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Brian Hsu
Department of Linguistics
University of Southern California
3601 Watt Way, GFS 301
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Email: hsub [at] usc [dot] edu
Website: www-scf.usc.edu/~hsub/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My main theoretical interests are at the interface between syntax and phonology. My
research investigates the types of syntactic information that infuence the creation of
prosodic structure, and the formal mechanisms by which syntactic and phonological
requirements can interact to determine word order. The goal of my research program is to
obtain superior descriptions of syntactic and phonological representations, and a deeper
understanding of the relationships between different modules of language faculty.
EDUCATION
2012-2015
(expected)
Ph.D. In linguistics, University of Southern California.
Dissertation: Syntax-prosody interactions in the clausal domain
2010-2012
M.A. in linguistics, University of Southern California.
Thesis: On classes of French bare nouns and the lower nominal domain
2006-2010
B.A. in linguistics with honors, Haverford College.
Thesis: A long-distance dependency analysis of Mandarin bei-passives in LFG
2009
Courses taken at l'Université Paris Diderot – Paris VII.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Journal articles
In review
Variation in Bangla complementizer order: The effect of intonational phrasing.
Submitted to Natural Language & Linguistic Theory.
Refereed conference proceedings
In prep.
Variation in Bangla complementizer order at the syntax-prosody interface. To
appear in the Proceedings of NELS 45.
In prep.
Information structure features and syntax-prosody mapping of Bangla embedded
clauses: implications for Match theory. To appear in the Proceedings of the 2014
Meeting on Phonology.
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2014
Unifying phonotactics and derived environment blocking through prosodic
constraint indexation. In the Supplemental Proceedings of the 2013 Meeting
on Phonology. Available here.
2013
Constraining exceptionality as prosody-morphology mismatch: a study of French
nasal vowels. To appear in the Proceedings of CLS 49. Chicago: Chicago
Linguistic Society.
Edited volumes
To appear
Proceedings of the 32nd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Eds.
Thomas Borer, Huilin Fang, Alfredo García Pardo, Peter Guekguezian,
Brian Hsu, Charlie O'Hara, Iris Chuoying Ouyang, Ulrike Steindl.
Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
Manuscripts
2012 The ClP/NP split in bare nouns: evidence from French.
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
Jan. 2015
An interface approach to second position effects in Bangla complementation. Poster
presented at the Linguistic Society of America 2015 Annual Meeting.
Oct. 2014
Variation in Bangla complementizer order at the syntax-prosody interface. Poster
presented at NELS 45. MIT.
Sep. 2014
Information structure features and syntax-prosody mapping of Bangla embedded
clauses: implications for Match theory. Poster at Phonology 2014. MIT.
May 2014
Prosodic structure building constrains syntactic movement: evidence from Bangla.
Poster at ETI 3: Prosody and Constituent Structure. McGill University.
Apr. 2014
Variation in Bangla complementizer order: The effect of intonational
phrasing. Talk at Southern California Students in Linguistics Workshop.
USC.
Nov. 2013
Unifying phonotactics and derived environment blocking through prosodic
constraint indexation. Poster at Phonology 2013. UMASS Amherst
Apr. 2013
Constraining exceptionality as morphology-phonology mismatch. Talk at Chicago
Linguistic Society 49. University of Chicago.
Apr. 2013
Explaining exceptional patterns in language: an interface solution from syntax and
phonology. Talk at USC Graduate Research Symposium. USC.
Jan. 2013
Constraining exceptionality as prosody-morphology mismatch. Southern
California Students in Linguistics Workshop
Dec. 2012
Two Categories of Bare Nouns: Evidence from French. Talk at Going Romance
2012. KU Leuven.
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INVITED TALKS
Nov. 2014
French linguistics. Talk presented at the Undergraduate Students in
Linguistics Language Workshop, USC.
TEACHING
2011-2014
Assistant Lecturer, Department of French and Italian, USC
French 120 (introductory French) – Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
French 150 (intermediate French) – Fall 2012 – Spring 2014
AWARDS AND HONORS
2010-2015
College Doctoral Fellowship. Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences,
USC.
2010
Best Thesis in Theoretical Linguistics. Department of Linguistics,
Swarthmore College.
SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
2014
Editorial board, Proceedings of WCCFL 32
2014
Organizing committee, WCCFL 32 at USC
2012-2013
Student-Faculty Liaison, USC Graduate Students in Linguistics
2011-2012
USC Graduate Student Government senator
2011-2012
Treasurer, USC Graduate Students in Linguistics
2014-present Member, Linguistic Society of America
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
English (native)
MATLAB
Mandarin Chinese (native)
Praat
French (fuent)
Adobe Photoshop
Spanish (moderate)
Adobe Indesign
Japanese (moderate)
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