Youri Zabbal
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Department of Linguistics University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA (413) 545-0885 Research Interests Formal Semantics, Number, Numeral Expressions, Free Choice, French and Arabic Linguistics Education |
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2002 - present |
Ph.D. Program in Linguistics Ph.D. anticipated July 2007 Thesis: Testing One Two Three: The Syntax and Semantics of Numeral Expressions Committee: |
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2000 - 2002 |
M.A. in Linguistics (Semantics) Thesis:The Semantics of Number in the Arabic Noun Phrase Committee: |
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1988 - 1993 |
B.A. Major in Logic
University of Toronto, Canada |
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1988 - 1993 |
B.Sc. 4-Year Specialist in Physics
University of Toronto, Canada |
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Presentations |
Fall 2006 |
A Semantics for Free Choice Indifference in French NELS 37. October 15, 2006. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
Fall 2005 |
How to Deal with Cardinals and Ordinals SNEWS. October 25, 2005. UConn. |
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Fall 2003 |
The Semantics of the French Indeterminate Expression ‘N’Importe’ MIT/UConn/UMass/Brown Semantics Workshop. October 25, 2003. UMass. |
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Fall 2002 |
The Semantics of Number in the Arabic Noun Phrase MIT/UConn/UMass Semantics Workshop. November 23, 2002. MIT. |
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Spring 2002 |
The Semantics of Number in the Arabic Noun Phrase Departmental Presentation. April 17, 2002. University of Calgary. |
Publications |
To appear. A Semantics for Free Choice Indifference in French. In Emily Elfner and Martin Walkow, eds., Proceedings of the thiry-seventh meeting of the North Eastern Linguistic Society, Amherst, MA: GLSA. To appear. Proceedings of the thirty-sixth meeting of the North Eastern Linguistics Society, Amherst, MA: GLSA. [edited with Christopher Davis and Amy Rose Deal] |
Teaching |
Spring 2006 |
Instructor Ling 201: Intro to Linguistic Theory University of Massachusetts, USA |
Fall 2005 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 101: People and Their Language University of Massachusetts, USA |
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Spring 2005 |
Instructor Ling 201: Intro to Linguistic Theory University of Massachusetts, USA |
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Fall 2004 |
Instructor Ling 201: Intro to Linguistic Theory University of Massachusetts, USA |
Summer 2004 |
Instructor Ling 101: People and Their Language (Online course) University of Massachusetts, USA |
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Spring 2004 |
Instructor Ling 201: Intro to Linguistic Theory University of Massachusetts, USA |
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Fall 2003 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 201: Intro to Linguistic Theory University of Massachusetts, USA |
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Spring 2002 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 319: Semantics University of Calgary, Canada |
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Spring 2002 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 203: Intro to Linguistics II University of Calgary, Canada |
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Spring 2002 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 401: Syntactic Analysis University of Calgary, Canada |
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Fall 2001 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 201: Intro to Linguistics I University of Calgary, Canada |
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Fall 2000 |
Teaching Assistant Ling 301: English Syntax University of Calgary, Canada |
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1999 - 2000 |
ESL Teacher HANSA Language Centre Toronto, Canada |
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Research |
2006-2007 |
Research Assistant Profs. Margaret Speas and Thomas Roeper, Semantics and Acquisition NSF grant BCS-0527509: The Project on Epistemology and Indexicality in Navajo, Tibetan and English |
Summer 2005 |
Research Assistant Dr. Barbara Partee, Semantics NSF grant BCS-0418311: The Russian Genitive of Negation: Integration of Lexical & Compositional Semantics |
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Fall 2001 |
Research Assistant Dr. Hotze Rullmann, Semantics SSHRC grant 410-2001-1545 |
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Summer 2001 |
Research Assistant Dr. Martha McGinnis, Syntax |
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Service |
2002 - present |
Web Design and Administration: GLSA Website Linguistics Department System Admin University of Massachusetts |
Spring 2006 |
Student Member of the Semantic Search Committee University of Massachusetts |
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Fall 2002 - Summer 2005 |
System Administrator: Linguistics Department University of Massachusetts |
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Fall 2004 |
Website Design: Current Department Website (with Jan Anderssen and Sarah Vega-Liros) University of Massachusetts |
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Summer 2004 |
Web Programming and Design: Partee Genealogy (with Jan Anderssen) University of Massachusetts |
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Spring 2004 |
Web Programming: Experiment Sign-Up Database University of Massachusetts |
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Fall 2003 |
Web Programming and Design: GLSA Website University of Massachusetts |
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Spring 2002 |
Website Design Linguistics Department Website University of Calgary |
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Fall 2001 |
Website Design Linguistics Faculty Web Pages University of Calgary |
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Fall 2001 |
Website Design Linguistics 201 Course Website University of Calgary |
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Fall 2000 - Spring 2001 |
Website Design Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 7 |
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Professional Experience |
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1995 - 2000 |
Consultant: Programming and IT
Silver Snail Comics Inc. Toronto, Canada |
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1996 - 1998 |
Consultant: Programming and IT
Machanik & Stone Public Relations Toronto, Canada |
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1994 - 1997 |
Junior Programmer
Timelog Systems Inc. Concord, Canada |
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Other Languages |
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English (Native), French (Native), Arabic (Basic Grammar)
Several Programming Languages, including Pascal, C, Perl, Assembler |