (2009). Semantic scaffolding in first language acquisition:
  The acquisition of raising-to-object and object control. PhD Thesis.
• Kirby, Susannah, and Misha Becker. (2007). Which It Is It?: The acquisition
  of referential and expletive it. Journal of Child Language, 34, 571-599.
• Kirby, Susannah. (2005). Semantics or Subcases?: The acquisition of proform
  and expletive 'it'. MA Thesis.

Professional and academic information

• CV
• Research Statement
• Teaching Statement
• Teaching Portfolio

Classes taught

• Ling 203 (Language Acquisition)
• Ling 101 (Intro to Language)
• Ling 101 Online

Helpful downloads

• Ling 101 Handouts
• Ling 101 Homeworks
• A very exploratory proto-tutorial on how to make a website.

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: 12 May, 2009