English Department
Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-9055
Email: Anne.Lobeck@wwu.edu
Fax: 360-650-4837

Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Washington, 1986
M.A., Linguistics, University of Washington, 1983
B.A., cum laude, French, Whitman College, 1979
Visiting Researcher, Department of Linguistics, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985-6
Visiting Researcher, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT, 1984 (unofficial)
Linguistic Society of America Summer Linguistics Institute participant, UCLA, 1983

Western Washington University English Department, Bellingham, WA, 1990-
University of Alabama English Department, Birmingham, AL, assistant professor, 1986-1990
University of Washington Linguistics Department: teaching assistant, 1982-1985
University of Washington Linguistics Department: Instructor, 1984-5

Linguistic Society of America 1984-
National Council of Teachers of English 2001-2004
Assembly of Teachers of English Grammar (NCTE) 2001-
Northwest Women Studies Association 1993-
Modern Languages Association, 1992
Linguistics Association of the Southwest 1990-1992
Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, 1986-1989

Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award: 1994, 2001
Golden Key Society: 2000
Summer Teaching Grant, Western Washington University, 1999
Summer Research Grant, Western Washington University, 1997
Summer Research Grant, Western Washington University, 1995
Summer Research Grant, Western Washington University, 1993
Summer Teaching Grant, Western Washington University, 1992
Travel Grant, Bureau of Faculty Research, Western Washington University, 1991
Summer Research Grant, Western Washington University, 1991
Summer Research Grant, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1990 (declined)
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 1989
University of Washington Dissertation Year Fellowship, 1985
Linguistic Society of America Fellowship, 1983

Fall, 1996
Winter and Spring, 1997-98
Fall, Winter, Spring 2005-2006

English 201: Introduction to Fiction and Composition
English 370: Introduction to Language
English 436: The Structure of English
English 438: The Cultural History of English
English 439: Language and Gender
English 474: English Usage
English 497: Language and Power
English 514: Linguistic Theory and Literary Analysis
English 514: The Language Instinct
English 338: Women in Literature
English 406: Language and Subjectivity: Chomsky and Derrida (with Marc Geisler)
Linguistics 303: Syntax
TESL 402: English Grammar for TESL
TESL 401: Introduction to Linguistics for TESL

Remedial English Composition
Freshman Composition
Introduction to Linguistics
Introduction to Syntax
Advanced Syntax
Semantics
Morphology
Advanced History of English
The Story of English
Language and Power (honors)
Language Acquisition
English Grammar (advanced and introductory)

Introduction to Linguistics (undergraduate)
Introduction to Syntax (graduate)

2005:
Language in the Schools: integrating linguistics into K12 teaching.
Editor, with Kristin Denham. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

2000
Discovering Grammar: An Introduction to English Sentence Structure. Oxford University Press.

1995
Ellipsis: Functional Heads, Licensing and Identification. Oxford University Press.

Under Contract:
Discovering Grammar: An Introduction to English Sentence Structure. Second Edition. Oxford University Press
Introductory Linguistics Textbook (tentative title). with Kristin Denham. Thomson/Wadsworth.

To appear:
Using Description to Teach (About) Prescription. In Clever and Right: Linguistic Studies in Honor of Joseph Emonds. Simin Karimi and Vida Samian, eds. Mouton de Gruyter

2005
Ellipsis in DP. In The Blackwell Companion to Syntax. Martin Everaert and Henk van Riemsdijk, eds.. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA.
A Critical Approach to Standard English. In Language in the Schools: integrating linguistics into K12 teaching. Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck, eds. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2003
Ellipsis in DP. in The Syntax Companion. The LingComp Foundation. Van Riemsdijk, H. and M. Everaert, eds. Tilburg, The Netherlands. (25 pp.) (online publication)

2002
(with Kristin Denham). A Practical Grammar Course: A (Partially Annotated Syllabus) Syntax in the School: Journal of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammars, Vo. 18, No.2, Winter, 2002, pp. 1-7. National Council of Teachers of English.

1999
VP Ellipsis and the Minimalist Program: Speculations and Proposals. In Fragments: Studies in Ellipsis, Conjunction and Gapping. New York, Oxford University Press. 42 pp.

1998
(with Simin Karimi) Specificity in English and Persian. Proceedings of Northeast Linguistic Society 28. GLSA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (15 pages)

VP Ellipsis is not PF Deletion. Proceedings of the MidAmerica Linguistics Conference. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. (12 pages)

Backlash in Language and Gender Research: Lakoff (1975) and Tannen (1990). Nimeye Digar 2.2 (Persian language feminist journal) Special Issue Zanan va Zanan (Language and Women). pp. 46-64.

1993
Strong Agreement and identification: evidence from ellipsis in English. Linguistics 31, pp. 777-811.

1992
Licensing and Identification of Ellipted Categories in English. Proceedings of the Ellipsis Workshop , University of Stuttgart. 55 pp.

(with Edwin Battistella) An ECP Account of Verb Second in Old English. Proceedings of the Chicago Linguistics Society Conference on the Theory and Practice of Historical Linguistics. Chicago Linguistics Society, 11pp.

SPEC-head agreement in DP. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 10. Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications (CSLI), Stanford University. pp. 297-308.

1991
The Phrase Structure of Ellipsis. In Perpectives on Phrase Structure: Heads and Licensing. Syntax and Semantics, vol. 26. S. Rothstein (ed.). Academic Press, pp. 81-103.
Deletion. Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. pp. 344-345.
(with Edwin Battistella) On Verb Fronting, Inflection Movement, and Aux Support. Canadian Journal of Linguistics 36.3. pp. 225-267.

1990
Functional Heads as Proper Governors. Proceedings of the 20th Northeastern Linguistics Society Conference. GLSA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 15 pp.
(with Edwin Battistella) Living on the Margin: Some pros and cons of being a linguist in an English department. The Cornell Lectures: Women in the Linguistics Profession. Linguistic Society of America, Washington, DC. pp. 245-250.

1988
Clitics and Coordination. (with Yves Roberge) University of Toronto Working Papers. Vol. 9. pp. 59- 80.
Ellipsis Across Categories. The SECOL Review, pp. 209-227.

1987
Syntactic Constraints on VP Ellipsis. Indiana University Linguistics Club. Bloomington, IN. 195 pp. (Ph. D dissertation)
VP Ellipsis in Infinitives: INFL as a Proper Governor. Proceedings of the 17th Northeastern Linguistics Society Conference, GLSA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. pp. 425-442.

1984
On the Domain of Locality Conditions. (with Ellen Kaisse). Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 3. University of California, Santa Cruz. pp. 170-178.

2006
Etymologies of Names: Language Change in the Classroom. Presentation in Linguistic Society of America workshop ''K-12 Linguistics Materials,'' Kristin Denham and Carol Lord, organizers. Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

2005
What’s in a Name? Paper presented in panel ''Fun with Prescriptive Rules,'' Kristin Denham, organizer. National Council of Teachers of English Convention, Pittsburgh. PA.

2004
Using Description to Teach Prescription. Paper presented at LSA Symposium: Forging Connections between Linguists and Educators, Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck, organizers. Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Using Description to Teach (About) Prescription. University of Washington Linguistics Colloquium.

2003
The Teaching of Grammar: Descriptive Grammar in the Writing Classroom. Panel on Linguistics in K12 Education, National Council of Teachers of English Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Unnatural Language: A Critique of Standard English. Western Conference on Linguistics, University of AZ, Tucson.

2002
The Writing Classroom as a Gateway for Linguistics. (with Kristin Denham) Paper presented at the symposium ''Bringing Linguistics into the Schools: Preparing K-12 Teachers and Curricula.'' Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck, organizers. Linguistics Society of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Strategies for Teaching History of the English Language: Making HEL Relevant to Students and the Curriculum. Studies in History of the English Language II, University of Washington, Seattle, 2002.

1998
A Typology of VP Anaphora. University of British Columbia Linguistics Department Colloquium. Vancouver, British Columbia.
The role of Sigma-0 in VP Anaphora. University of Calgary Linguistics Department Colloquium. Calgary, Alberta.

1997
(with Simin Karimi) Specificity in English and Persian. The Northeast Linguistic Society Conference 28. Toronto.
VP Ellipsis is not PF Deletion MidAmerica Linguistics Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

1996
VP Ellipsis and the Minimalist Program: Speculations and Proposals. Conference on Fragments: Studies in Ellipsis, Conjunction and Gapping. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
A Minimalist Approach to VP Ellipsis. University of Washington Linguistics Department.

1994
Backlash in Language and Gender Research: Lakoff (1975) and Tannen (1990). Northwest Women Studies Association Regional Conference, Tacoma, WA.

1993
Agreement Chains, Licensing and Identification in DP in English, French and German. University of Washington Linguistics Department.

1992
Licensing and Identification of Ellipted Categories in English. The Stuttgart Ellipsis Workshop. Stuttgart, Germany. 55 pp.
Ellipsis and the ECP. Tilburg University Linguistics Department, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

1991
SPEC-head agreement in DP. West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 10. Arizona State University.
DP, Extraction and Ellipsis. University of British Columbia Linguistics Department.

1989
Functional Heads as Proper Governors. The Northeast Linguistics Society Conference 20. University of Pittsburgh.
The Phrase Structure of Ellipsis. Linguistic Society of America Conference on Phrase Structure, University of Arizona, Tucson.
(with Edwin Battistella) Living on the Margin: Some pros and cons of being a linguist in an English department. Linguistics Society of America Conference on Women in the Linguistics Profession, Cornell University.

1988
(with Edwin Battistella) An ECP Account of Verb Second in Old English. Chicago Linguistics Society Conference on the Theory and Practice of Historical Linguistics. University of Chicago.
Word Order in English. Workshop on Romance Syntax. University of Ottawa.
In defense of X’ theory: evidence from ellipsis. University of Wisconsin Linguistics Department
Case transmission through empty heads. University of Washington Linguistics Department

1987
Ellipsis across categories. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics. Georgetown University.

1986
VP Ellipsis in Infinitives: INFL as a proper governor. The Northeastern Linguistics Society Conference 17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1985
Why there is no VP Anaphora in French. Linguistic Society of America. Seattle, WA
Coordination, Verb Raising and Subject Clitics. (with Yves Roberge). Linguistic Society of America, Seattle, WA.

1984
Evidence for the Notion of Argument Domain. Linguistic Society of America. Baltimore, MD.
On the Domain of Locality Conditions. (with Ellen Kaisse) West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 3. University of California, Santa Cruz.
On the Domain of Locality Conditions. University of Washington Linguistics Department

2004
''American Tongues: Language Discrimination in the U.S.'' Sedro-Woolley High School, Sedro-Woolley, WA.

1994
The Ethics of Language, Sex and the Law. Whatcom Community College Ethics class.
Sexist and Racist Labels. Mathes Hall, WWU
Criteria for Tenure and Promotion. Western Washington University English Department Colloquium

1992
The pros and cons of team teaching. Western Washington University English Department Colloquium

1991
Syntactic Empty Things. Western Washington University English Department Colloquium

1998
Licensing Empty Nouns in French, by Petra Sleeman, Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics. Language 74.2, pp. 430-431.

1987
Common and Courtly Language: the stylistics of social class in 18th century British literature by Carey McIntosh. in Language 63.3. p. 673

Co-Editor:
Syntax in the Schools, Assembly of Teachers of English Grammar, NCTE 2003-2005

Associate Editor
Syntax in the Schools, Assembly of Teachers of English Grammar, NCTE 2001

Abstract reviewer: Linguistic Society of America, Northeastern Linguistics Society Conference, West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 1990

Article reviewer: Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, The Linguistic Review, Linguistic Inquiry, Linguistic Analysis, Linguistics

Committees and National Organizations:
National Council of Teachers of English 2001-2004
The Assembly on the Teaching of English Grammar 2001-
Linguistic Society of America (since 1984):
Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics 1993-1996
Committee on Linguistics in the School Curriculum 1999-2001

Program Coordinator: (with Kristin Denham) The Assembly on the Teaching of English Grammar Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, Summer, 2004.

Session Chair:
Conference on Salish Languages, Western Washington University, 2002
West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of Washington, 1997

Outside Reviewer:
Tenure and Promotion of Simin Karimi, University of Arizona

MLA/FIPSE Committee co-chair, 1993
Chair, Search Committee (English Language), 1992-3
Graduate Examination Committee, Summer, 1992
MLA-FIPSE Planning Committee, 1991-1992
English Education Committee, 1990-1993
Undergraduate Committee, 1990-1992
FIPSE Teaching Committee, 1992-1994
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1991-1994
Executive Committee, 1993-1994
Chair Search Committee, 1994
Chair Search Committee, 1996
Activities Committee, 1994-1996
Linguistics and Creative Writing Search Committee, 1996
Course Release Committee, 1997
Linguistics Search Committee: 1997
Chair, Curriculum Committee, 1998-2000
Linguistics Search Committee, 1999
Advisor, Elementary English Education 2000-2001
Outreach Committee, 2002
Curriculum Committee 2003-4
Advisory Committee 2004-2005

Master’s Thesis Committees:
Chuck Denny, Donna Rushing, Leslie Martin, Heather Sofarelli, Steve Poulin, Walt Clewell (chair), Kathryn Kowalski

Summerstart participant, 1990
Guest Speaker for SMART program: Summer, 1992
Women Studies Program 1990-
Women Studies Colloquium, 1995
Women Studies Scholarship Committee, 1994, 1995
Women Studies Steering Committee, 1995-1996
Women Studies Course Committee, 1995-1996
Women Studies Task Force 1993-1994
Women’s Commission 1993-1996
Student Academic Grievance Board, 1992-1996 (Chair, 1993)
English as a Second Language Planning Committee, 1990-1993
College of Arts and Sciences Librarians Search Committee, 1997
Chair, Teaching English as a Second Language Advisory Board, 1996-2002 (Chair, 1998-2002)
Linguistics Program, 1992-
Linguistics Program English Concentration Advisor, 1994-

Self-designed Major Committees:
James Cooper, Karen Schacht, Kristin Porter, Erin Ogawa, Coral Scherma, Holly Johnson, Azizi Tookas

Honors Thesis Committee Chair
Adam Bollen

English Department Undergraduate Committee, 1988-9
English Department Library Committee, 1987-8
English Department Curriculum Committee, 1986-8

Co-director: Linguistics Program, 1987-1990
Women Studies Planning Committee, 1987-1990
Women Studies Curriculum Committee (chair), 1988-1990
Faculty Senate Committee for Academic Affairs, 1987-1989
Faculty Senate Committe for Financial Affairs, 1987-1990
Outside Advisor for Honors course in Cognitive Science, 1987

Judge: Alabama State Spelling Bee, 1987-1990
High School Articulation Conference, 1987
Speaker: John Carroll High School French Club, 1989
Birmingham AAUW, Language and Gender, 1989
Tom York’s Morning Show, Sexist Language, 1988
Learning Resource Center, The Structure of Words, 1988
The Ethics of Language, Sex and the Law. Whatcom Community College Ethics Class.1994
Invited speaker, National Honor Society, Concrete High School, Concrete, WA. 2003

Edwin Battistella, Dean of Humanities, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR.
Richard Emmerson, Director, Academy of Medieval Studies, Cambridge, MA.
Ray Jackendoff, Department of Linguistics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Joseph Emonds, Department of Linguistics, Kobe Shoin University, Kobe, Japan
Rebecca Wheeler, Christopher Newport University, Dept. of English. Newport News, VA.