Lorie Heggie

DEGREES
December, 1988                 Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Southern California
December, 1984                 A.M. in Linguistics, University of Southern California
May, 1980                          M.A.T. in French and Second Language Acquisition, University of Illinois, Urbana
July, 1976                          B.A. in French, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
8/96 to present: Assistant Professor of Linguistics and French, Tenured, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Illinois State U.
8/90 to 1996: Assistant Professor of Linguistics and French, Department of Foreign Languages, Illinois State University
8/88 to 8/90: Instructor, Department of Linguistics [and Department of French (1 semester)], San Diego State University

TEACHING AWARDS
1997     Teacher Recognition Award for Outstanding Teaching, Sigma Tau Delta (English), ISU
1995     Outstanding College Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University
1980     On the "Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent," University of Illinois

GRANT AWARDS
May, 2005: Illinois State University Workshop on Technology and the Web            
May, 2003: Illinois State University Workshop on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
May, 2002: Illinois State University Workshop on Portfolios in Teaching
Summer, 1999: Illinois State University State Farm Teaching Technology Fellow Award
Summer, 1995: Illinois State University Summer Research Grant
Summer, 1993: Illinois State University Department Research Grant
Summer, 1992: Illinois State University Summer Research Grant

PUBLICATIONS:   BOOKS
2005. Clitic and Affix Combinations: Theoretical Perspectives , edited with F. Ordóñez, [Linguistik Aktuell series]. Amsterdam/Philadelphia:   Benjamins Publishing Co.

2001-2004. The Foundations Book, 3rd - 6th Editions . L. Heggie (ed). Champaign: Stipes Publishing L.L.C.

1993.   The Syntax of Copular Structures , Reprint of 1988 Doctoral Dissertation. Los Angeles: University of Southern California GSIL Publications.

PUBLICATIONS:   ARTICLES
2005. "Clitic Ordering Phenomena:   The Path to Generalizations." With F. Ordóñez. In Clitic and Affix Combinations: Theoretical Perspectives . L. Heggie and F. Ordóñez (eds). [Linguistik Aktuell series] Amsterdam/Philadelphia:   Benjamins Publishing Co.

2001-2002, Winter. "Flow, Centering, and the Classroom: Wisdom from an Ancient Friend,"Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, Vol. 7:63-73.

1993. "The Range of Null Operators:   Evidence from Clefting," Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 11.1:45-84.  

1992. "On Reference in Copular Contexts," In Romance Languages and Modern Linguistic Theory , P. Hirschbühler and K. Koerner (eds), 105-122. Amsterdam/Philadelphia:   John Benjamins, Publishing Co.

1990.   "An ECP Account of the Non-Overt Copula in Israeli Hebrew," in the Proceedings of North East Linguistics Symposium XX , pp. 185-199.

1989.   "Constructional Focus and Equative Sentences," in the Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics VIII, pp. 154-166.

1988.   "A Unified Approach to Copular Sentences," in the Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics VII, 129-142.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
1999.  "Linguistics in the Undergraduate Institution," Modern Language Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, December 27.

1999. "A Syntactic Definition of 'Proposition'," Cognitive Science Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, spring.

1995.   "On the Syntax of DF-Structure: Evidence from Somali," Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 6.

1993.   "On the Relation between Syntax and Discourse," Works in Progress, Illinois State University, November 5.

1993.   "From Arguments to Discourse Functions:   How Syntax Reflects Discourse," Cognitive Science/Philosophy Series, Illinois State University, March 26.

1993.   "Topic-Focus Articulation in Hungarian and English," with James Yoon (University of Illinois), Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, January 8.