Professor Emerita
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Biography
PhD 1985, University of California at Los Angeles
Prof. Hargus is currently involved in projects related to the documentation of four Native American (or Indigenous) languages: Sahaptin (Yakima dialect) (spoken in Washington state), Deg Xinag (spoken in Alaska), Kwadacha (Ft. Ware) Sekani (Tsek'ene), and Witsuwit'en (spoken in British Columbia). She teaches classes in phonetics, phonology and morphology, as well as field methods and introduction to language documentation. She is currently co-Graduate Program Coordinator (with Prof. Ogihara).
Research
Selected Research
- Sarala Puthuval. "Verb-linking and Events in Syntax: Language maintenance and shift across generations in Inner Mongolia." Diss. U of Washington, 2017. Adviser: Sharon Hargus
- Levow, Gina-Anne, Emily M. Bender, Patrick Littell, Kristen Howell, Shobhana Chelliah, Joshua Crowgey, Dan Garrette, Jeff Good, Sharon Hargus, David Inman, Michael Maxwell, Michael Tjalve, and Fei Xia. 2017. STREAMLInED Challenges: Aligning Research Interests with Shared Tasks. In Proceedings of ComputEL-2: 2nd Workshop on Computational Methods for Endangered Languages, ICLDC 2017, Honolulu Hawai`i. [.bib]
- Russell Hugo. "Endangered languages, technology and learning: A Yakama/Yakima Sahaptin case study." Diss. U of Washington, 2016.Adviser: Sharon Hargus
Research Advised
- Sarala Puthuval. "Verb-linking and Events in Syntax: Language maintenance and shift across generations in Inner Mongolia." Diss. U of Washington, 2017.
- Russell Hugo. "Endangered languages, technology and learning: A Yakama/Yakima Sahaptin case study." Diss. U of Washington, 2016.
- Alison Zerbe. "P'urépecha Fortis v. Lenis Consonants." Honors Thesis, U of Washington, 2012/2013.
- Julia Colleen Miller. "The Phonetics of Tone in Two Dialects of Dane-zaa (Athabaskan)." Diss. U of Washington, 2013.
- Sarala Puthuval. "Loanwords, prominence and the basis for Mongolian vowel harmony." MA Thesis. U of Washington, 2013.
- Manuel Da Conceicao. "Pronominal Affixation and Cliticization in Romance and Bantu Languages." Diss. U of Washington, 2007.
- Emily Curtis. "Geminate weight: case studies and formal models." Diss. U of Washington, 2004.
- Lorna Rozelle. "The Structure of Sign Language Lexicons: Inventory and Distribution of Handshape and Location." Diss. U of Washington, 2003.
- Mary K. FitzMorris. (in progress). "Documenting the historical and ongoing productivity of Seattle Ladino phonology, morphology, and syntax." Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington.
Courses Taught
Spring 2025
Winter 2025
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
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