Carol Neidle Professor, Linguistics and French Head of the Linguistics Program
Email: carol@bu.edu Web: http://ling.bu.edu/people/neidle Web: http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/carol.html Office phone: 617-353-6218 Fax: 617-358-4641 Office number: 101 Office address: 621 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 Office hours: Spring 2014: walk in M 2:30-4; R 10:30-11:30; or Lab: http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/

BA, Yale College
MA, Middlebury College
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Neidle teaches courses in general linguistics and French linguistics. Her research interests include syntactic theory and the syntactic structure of American Sign Language (ASL).

Professor Neidle is the Director of the American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project (ASLLRP). Funding from the NSF supports linguistic research on the syntactic structure of ASL, development of computational tools (including SignStream, a MacOS application) to facilitate analysis of signed language and gesture, and collaborative research with computer scientists interested in the problem of sign language recognition. Through our National Center for Sign Language and Gesture Resources, several different types of experimental resources and analyzed data are made publicly available.

Her publications include The Syntax of American Sign Language: Functional Categories and Hierarchical Structure (MIT Press) and The Role of Case in Russian Syntax (Dordrecht: Kluwer).

Professor Neidle coordinates the undergraduate Linguistics Program.

Courses
Spring 2014
Course number	Course title	Section		Instructor	Days	Time	Room
CAS LF 502	The Structure of French: Syntax		A1	Neidle	MWF	12-1	CAS 323A
	(Conducted in French.) After an introduction to some of the main features of the sentence structure of French (with occasional excursions into Quebecois), attention will be focused on a number of specific topics in French syntax: e.g., the position of the finite and non-finite verb, formation of questions and relative clauses, different types of subject-verb inversion, quantifier floating and the position of subjects, negation, the behavior of clitic pronouns, imperative and causative constructions, right and left dislocation, as well as the relationship between specific syntactic constructions and intonation. The class will be "hands-on", with sets of data presented for students to analyze and reflect upon (in class and in homework assignments). Readings will include articles by the most interesting and influential French linguists. Students will also engage in independent lilbrary research on a topic of interest. [Prereq: CAS LF 303 and CAS LX 250 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.]
Note: This course cannot substitute for CAS LX 522 Syntax I for major or minor requirements. It does satisfy Linguistics major requirements for linguistic analysis of a specific language. It also counts as one of the four electives for the French Studies major; as an elective for the Linguistics minor; or as one of the six courses required for a French minor.
Fall 2014
Course number	Course title	Section		Instructor	Days	Time	Room
CAS LX 250	Introduction to Linguistics		A1	Neidle	TR	2-3:30	TBA
			S1	Neidle	F	9-10	TBA
			S2	Neidle	F	10-11	TBA
			S3	Neidle	F	11-12	TBA
			S4	Neidle	F	12-1	TBA
			S5	Neidle	F	1-2	TBA
			S6	Neidle	F	2-3	TBA
			S7	Neidle	F	9-10	TBA
			S8	Neidle	F	11-12	TBA
			S9	Neidle	F	1-2	TBA
	Study of the fundamental properties that all languages share, and of how languages differ, with respect to structure (sound system, word formation, syntax), expression of meaning, acquisition, variation, and change; cultural and artistic uses of languages; comparison of oral, written, and signed languages.
Satisfies CAS Divisional Studies course requirements for the Humanities. Students signing up for CAS LX 250 A1 should also sign up for one of the Friday discussion sections.