Lecturer, University of Washington

Department of Linguistics
Box 354340
Seattle, WA 98195

Department of Communication
Box 353740
Seattle, WA 98195

Office: Padelford B-203
Phone: 206-685-3549
Email: lauramcg@uw.edu

(Download a copy of my CV here)


Current courses (for Winter 2012):

LING 200 A Introduction to Linguistic Thought
LING 200 B Introduction to Linguistic Thought (online course taught through UW P&CE)
COM 374 Perspectives on Language

Office hours (Winter 2012):

TH 10:00a-12:00p and by appointment (in Padelford B-203)


Other UW Courses taught:

COM 374 Perspectives on Language
LING 100 Fundamentals of Grammar
LING 200 Introduction to Linguistic Thought
LING 451 Introduction to Phonological Analysis
LING 452 Phonology II
LING 580 Problems in Linguistics:
                "Essentials of Optimality Theory"
                "Issues in Metrical Phonology"
                "Prosodic Morphology and Phonology-Morphology Interface"


Research interests:
Phonology, Optimality Theory, opacity effects, metrical phonology (stress),
first language acquisition, phonological speech disorders


Education:

Ph.D., 2003, Linguistics, Indiana University (Dissertation: Constraints on
Patterns of Primary and Secondary Stress [available for download here])

M.A., Linguistics, Indiana University

B.A., Russian, Trinity University

Selected papers and publications:

McGarrity, Laura W. 2008. Nonuniformity of Coda Weight in Kuuku-Ya'u. In Ashley W. Farris-Trimble and Daniel A. Dinnsen (eds.), Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics 6: Phonological Opacity Effects in Optimality Theory, 55-70. Bloomington, IN: IULC Publications.

McGarrity, Laura W. 2007. Coda weight variability and context-dependency in Kuuku-Ya'u. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (Jan. 5-8, 2007), Anaheim, CA.

McGarrity, Laura W. 2005. Patterns of sonority-sensitivity in languages with multiple stresses. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (Jan. 6-9, 2005), Oakland, CA.

Dinnsen, Daniel A. & McGarrity, Laura W. 2004. On the nature of alternations in phonological acquisition. Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 10, 23-41. [pdf]

McGarrity, Laura W. 2002. On the typological predictions of fixed vs. complementary rankings of stress constraints. In A. Aguwele & H. Park (eds.), Online Proceedings of the 2002 Texas Linguistics Society. University of Texas, Austin: Texas Linguistic Forum. [pdf]

McGarrity, Laura W. & Botne, Robert. 2002. Between agreement and case marking in Lamnso. In R. Botne & R. Vondrasek (eds.), Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics 3, Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamnso' to Sesotho, 53-70. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Linguistics Club. [pdf]

Dinnsen, Daniel A., McGarrity, Laura W., O'Connor, Kathleen & Swanson, Kim. 1999/2000. On the role of sympathy in acquisition. Language Acquisition 8, 321-361. [pdf]

McGarrity, Laura W. 1999. A sympathy account of multiple opacity in Wintu. In K. Baertsch & D. A. Dinnsen (eds.), Indiana University Working Papers in Linguistics 1: Optimal Green Ideas in Phonology, 93-107. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Linguistics Club. [pdf]

Dinnsen, Daniel A. & McGarrity, Laura W. 1999. Variation and emerging faithfulness in phonological acquisition. In A. Greenhill, H. Littlefield & C. Tano (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 172-183. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.