User:Russky1802

User's name: Alexander V. Bochkov

Education: M.A. (Second language studies), University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2006-2008; Diplom (Applied linguistics), 1996-2001

Research and study interests:
 * syntax (GB, Minimalism)
 * historical linguistics
 * language acquisition (both L1 and L2)
 * psycholinguistics
 * phonetics
 * morphology

Scholarships: Fulbright scholar, 2006-2008

Scholars I admire (the list is by no means complete!):
 * David Crystal
 * Noam Chomsky
 * David Adger
 * Andrew Radford
 * Ray Jackendoff
 * Howard Lasnik
 * Victoria Fromkin
 * Liliane Haegeman
 * Stephen Pinker
 * Anna Wierzbicka
 * Terrence Deacon
 * Mark Baker
 * Peter Ladefoged
 * John C. Wells
 * Jerry Fodor
 * Lydia White

Best books on linguistics:
 * O'Grady, W. et al. 2005. Contemporary Linguistics. Boston; New York: Bedford; St. Martin's. ISBN 0312419368
 * Fromkin, V. et al. 2000. Linguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 0631197117
 * Crystal, D. 2006. How language works. Woodstock, NY; New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 9781585678488

Best books on generative syntax:
 * Adger, D. 2003. Core Syntax: A Minimalist approach. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199243700
 * Haegeman, L. 1994. Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 0631190678