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Steve Parker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
E-mail: steve_parker@gial.edu

 Steve Parker

Field Experience top

 

Steve worked in the Peru Branch of SIL for ten years, mostly between 1985 and 1996. Together with his wife Monica, he worked in Papua New Guinea from 2003 to 2005.

Personal top

  Steve likes to play chess. His favorite food is pizza. The first cousin of his grandmother's grandfather was the second wife of President Grover Cleveland.

Education top

 

B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

  2002 Ph.D. Linguistics University of Massachusetts Amherst
      Dissertation title:  Quantifying the sonority hierarchy
(Supervisor John Kingston)
  1988 M.A. Linguistics University of Texas at Arlington
      Thesis title: Some universal aspects of coalescence processes confirmed by Chamicuro phonology and morphology
(Supervisor Donald Burquest)
  1980 B.A. Spanish Indiana University, Bloomington

Academic Honors:

  • inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, 1978
  • inducted into Phi Eta Sigma honor society, 1978
  • inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society, 1980
  • named outstanding graduating student of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 1981

Professional Experience top

 

Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, TX
2007 - Present

  Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
  Courses Taught
   
  • AL 4303 Principles of Phonological Analysis
  • AL 5304 Applied Phonology
  • AL 5395 Current Issues in Descriptive Linguistics: Frontiers in Phonology
  • AL 5395 Current Issues in Descriptive Linguistics: Optimality Theory
  • AL 5398 Seminar in Applied Linguistics: Tone
  • AL 5398 Seminar in Applied Linguistics: Language Documentation

University of Texas at Arlington, 2007 - Present

  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics

University of North Dakota, 2004-2007

  Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics

SIL International, Dallas, TX, 1981-Present

  Linguistics
    1981-82, 1985-1996: Served in Peru, South America
  • high school Spanish teacher
  • teacher of linguistics at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Bilingüe, Yarinacocha
  • linguistic fieldworker, researcher, and analyst
  • consultant in phonology and orthography
  • coordinator of annual Peru Branch Ethno-Linguistic Conferences (ELCONs)
  • editor of academic publications
  • Spanish translator
2003-05: Served in Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea
  • linguistic consultant in phonology, phonetics, and orthography

Teaching experience:

  • Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, spring 2007
  • Curso Internacional de Lingüística, Alfabetización y Traducción, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru: fall semester, 2005
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst:  spring, summer, and fall 1998, spring and fall 1999, 2000, 2001, spring 2002
  • University of Oregon, Eugene:  summers of 1994-1996
  • University of North Dakota, Grand Forks:  summers of 1988-1993, 1999, 2002, 2005
  • University of Texas at Arlington:  fall 1983, spring and fall 1987, spring 1993
  • University of Oklahoma, Norman:  summer 1984

Master's Committe member:

  • Served as a consultant and committee member for the Master’s thesis of Aurise Brandão Lopes, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1995. Title:  Fonologia da língua Yuhup: uma abordagem não-linear. (English title:  Phonology of the Yuhup language: a non-linear approach.)

Publications and Monographs top

 

Articles
Parker, Stephen G.
2008. “Sound level protrusions as physical correlates of sonority.” To appear in Journal of Phonetics.
2007. “Un análisis acústico del quechua del Cusco (An acoustic analysis of Cusco Quechua).” To appear in GIALens 1.
2007. “Un análisis acústico del quechua del Cusco.” To appear in Revista de la Facultad de Humanidades y Lenguas Modernas, Universidad Ricardo Palma. (English title: “An acoustic analysis of Cusco Quechua”)
2006.“A cross-linguistic corpus of forms meaning ‘yes’.” Linguistic Discovery 4:1-34.
2006.“La rinoglotofilia y el gruñido de afirmación — una tendencia universal.” Lengua y Sociedad 8:27-56.  (English title: “Rhinoglottophilia and the affirmation grunt — a universal tendency.”)
2003.“The psychological reality of sonority in English.” Word 54:359-99.
2001.“Non-optimal onsets in Chamicuro: an inventory maximised in coda position.” Phonology 18:361-86.
2001. “On the phonemic status of [h] in Tiriyó.” International Journal of American Linguistics 67:105-18.
2001.“The acoustic qualities of Bora vowels.” Phonetica 58:179-95.
2000. “Central vs. back vowels.” In Stephen A. Marlett, editor. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 44. Grand Forks, ND: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 1-19.
1999.“On the behavior of definite articles in Chamicuro.” Language 75:552-62.
1999.“A sketch of Iñapari phonology.” International Journal of American Linguistics 65:1-39.
1998. “Notes on determiners in Chamicuro.” Notes on Linguistics 80:8-22.
1998.“On the phonetic duration of Huariapano rhymes.” In Mark Karan, ed. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 42. Grand Forks, ND: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 1-18.
1997.“An OT account of laryngealization in Cuzco Quechua.” In Stephen A. Marlett, ed. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 41. Grand Forks, ND: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 1-11.
1996.“Toward a universal form for ‘yes’: or, rhinoglottophilia and the affirmation grunt.” Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 6:85-95.
1996. “Epéntesis de codas en el huariapano.” In Stephen Parker, ed. Estudios etno-lingüísticos III.  Documento de Trabajo no. 31. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. pp. 102-32. (English title:  “Coda epenthesis in Huariapano.”)
1995.“Chamicuro laterals: a case for Radical Underspecification.” Lingua 97:195-210.
1995.“Review of Michael Kenstowicz. 1994. Phonology in generative grammar. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell.” In Notes on Linguistics 71:48-52.
1994.“Coda epenthesis in Huariapano.” International Journal of American Linguistics 60:95-119.
1994.“Laryngeal codas in Chamicuro.” International Journal of American Linguistics 60:261-71.
1994.“On the motivation for feature geometry.” Notes on Linguistics 65:26-33.
1992.“Geminate alterability: another OCP violation.” Linguistic Analysis 22:246-50.
1992.“El silabeo del grupo consonántico /tl/ en el castellano peruano.” Lexis 16:53-69. (English title:  “On the syllabification of the cluster /tl/ in Peruvian Spanish.”)
1991.“On the syllabification of /tl/ clusters in Spanish.” In Robert A. Dooley and J. Stephen Quakenbush, eds. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 35. Grand Forks, ND: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 103-17.
1990.“Laminal sibilants in Chamicuro.” In Robert A. Dooley and John Clifton, eds. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 34. Grand Forks, ND: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 59-74.
1989.“The sonority grid in Chamicuro phonology.” Linguistic Analysis 19:3-58.
1989.“Un análisis métrico del acento en el piro.” In Stephen Parker, ed. Estudios etno-lingüísticos. Documento de Trabajo no. 21. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. pp. 114-25. (English title:  “A metrical analysis of Piro stress.”)
1982. Enseñanza del castellano como segundo idioma: resumen y adaptación del libro Teaching English as a Second Language: Techniques and Procedures, by C. B. Paulston and M. N. Bruder. 75 pp. Información de Campo no. 484. Lima, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. (English title:  Teaching Spanish as a second language: summary and adaptation of the book Teaching English as a Second Language: Techniques and Procedures.)

Oral Presentations
2004. “An affix-specific phoneme in Arammba.” Presented at the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea, Divine Word University, Madang, September 11.
2003. “Rhinoglottophilia and the affirmation grunt: a universal tendency.” Presented at the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea, University of Technology (Unitech), Lae, August 28.
2002. “The physical substance of sonority.” Presented at Mid-continent Workshop on Phonology 8 (McWOP8). Indiana University, October 26.
1999. “Bora vowels and distinctive feature theory.” Presented at RumJClam 4 (The Fourth Rutgers-UMass Joint Class Meeting). Rutgers University, March 28.
1998. “Disjoint metrical tiers in Huariapano.” Presented at RumJClam 3 (The Third Rutgers-UMass Joint Class Meeting). Amherst, Massachusetts, February 28.
1997. “Glottalized and aspirated stops in Cuzco Quechua.” Presented at the UMass/MIT BBP Workshop (Bay-and-Berkshires Phonology). Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 4.
1991. “The sonority grid in Chamicuro phonology.” Presented at the 47th International Congress of Americanists. Tulane University, New Orleans, July 9.

Books
2002. Quantifying the sonority hierarchy. PhD dissertation. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Reproduced and distributed by GLSA (Graduate Linguistics Students’ Association).
1995. Datos de la lengua iñapari. Documento de Trabajo no. 27. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. (English title:  Data from the Iñapari language.)
1994. Datos adicionales del idioma chamicuro. Documento de Trabajo no. 25. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. (English title:  Additional data from the Chamicuro language.)
1992. Datos del idioma huariapano. Documento de Trabajo no. 24. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. (English title:  Data from the Huariapano language.)
1991. Estudios sobre la fonología del chamicuro. Serie Lingüística Peruana no. 30. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. (English title:  Studies in Chamicuro phonology.)
1987. Kana acha’taka ijnachale kana chamekolo (Vocabulario y textos chamicuro). Comunidades y Culturas Peruanas no. 21. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. (English title:  Chamicuro texts and vocabulary.)

Co-authored Works

2005.Raymond, Mary, and Steve Parker. “Initial and medial geminate trills in Arop-Lokep.” Journal of the International Phonetic Association 35:99-111.
2004. Parker, Steve and Mónica. “Optimality theory and ethical decision making.” In J. Albert Bickford, ed. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session 48:1-11.
1999. Brandão Lopes, Aurise and Steve Parker. “Aspects of Yuhup phonology.” International Journal of American Linguistics 65:324-42.
1996. Parker, Steve and David Weber. “Glottalized and aspirated stops in Cuzco Quechua.” International Journal of American Linguistics 62:70-85.
1996. Parker, Stephen and David Weber. “Las oclusivas glotalizadas y aspiradas en el quechua del Cusco.” In Stephen Parker, ed. Estudios etno-lingüísticos III. Documento de Trabajo no. 31. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. pp. 272-86. (English title:  “Glottalized and aspirated stops in Cuzco Quechua.”)
1990. Davis, Patricia M., Stephen Parker, and Cornelia Noordam Eilander. “Algunas diferencias entre el castellano y los idiomas vernáculos de la amazonía peruana: sugerencias para la educación bilingüe.” In Agot Bergli, ed. Educación Intercultural. Comunidades y Culturas Peruanas no. 23. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. pp. 111-22. (English title:  “Some differences between Spanish and the vernacular languages of the Amazon region of Peru: suggestions for bilingual education.”)
1990. Davis, Patricia M., Stephen Parker, and Cornelia Noordam Eilander. “La cultura autóctona y algunas sugerencias para el aula bilingüe.” In Agot Bergli, ed. Educación Intercultural. Comunidades y Culturas Peruanas no. 23. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. pp. 91-100. (English title:  “Autochthonous culture and some suggestions for the bilingual classroom.”)
1990. Eakin, Lucille, Patricia M. Davis, Stephen Parker, and Cornelia Noordam Eilander. “Estilos de aprendizaje y algunas sugerencias para la enseñanza bilingüe intercultural.” In Agot Bergli, ed. Educación Intercultural. Comunidades y Culturas Peruanas no. 23. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Linguístico de Verano. pp. 83-90. (English title: “Learning styles and some suggestions for intercultural bilingual education.”)
1987. Jackson, Philip M. and Steve Parker. Are Christians all wet? A critical analysis of the purpose of water baptism. Greenwood, Indiana: Growth Publications.

Volumes edited

2008. Phonological argumentation: essays on evidence and motivation. To appear in the series Advances in Optimality Theory. London: Equinox Publishing.
2005. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages, volume 47: phonological descriptions of PNG languages. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 338 pp.
1996. Estudios etno-lingüísticos III. Documento de Trabajo no. 31. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 288 pp. (English title:  Ethno-linguistic studies III.)
1992. Estudios etno-lingüísticos II. Documento de Trabajo no. 23. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 362 pp. (English title:  Ethno-linguistic studies II.)
1989. Estudios etno-lingüísticos. Documento de Trabajo no. 21. Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru: Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 156 pp. (English title:  Ethno-linguistic studies.)

Community Service top

 
Linguistic society service
Served as secretary/treasurer for the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea, 2003-2004
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