Academic Staff 2011-2

Head of School of Language Science

Prof. Malka Rappaport Hovav
Research interests: lexical semantics, argument structure, relation between linguistic categories and general cognitive and conceptual categories
E-mail mhovav "at" mscc.huji.ac.il
Office Number 7816
Office Phone (58)83982
Office Hours T 10:00-12:00
[More information]
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Lexical Semantics
Semester B: History of Linbguistics as a Discipline, Part 2: The Chomskyan Revolution; Introduction to the Study of Language [Cognitive Science]

Faculty

Dr. Elitzur Bar-Asher Sigal (School of Language Science)
E-mail ebas "at" pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
Office Number 6116
Office Phone (58)81978
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: History of Linguistics as a Discipline, Part 1: Formation of the Discipline; Predication and Existence (MA)

Dr. Nora Boneh, B.A. Advisor
Research interests: Tense, aspect, modality; Possessive constructions; Periphrastic constructions
[More information]
E-mail bonehn "at" mscc.huji.ac.il
Office Number 7815
Office Phone (58)83981
Office Hours Sem. A: M 14:30-15:30; Sem. B: T 14:30-15:30
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Introduction to Linguistics; Selected Topics in Romanian Linguistics; Issues in Aspect, Tense, and Modality (MA)

Prof. Edit Doron, M.A. Advisor
Personal web site: http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~edit/edit/
Research interests: Formal semantics, lexical semantics and morphological relations, syntax.
Recent work has covered such topics as the meaning of resumptive pronouns, predicate nominals, verbal templates, apposition, generic nouns, adjectival passives
[More information]
E-mail edit "at" vms.huji.ac.il
Office Number 7810
Office Phone (58)83976
Office Hours M 16:00-16:30
Courses 2011-2
Semester B: Language, Thought, and Society; Seminar for the PhD Students in the School of Language Sciences

Prof. Yehuda Falk, Generative Linguistics Coordinator
Personal web site: http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~msyfalk/
Research interests: Constituent structure and grammatical functions, syntactic theory, syntactic typology
Recent work has covered such topics as subjecthood, auxiliaries, infinitives, noun phrases, long-distance dependencies, and mixed-category constructions
[More information]
E-mail msyfalk "at" mscc.huji.ac.il
Office Number 7812
Office Phone (58)83978
Office Hours SW 14:45-15:30
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Morphology; Multifunctionality in Syntax: Wh Constructions (MA)
Semester B: Phonology; Lexical-Functional Grammar

Prof. Daniel Fox, Director of Language, Logic, and Cognition Center
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Language, Logic, Cognition Reading Group (MA)
Semester B: Issues in Semantics

Dr. Ilan Hazout
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester B: Syntactic Theory

Dr. Ivy Sichel
Personal web site: http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~isichel/
Research interests: Comparative syntax, the relation of morphology and syntax, syntactic theory, the syntax-discourse interface, interactions between discourse and syntactic factors in relation to pronominal deixis and anaphora
Recent work has covered such topics as aspects of pronominal syntax and interpretation, the structure of noun phrases, and long distance dependencies
[More information]
E-mail isichel "at" mscc.huji.ac.il
Office Number 7809
Office Phone (58)83975
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Language and Identity
Semester B: Towards a Sociolinguistics of Hebrew in Israel (MA); Issues in Contemporary Syntactic Theory (MA); Language, Logic, Cognition Reading Group (MA)

Prof. Yael Ziv
Research interests: Discourse functions of syntax and information structure, the division of labor between semantics and linguistic pragmatics and extra-linguistic pragmatics
Recent work has covered such topics as word order variations, non-sentential utterances, special construction types, the functions of discourse markers, the formal and functional nature of discourse units, the form of referring expressions and discourse grounding devices.
[More information]
E-mail mszivy "at" mscc.huji.ac.il
Office Number 7804
Office Phone (58)83973
Office Hours T 11:15-12:15
Courses 2011-2
Semester B: Pragmatics; Conditionals -- Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics (MA)

Teaching Assistants

Ms. Julia Adler
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Introduction to Linguistics -- Tutorial [non-departmental]

Mr. Pavel Katz
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Meaning and Context

Ms. Sara Kessler
Office Number 7805
Office Phone (58)83974
Office Hours Th 2:15-3:15
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Meaning and Context [English Department]

Ms. Adi Shamir
Office Number 7805
Office Phone (58)83974
Office Hours T 18:30-19:30
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Introduction to Linguistics -- Tutorial

Mr. Noam Siegelman
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester B: Language, Thought, and Society (tutorial); Topics in Semantics (tutorial)

Ms. Dana Rubinstein
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester B: Language, Thought, and Society (tutorial)

Ms. Ilona Spector
Office Number 7815
Office Phone (58)83981
Office Hours T 14:15-15:15
Courses 2011-2
Semester B: Language, Thought, and Society (tutorial)

Ms. Avigail Tsirkin-Sadan
Office Number TBA
Office Phone TBA
Office Hours TBA
Courses 2011-2
Semester A: Introduction to Linguistics -- Tutorial [non-departmental]
Semester B: Language, Thought, and Society (tutorial)