User:Russky1802

Hi, my name is Alex. I'm interested in syntactic theories (GB, Minimalism), linguistic typology, formal semantics (particularly, aspect), language acquisition (both L1 and L2), psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, British studies. I collect dictionaries (and love browsing through them, too!)

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I have just completed my master's program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in L2 acquisition.

I was a Fulbright scholar in 2006-2008.

Here is a list of scholars I admire and respect (the list is by no means complete!):

• Rebecca M. Frumkina
• Yakov Testelets
• Elena V. Paducheva
• Aleksandr E. Kibrik
• 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:

• Robert Bley-Vroman
• William O'Grady
• Yuko Otsuka

My favorite movies:

• The hours
• 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:

• Babylon_5
• Stargate SG-1
• South Park
• Sanctuary
• Stargate Universe
• 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 0-312-41936-8. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
• Fromkin, V.; et al. (2000). Linguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19711-7. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
• Crystal, D. (2006). How language works. Woodstock, NY; New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 978-1-58567-848-8.

Best books on generative syntax:

• Adger, D. (2003). Core Syntax: A Minimalist approach. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-924370-0.
• Haegeman, L. (1994). Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19067-8.