Andrew Carnie Explained

Andrew Carnie
Birth Date:	19 April 1969
Birth Place:	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Field:	Linguistics
Alma Mater:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral Advisor:	Kenneth Hale

Andrew Carnie (born April 19, 1969) is a Canadian professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona.^[1] He is the author or coauthor of nine books and has papers published on formal syntactic theory and on linguistic aspects of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. He was born in Calgary, Alberta. He is also a teacher of Balkan and international folk dance. In 2009, he was named as one of the Linguist List's Linguist of the Day.^[2] From 2010-2012, he has worked as the faculty director of the University of Arizona's Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs. In August 2012, he was appointed interim Dean of the graduate college. From 2013-2022, he worked as the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College. In that role he founded the University's Graduate Center, established the university's Graduate faculty, significantly increased student diversity, and worked to establish better working conditions and wages for students.

Linguistics

The bulk of Carnie's research has been in the fields of syntax, morphology, and phonology. He works primarily on the Celtic Languages, particularly Irish and Scottish Gaelic.^[3]

Education

• B.A. (Hons) in Linguistics and Celtic Studies: The University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto, 1991
• Ph.D. in Linguistics and Philosophy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995

Books

• Proceedings of the 18th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, Cascadilla Press, 1999 (with Sonya Bird, Jason Haugen, and Peter Norquest)^[4]
• The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages, Oxford University Press, 2000 (with Eithne Guilfoyle)^[5]
• Papers in Honor of Ken Hale (MITELF1), MITWPL, 2000 (with Eloise Jelinek and MaryAnn Willie)^[6]
• Syntax: A Generative Introduction, Blackwell Publishers, 2002^[7]
• Formal Approaches to Function: In honor of Eloise Jelinek, John Benjamins Publishers, 2003, (with Heidi Harley and MaryAnn Willie)^[8]
• Verb First: On the Syntax of Verb Initial Languages, John Benjamins Publishers, 2005, (with Heidi Harley and Sheila Dooley)^[9]
• Syntax: A Generative Introduction: Second Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
• Constituent Structure, Oxford University Press, 2008^[10]
• Irish Nouns, Oxford University Press, 2008^[11]
• Constituent Structure, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010
• Modern Syntax: A Course Book, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
• Formal Approaches to Celtic Linguistics. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011
• Syntax: A Generative Introduction: Third Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013^[12]
• The Routledge Handbook of Syntax (editor), Routledge, 2014
• Syntax: A Generative Introduction: Fourth Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2021^[13]

External links

• Personal homepage

Notes and References

1. News: Outstanding UA faculty members are recognized. May 21, 2010. Arizona Daily Star. 8 July 2012.
2. Web site: Andrew Carnie, University of Arizona. linguistlist.org. 27 November 2017. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034228/http://linguistlist.org/studentportal/linguists/carnie.cfm. live.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-03-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170323142847/http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~carnie/vita/PDF/vita.pdf . 2017-03-23 .
4. Web site: WCCFL 18 Proceedings. Cascadilla.com. 27 November 2017.
5. Web site: Oxford University Press: The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages: Eithne Guilfoyle . 2006-03-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311091932/http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Linguistics/SyntaxMorphology/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTEzMjIzNg. 2007-03-11 .
6. Web site: MITWPL - MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. (MITWPL). Web.mit.edu. 27 November 2017.
7. Web site: Welcome to SYNTAX. 10 February 2006. 27 November 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20060210232231/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/carnie/. 10 February 2006.
8. Book: Formal Approaches to Function in Grammar: In honor of Eloise Jelinek - Edited by Andrew Carnie, Heidi Harley and MaryAnn Willie [LA 62]]. Benjamins.com. 20 March 2003. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 9789027296900. 27 November 2017. 27 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004852/http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2062. dead.
9. Book: Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages - Edited by Andrew Carnie, Heidi Harley and Sheila Ann Dooley [LA 73]]. Benjamins.com. 17 February 2005. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 9789027294753. 27 November 2017. 27 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004617/http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2073. dead.
10. Web site: Oxford University Press: Constituent Structure: Andrew Carnie. 25 May 2011. 27 November 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525185504/http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Linguistics/SyntaxMorphology/?view=usa&ci=9780199261994. 25 May 2011.
11. Web site: Oxford University Press: Irish Nouns: Andrew Carnie . 2009-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604144515/http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Linguistics/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5OTIxMzc1Nw. 2011-06-04 .
12. Web site: Publications Carnie. 2020-09-14. carnie.sbs.arizona.edu.
13. Web site: Carnie, Andrew (2021a) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. 4E. Wiley-Blackwell. 2023-01-23. andrewcarnie.org.