Wayne Cowart, PhD

  • Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus
Wayne Cowart

310 A-Wing Science Building, Portland Campus

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.

Wayne Cowart

310 A-Wing Science Building, Portland Campus

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