User:Russky1802



Hi, my name is Alex. I'm interested in syntactic theories (GB, Minimalism), linguistic typology, formal semantics (particularly, aspect), language acquisition (both L1 and L2), psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, British studies. I collect dictionaries (and love browsing through them, too!)

I have just completed my master's program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in L2 acquisition.

I was a Fulbright scholar in 2006-2008.

Here is a list of scholars I admire and respect (the list is by no means complete!):
 * Rebecca M. Frumkina
 * Yakov Testelets
 * Elena V. Paducheva
 * Aleksandr E. Kibrik
 * David Crystal
 * Noam Chomsky
 * David Adger
 * Andrew Radford
 * Ray Jackendoff
 * Howard Lasnik
 * Victoria Fromkin
 * Liliane Haegeman
 * Stephen Pinker
 * Anna Wierzbicka
 * Terrence Deacon
 * Mark Baker
 * Peter Ladefoged
 * John C. Wells
 * Jerry Fodor
 * Lydia White

My favorite professors:
 * Robert Bley-Vroman
 * William O'Grady
 * Yuko Otsuka

My favorite movies:
 * The hours
 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
 * The Pianist

My favorite TV shows:
 * Babylon_5
 * Stargate SG-1
 * South Park
 * Sanctuary
 * Stargate Universe
 * The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
 * The Colbert Report

Best books on linguistics:

Best books on generative syntax: