Dept. of Linguistics
University of Washington
B-203 Padelford
Box 354340
Seattle WA 98195

Phone: (206) 685-3549
Fax: (206) 685-7978

Email: lauramcg @ u dot washington dot edu

Dept. of Communication
University of Washington
121 Communications
Box 353740
Seattle WA 98195

Fax: (206) 616-3762

Office hours, Autumn 2009 (in Padelford B-203):

MW 1:00p-2:00p  (and by appt.)

Phone: (206) 685-3549
Email: lauramcg @ u dot washington dot edu

LING 200: Introduction to Linguistic Thought
Classroom: ARC 147
Lecture times: MWF 2:30-3:20p
Sections: TTH

LING DL200: Introduction to Linguistic Thought(Online course taught through UWEO)

LING courses

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 the Phonology-Morphology Interface"

COM courses

COM 374: Perspectives on Language

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

Ph.D., 2003, Linguistics, Indiana University (Dissertation: Constraints on patterns of primary and secondary stress) [available for download here]

M.A., 1999, Linguistics, Indiana University

B.A., 1994, Russian, Trinity University

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.

For full CV click here.