Professor Emerita
Fields of Interest
Biography
PhD 1977, Harvard University
Prof. Kaisse has taught linguistics at the University of Washington since 1976. Her research is in the area of phonology (the sound patterns of human languages) and she concentrates on Modern Greek, Spanish (especially the dialects of Argentina), and Turkish. She has co-edited the journal Phonology with Colin Ewen (Cambridge University Press) since 1988. Prof. Kaisse served as the President of the Linguistic Society of America in 2013.
Her most current research asks what types of phonological processes can occur between independent words. It follows from a career-long interest in the interaction of syntax and phonology, phonological typology, and Lexical and Stratal Phonology.
Research
Research Advised
- Robin Baugus. "A Phonological Approach to the Tetragrammaton." Honors Thesis, U of Washington, 2014/2015.
- Michael McAuliffe. "The Suffix Pattern Hypothesis: Origins of Stress-Affecting and Stress-Neutral Affixation in English." Honors Thesis, U of Washington, 2008/2009.
- Kening Li. "The Information Structure of Mandarin Chinese: Syntax and Prosody." Diss. U of Washington, 2009.
- Yungdo Yun. "Glides and High Vowels in Korean Syllables." Diss. U of Washington, 2004.
- Susannah Levi. "The representation of underlying glides: a cross-linguistic study." Diss. U of Washington, 2004.
- Mary K. FitzMorris. (in progress). "Documenting the historical and ongoing productivity of Seattle Ladino phonology, morphology, and syntax." Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington.
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