Education

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, PhD (1993)
• Université du Québec à Montréal, MA (1986)
• University of Alberta, BA (1984)

Research Areas

• Syntactic Theory
• Categorization (in collaboration with M. Tremblay, UdeMontréal)
• Syntactic Interface Relations (syntax-phonology interface, syntax-morphology interface, syntax-semantics interface, syntax-discourse interface)
• Speech-Gesture Coordination

Language Areas

• Algonquian (Plains Cree)
• Niger-Congo (Yorùbá)

Courses Recently Taught

• COGS 200 (Introduction to Cognitive Systems; 2009-2010, 2010-2011; team-taught course)
• LING 530A.001/002 (Interface Syntax: Pronominal Anaphora as a Case Study; 2010-2011; co-taught with M. Wiltschko)
• LING 447B.001 (Categorization as Cognition, Winter 2010)
• LING 520 (Problems in Grammatical Analysis; Fall 2009)

Sample Publications

1. Déchaine, R.-M. & M. Wiltschko. To appear. When & Why can 1st & 2nd Person Pronouns be Bound Variables?. Proceedings of Semantics Workshop on Pronouns, NELS 40.
2. Blain, E. & R.-M. Déchaine. 2007. Evidential Types: Evidence from Cree Dialects. IJAL 73.3:257-291.
3. Déchaine, R-M. & M. Wiltschko. 2002. Decomposing Pronouns. Linguistic Inquiry 33:409-422.
4. Déchaine, R.-M. On the Left Edge of Yorùbá Complements. Lingua 111:81-130.
5. Déchaine, R.-M. 1999. What Algonquian Morphology is Really Like: Hockett Revisited. In L. Bar-el, R.-M. Déchaine & C. Reinholtz (eds.) Papers from the Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Native American Languages. (MIT Occasional Papers in Linguistics 17, 25-72).
6. Déchaine, R.-M. & V. Manfredi. 1994. Binding Domains in Haitian. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 12:203-257.
7. Déchaine, R.-M. 1993. Serial Verb Constructions. In J. Jacbos et al. (eds.) Syntax: An International Handbook of Contemporary Research. 799-825. Berlin: de Gruyter.