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WikiProject Theoretical Linguistics is a project to help create and improve Wikipedia articles about theoretical linguistics and theories of language.

WikiProject Theoretical Linguistics Tasks List

Here are some open WikiProject Theoretical Linguistics tasks. Please be bold and contribute!

• Broad/general: Syntax, Semantics, Phonetics, Phonology, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Generative linguistics, Spoken language
• Syntax/Semantics: Relational grammar, Transformational grammar, Deep structure, Minimalism, Principles and Parameters, Operator, Merge (linguistics), Control (linguistics), Raising (linguistics), Pirahã language (syntax section)
• Phonetics/Phonology: Extrametricality, Advanced tongue root, Accent, Optimality Theory, Harmonic Grammar, Autosegmental phonology, Dissimilation
• Morphology: Bracketing paradox, Bound morpheme, Allomorph
• Historical: Genetic, Language merger, Phylum, Proto-language
• Anthro/Socio: Stylistics, Dialectology, Digraphia, Linguistic rights, Internationalism, Accent, Moribund language, Ethnography of communication
• Psycho/Cognitive: Prototype Theory, Specific language impairment, Speech error
• Linguists: John R. Ross, David Pesetsky, Angelika Kratzer, Jerrold Sadock, John Ohala, Noam Chomsky, John Goldsmith
• Requests: Obviation, Crossover effects, Specificness, more requests...

Feel free to edit this list or discuss these tasks. Please mark theoretical linguistics articles with {{WPTL}} in their Talk page.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Linguistics.

Members

• — Dalbury^(Talk) 20:57, 26 December 2005 (UTC) : Ph.D. Linguistics. University of Florida 1974
• — FrancisTyers 00:11, 27 December 2005 (UTC) : M.A. Linguistics University of East Anglia, 2006.
• — Angr 15:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC) Ph.D. Linguistics, Cornell University, 1997.
• — Sacundim 06:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• — Cadr 10:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC) B.A. Linguistics UCL 2006
• — Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 21:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC): just dropped out of B.A. Linguistics
• — GoodSirJava: B.A. Linguistics University of Rochester (in progress)
• — Dinglydell: B.A. Linguistics University of Sussex, M.A. Syntax University of Essex
• — RockRockOn: B.A. Linguistics Brigham Young University (in progress), Spanish Minor
• — Matve 15:31, 10 April 2006 (UTC): PhD Linguistics, UCL (completed December 2009)
• — Straughn: PhD Linguistics University of Chicago (in progress)
• — mitcho/芳貴: MA Linguistics University of Chicago 2007
• — AndrewCarnie: Ph.D. Linguistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1995, Assoc. Prof of Syntax University of Arizona
• — Amerique: No Ph.D. but am interested in Whorfian issues.
• — Dr Moshe: Ph.D. Linguistics. Mostly interested in historical linguistics, etymology and semantic change.
• — AnOrdinaryGuy: Ph.D. Linguistics University of Manchester (in progress)
• — Edricson: Specialist (MA equivalent) in Linguistics, Moscow State University (in progress)
• — Archangeleon: B.A. Linguistics SUNY Buffalo (in progress)
• — Timiciousknid: B.A. English UIUC.
• — trwier: Ph.D. Linguistics University of Chicago (in progress)
• — watasenia: MA equivalent in General Linguistics Technical University of Berlin, Sinology and Comparative Literature Free University of Berlin (in progress)
• — Yupik: B.A. Linguistics UIUC, 1994.
• — Alastair Haines 18:46, 16 March 2007 (UTC): Th.D. Old Testament Australian College of Theology (in progress, diachronic analysis of love poetry)
• — Trondtr 19:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC). Ph.D. (dr. art.) Linguistics, University of Tromsø, 2004.
• — Ro: M. Linguistics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (in progress, historical linguistics).
• — Russky1802: M.A. L2 acquisition, University of Hawaii at Manoa (in progress); B.A. Applied Linguistics.
• — Pete Harris: M.A. Linguistics, UCL
• — User:Sandy Ritchie: M.A. Italian & Linguistics University of Edinburgh (in progress)
• — Electriceel (Tom): B.A. Japanese & Linguistics University of Melbourne (in progress)
• — Viverechristus: Ph.D. Linguistics University of Texas at Arlington (in progress)
• — DThrax
• — Egfrank 12:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC): CEO/lead inventor for a company specializing in natural language software; interests in morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse
• — User:Jasy jatere PhD (in progress). Lexical categories, typology, language contact, language description, methodology.
• — JWB (talk) 02:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• — MCX 15:52, 02 February 2008 (GMT): Undergraduate in Linguistics at the University of Manchester.
• — nyoro~n B.A. Linguistics, UCSC (in progress)
• — Randomfocus Ph.D. in applied Spanish linguistics at Georgetown University (in progress).
• — ishwar Ph.D. in linguistics at University of Massachusetts Amherst (in progress).
• — AkselGerner B.A. in linguistics from the University of Copenhagen. M.A. in progress in Finnish and Fennougristics at the University of Turku
• — Hkotek M.A in linguistics at Tel Aviv University (in progress).
• — Hurmata (talk) 22:41, 21 July 2008 (UTC) amateur
• — Politizer MA/PhD linguistics (in progress) at the University of Kansas
• Action potential — Undergraduate student studying linguistics and other cognitive sciences.
• — Minetruly B.A. in Linguistics from State University of New York at New Paltz
• — Lady Linguist
• — Shugyousha M.A.-Level (Japanese Studies, in progress) at the University of Zurich; Fields of interest: Formal syntax and Computational Linguistics.
• — æk Interests: syntax, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics
• — Alton B.A. Linguistics, UCLA (in progress). Slavic languages, morph/syntax
• — Boson

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Stubs

• Linguistics stubs
• Linguist stubs (not all of them are theoretical linguists, but a lot of them are)

Pages needing attention

• Category:Theoretical Linguistics articles needing expert attention
• Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Linguistics

Proposed deletions

• Linked words (via WP:PROD)

Resolved

• Intervocalic (via WP:PROD on 16 August 2007) Deleted

Articles for deletion

Resolved

• Quirky subject kept; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quirky subject. —Angr 11:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Categories

• Category:Theoretical Linguistics articles needing expert attention
• Category:WPTL articles - article talk pages with the {{Project Theoretical Linguistics}} template on.