Wayne Cowart, PhD
- Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus
Education
- PhD, Linguistics, CUNY Graduate Center, 1983
Research Interests
Psycholinguistics, particularly the cognitive theory of syntax
Language evolution, especially the origin of recursive structures
Comparative psychology of communication
Philosophy of mind/language/linguistics
Selected Publications
McDaniel, D. & McKee, C. & Cowart, W. & Garrett, M. F. (2015). The role of the language production system in shaping grammars. Language 91(2), 415-441. Linguistic Society of America.
Cowart, W., & D. McDaniel. (2012). What kind of thing is a coordinate? In Myers, James (editor). In search of grammar: Experimental and corpus-based studies. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 48.Taipei, Taiwan: Language and Linguistics.
Cowart, W. (2012). Doing Experimental Syntax: Bridging the gap between syntactic questions and well-designed questionnaires. In Myers, James (editor). In search of grammar: Experimental and corpus-based studies. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 48.Taipei, Taiwan: Language and Linguistics.
Cowart, W., & Agupova, T. (2009). On the homogeneity of syntax: How similar do coordinates and subordinates look to the comprehension system? In W. Lewis, S. Karimi, H. Harley & S. Farrar (Eds.), Time and Again: Theoretical Perspectives on Formal Linguistics in honor of D. Terence Langendoen (pp. 121-134). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins.
Cowart, W., & McDaniel, D. (2008). The syntax of coordination and the evolution of syntax. In A. D. Smith, K. Smith & R. Ferrer i Canch (Eds.), The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (EVOLANG7, Barcelona, Spain) (pp. 411-412). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Col.
Education
- PhD, Linguistics, CUNY Graduate Center, 1983
Research Interests
Psycholinguistics, particularly the cognitive theory of syntax
Language evolution, especially the origin of recursive structures
Comparative psychology of communication
Philosophy of mind/language/linguistics