Associate Professor of Linguistics Contact Info vleesch@uga.edu Office: 209 Joe Brown Hall 7065422440 Dr. Vera Lee-Schoenfeld's areas of expertise are formal syntax, the syntax-phonology interface, and the syntax-pragmatics interface / information structure. Her particular research focus is on marginally acceptable phenomena in German syntax analyzed in a minimalist framework. Phenomena she has investigated include infinitive constructions of various complexity, verb phrase fronting, binding, inalienable possession, and dative/accusative case alternations. To back up her empirical claims, Dr. Lee-Schoenfeld has conducted questionnaire-based studies and interviews with native speakers as well as corpus searches. Education: Ph.D. Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, June 2005 Ed.M. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Boston University, May 1998 B.S. Modern Foreign Language Education, Boston University, May 1997, Summa cum laude B.A. French Language and Literature, Boston University, May 1997, Magna cum laude Research Research Interests: Areas of Interest: Language Acquisition Syntax and Morphology Specific Research Areas: Syntax, Language acquisition, Germanic languages
