title Program Development and Evaluation Analyst (R)
degrees MA Linguistics, MS Educational Leadership
expertise Linguistics, Instructional Design, Technical Writing
phone +1 (386) 289-9425
email wittysan@gmail.com
Writing Systems, Korean Linguistics, The Korean Head-Consonant Rule, Japanese Rendaku, Secondary Predication
Language Change and Variation, Comparative Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, Optimality Theory
Introduction to Linguistics
The Structure of Human Language
Historical Linguistics
The History and Development of the English Language
Latin
Rhetoric and Debate
English Composition
English as a Foreign Language
Witty, S., R. Deacon, T. McPeek, and Cho W.-Y. Witty (2012) "Something New in Korean Morphology: The Identity and Structure of Prenominal Modifiers", Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics, 14:227-240.
Pindziak II, C. and S. Witty (2011) "Framing Korean Complex-Coda Resolution with Optimality Theory", Suvremena Lingvistika, 37(71):87-103.
Witty, S. and C. Pindziak II (2010) "Stratification and Optimality: The Korean Head Consonant Rule", Chomskyan Studies, 5(1):63-77.
Witty, S. (2009) "A Phase-based Approach to Scrambling", Linguistic Studies, 14:229-247.
Witty, S. (2008) "Language in Context: Instructional Language in EFL", The Journal of English Education, 37:68-87.
Witty, S. (2011) "Quantifiers, Secondary Predication, and the Structure of Korean Determiner Phrases (DPs)", Parameters in Language Design --- Proceedings of the 13th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar, 399-417.
Witty, S., T. McPeek, R. Deacon, and Cho W.-Y. Witty (2011) "What's new? The Morphology of Korean Adjectives", The 14th Harvard (Biennial) International Symposium on Korean Linguistics (Harvard University), 30-minute presentation.
Park, S.-Y. and S. Witty (2011) "Korean Relative Clause Formation Strategies and the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy", Workshop on East Asian Languages (University of California, Los Angeles), 30-minute presentation.
Witty, S., J.-H. Hong, and C. Pindziak II (2010) "Stratification and Optimality: The Korean Head Consonant Rule", The 2010 Seoul International Conference on Linguistics (SICOL) --- Abstracts, 205-206.
Witty, S. and S.-Y. Park (2010) "Gapping and the Formation of Relative Clauses in Korean", The 2010 Seoul International Conference on Linguistics (SICOL) --- Abstracts, 156-158.
Hong, J.-H. and S. Witty (2009) "Online Communities and EFL Instruction", Across the Borders: Content-based Instruction in EFL Contexts --- Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference of the Korean Association of Teachers of English (KATE), 79-87.
Witty, S. (2009) "The Topicality of Topic Markers", Current Issues in Linguistic Interfaces --- Proceedings of the Seoul International Conference on Language Interface (SICOLI), 223-234.
Witty, S. (2008) "Fun with DPs", Minimalist Explorations of the Syntax-Lexicon Interface --- Proceedings of the 10th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG), 413-421.
Witty, S. (2000) "The Pancheon Principle: An Observation-based Recommendation for Improving English Proficiency in Korea", The 2nd Kwangwoon University Colloquium on English as a Foreign Language, Seoul, South Korea, 30-minute presentation.
Presenter (March 26, 2015), "The Typology and Classification of Alphabets and Writing Systems" (Ras Tanura ITC, Rahima, Saudi Arabia), 50-minute presentation.
Facilitator (December 7, 2011), Abdelaziz, A. M. "Hands-on Reading for Comprehension Techniques", Read & Succeed --- ITD In-Service Training Day (Ras Tanura ITC, Rahima, Saudi Arabia), 9.
Invited Speaker (August 21, 2010), Pinker, S. and R. Jackendoff "The Faculty of Language: What's Special About it?", Cognition 95:201-236, Summer Conference of the International Society of Chomskyan Studies (Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea), 30-minute presentation.
Discussant (August 20, 2010), Son, G.-R. "Movement with or without vP-internal Scrambling", 2010 Movement in Minimalism --- Proceedings of the 12th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea), 487-489.