Wikipedia:WikiProject Linguistics/Theoretical

WikiProject Theoretical Linguistics is a project to help create and improve Wikipedia articles about theoretical linguistics and theories of language.

Here are some open WikiProject Theoretical Linguistics tasks. Please be bold and contribute!

• Broad/general: Phonetics, Pragmatics, Spoken language, List of language subsystems, Systemic linguistics
• Syntax/Semantics: Control (linguistics), Dislocation (syntax), Grammar framework, Set phrase, Vocative case, Crossover effects, Reflexive verb, Minimalist Program
• Phonetics/Phonology: Accent (dialect), Phonotactics, Unicode Phonetic Symbols section "Semantic phonemes and character names"
• Morphology: Bound morpheme, Nunation, Realizational morphology, Set phrase, Causative
• Historical: Genetic (linguistics)
• Anthro/Socio: Accent (dialect)
• Psycho/Cognitive: Specific language impairment
• Linguists: John R. Ross, David Pesetsky, Jim Huang
• Requests: Obviation, Specificness, Phase (linguistics), more requests...

Feel free to edit this list or discuss these tasks. Please mark theoretical linguistics articles with {{WPTL}} in their Talk page.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Linguistics.

Members

• — Dalbury^(Talk) 20:57, 26 December 2005 (UTC) : Ph.D. Linguistics. University of Florida 1974
• — FrancisTyers 00:11, 27 December 2005 (UTC) : M.A. Linguistics University of East Anglia, 2006.
• — Angr 15:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC) Ph.D. Linguistics, Cornell University, 1997.
• — Sacundim 06:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• — Cadr 10:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC) B.A. Linguistics UCL 2006
• — Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 21:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC): just dropped out of B.A. Linguistics
• — GoodSirJava: B.A. Linguistics University of Rochester (in progress)
• — Dinglydell: B.A. Linguistics University of Sussex, M.A. Syntax University of Essex
• — RockRockOn: B.A. Linguistics Brigham Young University (in progress), Spanish Minor
• — Matve 15:31, 10 April 2006 (UTC): PhD Linguistics, UCL (completed December 2009)
• — Straughn: PhD Linguistics University of Chicago (in progress)
• — mitcho/芳貴: MA Linguistics University of Chicago 2007
• — AndrewCarnie: Ph.D. Linguistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1995, Assoc. Prof of Syntax University of Arizona
• — Amerique: No Ph.D. but am interested in Whorfian issues.
• — Dr Moshe: Ph.D. Linguistics. Mostly interested in historical linguistics, etymology and semantic change.
• — AnOrdinaryGuy: Ph.D. Linguistics University of Manchester (in progress)
• — Edricson: Specialist (MA equivalent) in Linguistics, Moscow State University (in progress)
• — Archangeleon: B.A. Linguistics SUNY Buffalo (in progress)
• — Timiciousknid: B.A. English UIUC.
• — trwier: Ph.D. Linguistics University of Chicago (in progress)
• — watasenia: MA equivalent in General Linguistics Technical University of Berlin, Sinology and Comparative Literature Free University of Berlin (in progress)
• — Yupik: B.A. Linguistics UIUC, 1994.
• — Alastair Haines 18:46, 16 March 2007 (UTC): Th.D. Old Testament Australian College of Theology (in progress, diachronic analysis of love poetry)
• — Trondtr 19:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC). Ph.D. (dr. art.) Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 2004.
• — Ro: M. Linguistics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (in progress, historical linguistics).
• — Russky1802: M.A. L2 acquisition, University of Hawaii at Manoa (in progress); B.A. Applied Linguistics.
• — Pete Harris: M.A. Linguistics, UCL
• — User:Sandy Ritchie: M.A. Italian & Linguistics University of Edinburgh (in progress)
• — Electriceel (Tom): B.A. Japanese & Linguistics University of Melbourne (in progress)
• — Viverechristus: Ph.D. Linguistics University of Texas at Arlington (in progress)
• — DThrax
• — Egfrank 12:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC): CEO/lead inventor for a company specializing in natural language software; interests in morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse
• — User:Jasy jatere PhD (in progress). Lexical categories, typology, language contact, language description, methodology.
• — JWB (talk) 02:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• — MCX 15:52, 02 February 2008 (GMT): Undergraduate in Linguistics at the University of Manchester.
• — nyoro~n B.A. Linguistics, UCSC (in progress)
• — Randomfocus Ph.D. in applied Spanish linguistics at Georgetown University (in progress).
• — ishwar Ph.D. in linguistics at University of Massachusetts Amherst (in progress).
• — AkselGerner B.A. in linguistics from the University of Copenhagen. M.A. in progress in Finnish and Fennougristics at the University of Turku
• — Hkotek M.A in linguistics at Tel Aviv University (in progress).
• — Hurmata (talk) 22:41, 21 July 2008 (UTC) amateur
• — Politizer MA/PhD linguistics (in progress) at the University of Kansas
• Action potential — Undergraduate student studying linguistics and other cognitive sciences.
• — Minetruly B.A. in Linguistics from State University of New York at New Paltz
• — Lady Linguist
• — Shugyousha M.A.-Level (Japanese Studies, in progress) at the University of Zurich; Fields of interest: Formal syntax and Computational Linguistics.
• — æk Interests: syntax, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics
• — Alton B.A. Linguistics, UCLA (in progress). Slavic languages, morph/syntax
• — Boson

Templates

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Stubs

• Linguistics stubs
• Linguist stubs (not all of them are theoretical linguists, but a lot of them are)

Pages needing attention

• Category:Theoretical Linguistics articles needing expert attention
• Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Linguistics

Proposed deletions

• Linked words (via WP:PROD)

Resolved

• Intervocalic (via WP:PROD on 16 August 2007) Deleted

Articles for deletion

Resolved

• Quirky subject kept; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quirky subject. —Angr 11:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Categories

• Category:Theoretical Linguistics articles needing expert attention
• Category:WPTL articles - article talk pages with the {{Project Theoretical Linguistics}} template on.