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Svitlana Antonyuk-Yudina
(631) 357-0403, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Current Position

Visiting Assistant Professor (August 2009 – June 2011)
Department of Linguistics, Reed College
3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard,
Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
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Phone: (503) 517-7852

Education

PhD in Theoretical Linguistics
Department of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, Sept. 2004 – present
Expected defense date: March/April 2011
Dissertation: “Quantifier Scope and Prosodic Effects in Russian”
Committee members: John F. Bailyn (advisor), Richard K. Larson, Marie K. Huffman,
Paul Pietroski (University of Maryland)

Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute
(Empirical Foundations of Language), Stanford University, CA July 1 – July 27, 2007

MA (Honors) in English and French
Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, July 2004

Exchange Program
Course study: Psychology and French
University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, Sept. 2002 – Dec. 2002

BA (Honors) in English Language and Literature and Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching
Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Sept. 1998 - July 2002

Research Interests

Syntax, Syntax/Semantics interface, Semantics, Prosody/Syntax interface, Sentence Prosody, Experimental Phonology, Experimental Methods in Linguistics, Acoustic Phonetics, Slavic and Comparative Linguistics, Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching

External Funding

(2009-2011) National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant,
Award #: BCS-0921856 (PI Prof. John Bailyn)

Publications

• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana (in press) Prosodic Effects in Word Order: Evidence from
  Ukrainian. Proceedings of North East Linguistic Society 40, MIT, Cambridge, MA
  (with Roksolana Mykhaylyk)
• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana. (2010) Russian Loanword Phonology: A Phonetic Account. In:
  Formal Studies of Slavic Linguistics, ed. A. Smirnova, V. Mihaliček and L. Ressue,
  23-54. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana. (2009) Long-Distance Scrambling, VP Ellipsis, and Scope Economy in Russian. U. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics 15.1: Proceedings of PLC 32, ed. L. MacKenzie, 1-9. http://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol15/iss1/2
• Antonyuk, Svitlana. (2006) The Scope of Quantifier Phrases in Russian: A QR Analysis. Linguistics in the Big Apple. Available at: <http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/lingu/liba/CSN2006.html>

Under Revision

• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana. Quantifier Scope in Russian: What Russian QPs Can and Cannot Do.
• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana. Scope Freezing, Scrambling and QR in Russian.
• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana. A Reply to Stepanov and Stateva: Against the Proposed Correlation between Superiority with wh-movement and Superiority with QR.
• Antonyuk-Yudina, Svitlana and John F. Bailyn. Backward Anaphora in Russian: A Binding-Theoretic Approach. Squib. (to be submitted to Journal of Semantics)

Manuscripts in preparation

• The Interaction of Prosody, Syntax and Pragmatics in the Realization of Quantifier Scope in Russian.
  
• (with John F. Bailyn). A Reply to Neeleman and Titov: On Focus, Stress and Scope in Russian.

Teaching Experience

INSTRUCTOR

LIN 312, The Structure of Slavic (phonology, morphology and syntax of Slavic)
Reed College, Jan. 2011 – May 2011

LIN 352, Phonetics, Phonology and Pragmatics of Prosody
Reed College, Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2010

LIN 211, Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (co-taught with Matt Pearson)
Reed College, Sept. 2009 – Dec. 2009, Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2010

LIN 320, Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics
Reed College, Jan. 2010 – May 2010, Jan. 2011 – May 2011

LIN 321, Phonology
Reed College, Jan. 2010 – May 2010

LIN 341, Formal Semantics (taught as a graduate-level course)
Reed College, Jan. 2010 – May 2010, Jan. 2011 – May 2011

LIN 312, Advanced Syntax (seminar on Quantifier Raising and Scrambling)
Reed College, Sept. 2009 – Dec. 2009

ESL 192 (Composition)
Stony Brook University, Jan. 2009 – May 2009

Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics (4 credits intensive summer course)
Stony Brook University, July – August 2008

Writing 101
Stony Brook University, Sept. 2005 – May 2006

ESL 591 (Graduate course, Aural/Oral)
Stony Brook University, Jan. 2005 – May 2005

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics, TA to Prof. Marie Huffman
Stony Brook University, Sept. 2008 – Dec. 2008

Language and Meaning, TA to Prof. Richard Larson
Stony Brook University, Jan.2008 – May 2008

Undergraduate Syntax, TA to Prof. Daniel Finer
Stony Brook University, Sept. 2007 – Dec. 2007

Introduction to Linguistics, TA to Prof. Alice Harris
Stony Brook University, Jan. 2007 – May 2007

Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics, TA to Prof. Marie Huffman
Stony Brook University, Sept. 2006 – Dec. 2006

Literacy Development, TA to Prof. Joy Jansen
Stony Brook University, Sept. 2004 – Dec. 2004

LANGUAGE TEACHER

Advanced Russian, Russian for Heritage Speakers (all levels), ESL (all levels).
SchoolPlus Sunday enrichment school, Stony Brook, Feb. 2004 – May 2007

English as a Foreign Language (all levels), Ukrainian as a Foreign Language (begin).
ASAP Center for Foreign Languages, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, July 2003 – July 2004

Other Relevant Work Experience

Director of the Registrar, Applications review committee member
The New York - St. Petersburg Institute of Cognitive and Cultural Studies (NYI), State
University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia, summer 2008, summer 2009

Conference Presentations

• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2011. Why Prosody Matters: Surface Scope Bias in Russian Quantifier Scope. LSA Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2011. Frozen Scope, Economy and WCO: New Insights into the Structure of Russian Ditransitives. LSA Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA (with John F. Bailyn)
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2010. On the Interaction of Prosody and Scrambling in Ukrainian. LSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (with Roksolana Mykhaylyk)
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2009. Prosodic Effects in Word Order: Evidence from Ukranian. 40th Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (general session), MIT, Cambridge, MA (with Roksolana Mykhaylyk)
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2009. Prosodic Description of Scopally Ambiguous Sentences in Russian. 18th Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. and J. F. Bailyn. 2008. Backwards Pronominalization in Russian: A Syntactic Account. 17th Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2008. Long-Distance Scrambling, VP-Ellipsis and Scope Economy in Russian. Penn Linguistics Colloquium, Philadelphia, PA
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2007. A Binding-Theory Approach to Backward Pronominalization in Russian. Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, Chicago, IL (with John F. Bailyn)
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2007. Russian Loanword Phonology: A Phonetic Account. Invited Presentation. 5th Graduate Colloquium on Slavic Linguistics, Columbus, OH
• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2007. Russian Loanword Phonology: A Phonetic Account. 2nd Congress of the Slavic Linguistic Society. Centre for General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research (ZAS), Berlin, Germany
• Antonyuk, S. 2006. Reconstruction for Scope and Weak Crossover Effect in Russian: Evidence for the QR Analysis. 8th Annual SUNY/CUNY/NYU mini-conference, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
• Antonyuk, S. 2006. Scope of Quantified NPs in Russian: A Case for Movement Analysis. The First Conference of the Slavic Linguistic Society, Bloomington, IN

Posters

• Antonyuk-Yudina, S. 2008. To The Discussion of Quantifier Scope in Russian. 17th Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics, Yale, New Haven, CT

Invited Talks

• February 24th, 2009. On QR and Scrambling in Russian: A Unification Attempt. CUNY Syntax Supper. CUNY Graduate Center, NY
• November 14th, 2008. On the Prosodic Realization of Doubly Quantified Sentences in Russian. NYU Brown Bag, NYU, NY

Honors and Awards

Stillman Drake Fund, Reed College, fall 2010
Summer Scholarship Fund, Reed College, summer 2010
Conference Travel Grant for Faculty, Reed College, fall 2009, winter 2010
National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Award #: BCS-0921856 (PI Prof. John F. Bailyn), Stony Brook University, spring 2009
Departmental nomination for President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, Stony Brook University, Spring 2009
Full Tuition Scholarship, Graduate School, Stony Brook University, 2004 – 2009
Dept. of Linguistics Summer Research Fund, Stony Brook University, July 2009
Dean's Fellowship for Professional Activities, Stony Brook University, March 2009
Full Tuition Fellowship, Linguistic Society of America, July 2007
GSEU Professional Development Funds Award, Stony Brook University, 2006 – 2008
Research Access Program Award, Stony Brook University, 2006 – 2009

Undergraduate Thesis Advising

• Laura Sard. Pharyngealization in French Loanwords in Moroccan Arabic Loanword Phonology. Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
• Anna Seymour. A Phonetic Investigation of Female Pop Singing in America. Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
• Rachel Mossey. Gendered Socialization in America: Standardization of Taboo Words by Young Adults. Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
• Robin Steitz. Prosodic Description of Schizophrenic Speech. Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
• Katherine Wu. Linguistic Relativity and Japanese Film Structure. Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
• Jordan Frand. The Construction of a Terrorist Attack: A Discourse Analysis of Media Representations of 9/11 and 11-M. Reed College, Sept. 2009 – May 2010
• Hilary McMahan. An Application of Piercian Semiotics to Whorfian and Neo-Whorfian Linguistic Relativity. Reed College, Sept. 2009 – May 2010
• Amy Vaughan. We Are Legion: The Linguistic Construction of Community on the Internet. Reed College, Sept. 2009 – May 2010

Professional Service

Academic Advisor to 20 undergraduate students, Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
First Reader for 5 Undergraduate Theses, Dept. of Linguistics, Reed College, Sept. 2010 – May 2011
Abstract Reviewer, Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL) 19, 2010
Abstract Reviewer, SUNY/Yale/NYU/CUNY (SYNC) Linguistics Conference, 2009, 2010.
Committee Member for 5 Undergraduate Thesis Defenses, Dept. of Linguistics, Reed College, Sept. 2009 – May 2010
Abstract Reviewer, CUNY/SUNY/NYU Linguistics Conference, 2008
Reviewer, Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL) 16, 2007
Organizing Committee Member, FASL 16, Stony Brook University Feb. 2007 – May 2007
Linguistic Colloquium Co-organizer, Linguistics Dept., SUNY Stony Brook Spring 2006

Professional Organizations

Linguistic Society of America
Acoustical Society of America
Slavic Linguistic Society

Languages

Ukrainian (native)           French (used to be fluent; not practiced in recent years)
Russian (native)               German (reading knowledge)
English (near-native)      Japanese and Bulgarian (familiarity through linguistic work)

References

John F. Bailyn, Associate Professor
Dept. of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4376
Phone: (631) 632-7364
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Marie K. Huffman, Associate Professor
Dept. of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4376
Phone: (631) 632-1388
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Richard K. Larson, Professor
Dept. of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4376
Phone: (631) 632-7778
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Matt Pearson, Associate Professor, Chair
Dept. of Linguistics
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
Portland, OR 97202 USA
Phone: (503) 517-7618
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