Books

Optimality Theory: An Overview, edited with D. T. Langendoen, University of Arizona, 1997, Blackwells Publishing, Oxford.
Grounded Phonology, with D. Pulleyblank, University of British Columbia, 1994, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Underspecification in Yawelmani Phonology and Morphology, 1988, Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics, Garland Publishing, New York.

Refereed Journals
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`Syllabification and Prosodic Templates in Yawelmani', 1991, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 231-283.
`Language Particular Underspecification: Gengbe /e/ and Yoruba /i/', with Poovi Abaglo, 1989, Linguistic Inquiry 20, 457-480.
`Review of Lieber, R. (1986) An Integrated Theory of Autosegmental Processes', 1989, Language 64, 791-800.
`Yoruba Vowel Harmony' with D. Pulleyblank (50%-50%), 1989, Linguistic Inquiry 20, 173-217.
`CV-Skeleton or X-Skeleton: The Turkish Evidence', 1985, Studies in the Linguistic Sciences 15, 1-10.
`Yokuts Harmony: Evidence for Coplanar Representations in Nonlinear Phonology', 1985, Linguistic Inquiry 16, 335-372.
`Extrametricality in Yawelmani', 1984-1985, The Linguistic Review 4, 101-120.
`The Root CV-Template as a Property of the Affix: Evidence from Yawelmani', 1983, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 1, 347-384.

Invited Papers
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'Optimality Theory: An Introduction to Linguistics in the 1990s', 1997, in D. Archangeli and D.T. Langendoen, eds., Optimality Theory: An Overview, Blackwells Publishing, Oxford.
'The Yokuts Challenge', with K. Suzuki, 1997, in I. Roca, ed., Derivations and Constraints in Phonology, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
'Aspects of Underspecification Theory', 1988, Phonology 5,183-207.
'Underspecification Theory', The Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics, Pergamon Press and Aberdeen University Press.
'Markedness and Underspecification', Oxford International Encyclopaedia of Linguistics, New York: Oxford University Press.
'Underspecification', Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Linguistic Terminology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

Conference Proceedings
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'Yokuts Templates: Correspondence to Neither Input nor Output', with K. Suzuki, 1996, University of California at Irvine Working Papers in Linguistics 2, Proceedings of the Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory 2.
'Menomini Harmony: Phonological Representations in OT', April 1995, with Keiichiro Suzuki, to appear in Coyote Papers , Proceedings of the Arizona Phonology Conference 5, Features in Optimality Theory.
'Grounding Theory and Javanese Vowels', May 1995, to appear in the Proceedings of SEALS 5.
'Two rules or one...or none? ATR in Yoruba', to appear, Proceedings of Berkeley Linguistics Society 1993, with D. Pulleyblank.
'Maximal and Minimal Rules: Effects of Tier Scansion', 1987, Proceedings of NELS 17, 16-35, distributed by GLSA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, with D. Pulleyblank.
'The OCP and Nyangumarda Buffer Vowels', 1986, Proceedings of NELS 16, 34-46, distributed by GLSA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
'Underspecification in Underlying Representation', 1985, G. Youmans ed., To Honor Roman Jakobson 1-15, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO.
'Yawelmani Verb Morphology and Three-Dimensional Phonology', 1983, Proceedings of NELS 13, 11-29, distributed by GLSA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Research Reports
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'Keley-i Consonant Assimilation', 1987 Coyote Papers 6, 1-15, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
'Yawelmani Noun Stress: Assignment of Extrametricality,' 1985, MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 6, 1-13, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
'An Overview of Lexical Phonology and Morphology', 1984, MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 7, 1-14, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

Conference Presentations
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'Exceptions to Morpheme Structure Constraints', Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory 4, Tucson, AZ. , April 1998
'* *NC9 ', Linguistics Society of American 1998, New York, with K. Ohno.
'Two rules or one...or none? ATR in Yoruba', Berkeley Linguistics Society meeting 1993, with D. Pulleyblank.
'The Yawelmani CVVC Syllable', LSA 1989, Washington, D.C.
`Tiwi Ghost Consonants', LSA 1988, New Orleans.
'The 'Projection' Parameter in Phonological Rules', GLOW 1988, Budapest.
'On the Representation of Affricates', LSA 1987, San Francisco.
'Maximal and Minimal Rules: Effects of Tier Scansion', with D. Pulleyblank, NELS 17, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1986.
'The OCP and Nyangumarda Buffer Vowels', NELS 16, McGill University, Montreal, November 1985.
'Yokuts Harmony: Evidence for Coplanar Representation in Nonlinear Phonology', WCCFL, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, April 1985.
'Underspecification in Underlying Representation', Mid America Linguistics Conference, Columbia, MO, October 1984; Language Acquisition Symposium, Boston University, MA, October 1984.
'Yawelmani Verb Morphology and Three-Dimensional Phonology', NELS 13, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, November, 1982.

Conference Presentations - keynote speaker
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'Why not *NC ', Chicago Linguistics Society 34, University of Chicago, April 1998.
'Output Identity and Javanese Vowels', AFLA 3, UCLA, Los Angeles, April 1996.
'Grounding Theory and Javanese Vowels', SEALS 5, University of Arizona, May 1995.
'Menomini Harmony: Phonological Representations in OT', April 1995, with Keiichiro Suzuki, The Arizona Phonology Conference 5.
'Optimal Tongue Root Harmony Systems', MCOLL 17, University of Minnesota, October 1991.
'Implications of Features and Conditions', WECOL, University of Texas at El Paso, October 1990.
'Grounding Condition Theory', ESCOL, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 1990.
'Aspects of Underspecification', Northwest Linguistics Conference, University of British Columbia, February 1988.

Symposium Presentations
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'Implications for OT from the Yokuts Dialects', with K. Suzuki, presented at Southwest Workshop on Optimality Theory, University of California at Irvine, May 1996.
`Dual Encoding: The Bugis Low Vowel', University of California at Irvine East Asian Language Workshop, April 1993.
Panel discussant, Fourth International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, University of California, San Diego, August 1992.
`Grounded Phonology', Australian Linguistics Institute, University of Sydney, July 1992.
`African Tongue Root Harmony: Optimal Systems', NSF-LSA Workshop on Phonological Features, University of California at Santa Cruz, July 1991 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Addressing the Formal Problem of Language Acquisition: Grounding Conditions and Rules', Language Acquisition Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Holland, June 1991.
`Phonological Behavior of Distinctive Features', Workshop on Psycholinguistic Research in Converging Language Phonologies, SISSA, Trieste, Italy, June 1991.
`Optimal ATR Systems', University of Illinois 25th Anniversary Celebration, April 1991 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Lexical Constraints on Feature Combination', Workshop on Lexical Phonology, University of Washington, June 1990 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Resolving the Transparency Paradoxes', Conference on Feature and Underspecification Theories, MIT, October 1989 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Parameters of Rules', University of Arizona Conference on Parameters in Phonology, July, 1989 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Parameters of Phonological Rules', Workshop on Constraints vs. Rules, University of California at Berkeley, May 1989.
`Feature Organization: Implications of the Maximal/Minimal Parameter', UCLA Symposium on the Structure of Phonological Representations, UCLA, October 1987
`On Underspecification', La Jolla Phonology Workshop, UCSD, April 1987.
`Underspecification of Features and Segments', Workshop on Distinctive Feature Theory, USC, February 1987.
`Extratonality and Japanese Accent', Conference on Japanese Language and Linguistics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 1985 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`An Overview of Lexical Phonology and Morphology', MIT IAP Morphology Conference, Cambridge, MA, January 1984.
`A Metrical Account of Tokyo Japanese Pitch Accent (or Diabolus in Japonica: Tree, Tone, and Accent)', Trilateral Conference on Formal Phonology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, April 1981.

Colloquium Presentations
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'Exploring NC Effects', November 1997, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, with Kazutoshi Ohno.
'Optimality Theory: An Introduction to Linguistics in the 1990s', September 1995, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
'Menomini Vowel Harmony in OT', June 1995, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
`Optimizing the Distribution of Features', April 1993, University of California at Irvine.
`What's the Difference? Characterizing ATR Harmony Systems', University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, February 1993.
`Grounding Theory: An Overview', Yale University, New Haven, CT, February 1993.
`Grounding Conditions in Phonological Systems', University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, February 1993.
`Trade-off in ATR Harmony Systems', MIT, Cambridge, MA, February 1993.
`Two Low Vowels in Bugis', University of British Columbia, January 1993.
`Phonology and Language Acquisition', Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Malang, Indonesia, June 1992.
`Constraining Phonological Rule Inventories', University of Arizona Phonology Club, February 1992.
`(Non)Canonical ATR Harmony: Akan', University of British Columbia, November 1991 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Formal and Substantive Optimality in Phonological Systems', Cognitive Science Brown Bag, University of Arizona, April 1991.
`Grounding Conditions and Rules', University of British Columbia, March 1991.
`Grounding Conditions: Phonological Effects of Articulation', University of Arizona, September 1990.
`Specification and Underspecification: Nonsegmental Phonology', University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, February 1990.
`The Linking of Free Features is not Free: Parameters of Rules ', University of Texas at Austin, November 1989 (with D. Pulleyblank).
`Prosodic Theory and Yawelmani Templates', University of California at San Diego, January 1989.
`Yawelmani Revisited: A Test for the Prosodic Hypothesis', USC October 1988; University of Quebec at Montreal, November 1988, University of Ottawa, November 1988; University of Toronto, November 1988; UA, November 1988.
`Aspects of Underspecification Theory', University of Ottawa, November 1988.
`Ghost and Floating Segments in Tiwi', McGill University, November 1988.
`On the Representation of Segments,' UA, September 1986.
`The Yawelmani Lexicon,' USC, May 1986.
`On the Independent Plane Hypothesis', USC, April 1986.
`The OCP and Nyangumarda Buffer Vowels', University of Arizona, October 1985.
`Representations and Rules in Phonological Theory', Phonetics Laboratory Colloquium, MIT, Cambridge, MA, May 1985.
`Tone in Shanghai Chinese and Underspecification', MIT, Cambridge, MA, May 1985.
`Extrametricality in Yawelmani', University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, April 1985.
`Yokuts Harmony: Evidence for Coplanar Representation in Nonlinear Phonology', University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, October 1984; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, February 1985; University of Texas, Austin, TX, February 1985; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, January 1985.
`Towards a Theory of Underspecification in Phonology', University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, January 1985.
`On the Underspecification of Phonological Representations', Chicago Linguistics Circle, University of Chicago, IL, January 1985.
`Underspecification in Underlying Representation', University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, October 1984.
`On the Nature of Phonological Representations: Underspecification Theory', Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, January 1984.

Works in Progress
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'NC Effects'
'Javanese Vowels and Output Identity', for submission to Phonology.
`Bugis Possessives and Theories of Feature Specification', for submission to Journal of East Asian Linguistics.
`Kinande Vowel Harmony', with Douglas Pulleyblank, under revision for Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
`Optimization and Language Change in Yoruba Dialects', with Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Douglas Pulleyblank, for submission to Language.