Neil Myler Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Email: myler@bu.edu Web: https://sites.google.com/site/neilmylerlinguist/ Office phone: 617-358-4642 Office number: B 08 Office address: 621 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 Office hours: Spring 2015: M 3:30-5; R 10-11:30 (or other times, by appointment)

BA and MPhil, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge (UK)
PhD, New York University

Professor Myler teaches courses on morphology and various aspects of comparative morphosyntax. His research interests include morphology, (micro-)comparative syntax, argument structure, and the morphosyntax and semantics of possession cross-linguistically. Prof. Myler carries out linguistic fieldwork on Quechua languages (in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina) and on English dialects. For a full list of publications, see https://sites.google.com/site/neilmylerlinguist/.

Neil Myler introduces himself and describes his courses (see below):

Courses
Spring 2015
Course number	Course title	Section		Instructor	Days	Time	Room
CAS LX 501	Linguistic Field Methods	web	A1	Myler	MWF	2-3	COM 210
	An in-depth investigation of the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and lexicon of an African or other non-Indo-European language. Weekly sessions with language consultant. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.]
CAS LX 517	"Having" and "Being" across Languages	web	A1	Myler	MWF	12-1	KCB 107
	Languages differ startlingly in how they express the apparently basic concepts of “possession” and “essence”. Students explore this variety and its implications, addressing fundamental questions about linguistic relativism, language universals, and the relationship between structure and meaning. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.]
Fall 2015
Course number	Course title	Section		Instructor	Days	Time	Room
CAS LX 530	Variation in English Dialects		A1	Myler	TR	2-3:30	TBA
	This course explores how dialects of English differ from each other, focusing on grammatical variation in the US, with occasional forays into British dialects. The class will examine grammatical diversity on a number of levels (including accents, dialectal vocabulary, and social factors in language variation), but the main focus will be on studying and accounting for morphosyntactic differences amongst varieties. Students come to appreciate how linguists investigate grammatical diversity scientifically, revealing the complex structure of non-standard dialects. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.]
CAS LX 532	Romance Linguistics		A1	Myler	TR	11-12:30	TBA
	This course covers sound and morphosyntactic change since Latin, plus various topics in the comparative grammar of modern Romance languages. In addition, there is a module introducing students to the grammatical systems of certain less-studied Romance languages. Students deepen their linguistic knowledge and analytic skills by applying what they have learned in other Linguistics courses to this language family, and learn how data from Romance languages have contributed to our understanding of how language works in general. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 or consent of instructor; PLUS prior study of some Romance language at the 4th semester level or higher (e.g., CAS LF 212 or CAS LI 212 or CAS LS 212 or CAS LP 212 or equivalent).]
Spring 2016
Course number	Course title	Section		Instructor	Days	Time	Room
CAS LX 501	Linguistic Field Methods		A1	Myler	MWF	9-10	TBA
	An in-depth investigation of the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and lexicon of an African or other non-Indo-European language. Weekly sessions with language consultant. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.]
CAS LX 521	Morphology		A1	Myler	MWF	12-1	TBA
	Morphology, the study of the internal structure and the shapes of words across languages, straddles the boundary between syntax and phonology. Introduction to major issues in the study of morphology, emphasizing links to other components of grammar. [Prereq: CAS LX 250 Introduction to Linguistics or consent of instructor.]
Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.