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CV - William Johnston CV
Here is my full CV.
Education
- Ph.D in Linguistics, McGill University, 2024
- B.A. in Linguistics, Carleton College, 2013
Selected Publications
Event structure and serial verbs in Hmong
2024
PhD thesis, McGill University. [pdf]
Pair-list answers to questions with plural definites
2023
Semantics and Pragmatics 16(2). [doi]
Selected Talks
Path in Hmong: The structure of directional PPs
June 19, 2024
Invited talk, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association
The verb phrase in Hmong: Serialization and event structure
November 11, 2022
Invited talk, University of Minnesota Linguistics Colloquium Series
Selected Teaching
Language Awareness for ESL Teachers (LIN1130)
Fall 2024
Course Lecturer, Université du Québec à Montréal
Languages of the World (LING 315)
Winter 2023
Course Lecturer, McGill University
Meaning in Language (LING 260)
Winter 2021
Course Lecturer, McGill University