Shanley Allen
Position:		Associate Professor and Chair
Department:		Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development
Program:		Language Education, Human Development and Education

Educational History

BA,�McGill University, 1985
PhD,�McGill University, 1995

Contact Information
Phone:		+1-617-358-0354
E-mail:		shanley@bu.edu

Profile

Dr. Allen's research explores the first language acquisition of morphology and syntax, with a focus on comparing acquisition patterns across languages such as Inuktitut (Eskimo), Japanese, Turkish, and English. She also studies bilingual acquisition, specific language impairment, and the acquisition of co-speech gesture.

Courses Taught

SED�LS565 �Introduction to Language and Linguistics
SED�LS560 �Introduction to Language and Language Acquisition
SED�LS750 �Cognitive Development and Language
SED�LS566 �Language Acquisition

Selected Publications

Allen, S.E.M. (2007). Interacting pragmatic influences on children’s argument realization. In M. Bowerman & P. Brown (Eds.), Crosslinguistic perspectives on argument structure: Implications for learnability (pp. 191-210). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Allen, S.E.M. (2007). The future of Inuktitut in the face of majority languages: Bilingualism or language shift? Applied Psycholinguistics 28(3): 515-536.
Allen, S.E.M., �zy�rek, A., Kita, S., Brown, A., Furman, R., Ishizuka, T. & Fujii, M. (2007). How language-specific is early syntactic packaging of Manner and Path? A comparison of English, Turkish, and Japanese. Cognition 102(1), 16-48.
Allen, S.E.M, Crago, M.B. & Pesco, D. (2006). The effect of majority language exposure on minority language skills: The case of Inuktitut. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9(5), 578-596.
Hughes, M. & Allen, S. (2006). A discourse-pragmatic analysis of subject omission in child English. In D. Bamman, T. Magnitskaia & C. Zaller, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 293-304). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Allen, S.E.M. (2006). Formalism and functionalism working together? Exploring roles for complementary contributions in the domain of child null arguments. In R. Slabakova, S. Montrul, & P. Pr�vost (Eds.), Inquiries in linguistic development: In honor of Lydia White (pp. 233-255). Amsterdam: Benjamins.
�zy�rek, A., Kita, S., Allen, S.E.M., Furman, R. & Brown, A. (2005). How does linguistic framing of events influence co-speech gestures? Insights from crosslinguistic variations and similarities. Gesture 5(1-2), 219-240.
Zwanziger, E.E., Allen, S.E.M. & Genesee, F.H. (2005). Investigating crosslinguistic influence in child bilinguals: Subject omission in speakers of Inuktitut and English. Journal of Child Language 32(4), 893-909.
Allen, S.E.M. & Schr�der, H. (2003). Preferred argument structure in early Inuktitut spontaneous speech data. In J.W. Du Bois, L.E. Kumpf & W.J. Ashby (Eds), Preferred argument structure: Grammar as architecture for function (pp. 301-338). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Allen, S.E.M., Genesee, F.H., Fish, S.A. & Crago, M.B. (2002). Patterns of code mixing in English-Inuktitut bilinguals. In M. Andronis, C. Ball, H. Elston & S. Neuvel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (Vol. 2, pp. 171-188). Chicago, IL: Chicago Linguistic Society.
Swift, M.D. & Allen, S.E.M. (2002). Verb base ellipsis in Inuktitut conversational discourse. International Journal of American Linguistics 68(2), 133-156.
Skarabela, B. & Allen, S.E.M. (2002). The role of joint attention in argument realization in child Inuktitut. In B. Skarabela, S.A. Fish & A.H.-J. Do (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 620-630). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Crago, M.B. & Allen, S.E.M. (2001). Early finiteness in Inuktitut: The role of language structure and input. Language Acquisition 9(1), 59-111
Allen, S.E.M. (2000). A discourse-pragmatic explanation for argument representation in child Inuktitut. Linguistics, 38(3), 483-521
Crago, M.B. & Allen, S.E.M. (1998). Acquiring Inuktitut. In O. Taylor & L. Leonard (Eds.), Language acquisition across North America: Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives (pp. 245-279). San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group.
Allen, S.E.M. (1998). Categories within the verb category: Learning the causative in Inuktitut. Linguistics 36(4), 633-677.
Crago, M.B., Chen, C., Genesee, F.H. & Allen, S.E.M. (1998). Power and deference: Bilingual decision making in Inuit homes. Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 4(1), 78-95.
Crago, M.B., Allen, S.E.M., & Hough-Eyamie, W.P. (1997). Exploring innateness through cultural and linguistic variation. In M. Gopnik (Ed.), The inheritance and innateness of grammars (pp. 70-90). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Allen, S.E.M. (1996). Aspects of argument structure acquisition in Inuktitut. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Allen, S.E.M. & Crago, M.B. (1996). Early passive acquisition in Inuktitut. Journal of Child Language, 23(1), 129-155.
Crago, M.B. & Allen, S.E.M. (1996). Building the case for impairment in linguistic representation. In M. L. Rice (Ed.), Toward a genetics of language (pp. 261-289). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Selected Presentations

Ozyurek, A., Goldin-Meadow, S., Furman, R., Kita, S. & Allen, S. (2007, June). “Representing motion events in gestures with and without speech across languages.” International Society for Gesture Studies, Evanston, IL.
Allen, S. (2007, July). “Cross-linguistic developmental differences in the expression of Manner and Path: Evidence from speech and gesture.” Plenary lecture, Third Annual Symposium of the Interdisciplinary Center for Cognitive Language Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit�t M�nchen, Munich, Germany.
Allen, S. (2007, May). “Language acquisition in Inuktitut-English bilinguals.” Plenary lecture, Conference on Language Acquisition and its Consequences in a Multilingual Society, Toronto, ON.
Allen, S., Genesee, F.H., Fish, S.A. & Crago, M.B. (2001, April). “Code mixing in English-Inuktitut bilinguals: The effect of language typology.” Keynote lecture, Parasession on Languages of the Arctic, 37th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Hughes, M. & Allen, S. (2007, November). “A developmental study of subject omission and referential choice in child English.” 32nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Hughes, M. & Allen, S. (2005, November). “A discourse-pragmatic analysis of subject omission in child English.” 30th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Allen, S., Kita, S., Brown, A., Furman, R. & Ishizuka, T. (2005, July). “Is syntactic packaging of manner and path language-specific at age 3?” Tenth Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language, Berlin, Germany.
Brown, A., Allen, S., Ozyurek, A., Kita, S., Ishizuka, T. & Furman, R. (2004, September). “What co-speech gestures reveal about L2 proficiency: A sudy of Japanese learners of English.” EuroSLA 14, Donostia – San Sebasti�n, Spain.

Selected Grants

A Discourse-Pragmatic Analysis of Child Null Arguments in an Obligatory-Argument Language. National Science Foundation (BCS-0346841).�(2004-2006).
Support for Boston University Conference on Language Development. National Science Foundation (BCS-0119394, BCS-0130353, BCS-0548399); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R13 HD42130-01). Co-PI: M. Catherine O'Connor.�(2001-2011).
A Crosslinguistic Developmental Study of Spatial Thinking and Speaking: What do Spontaneous Gestures Reveal? National Science Foundation (BCS-0002117). Co-PIs: Sotaro Kita, Asli Ozyurek.�(2000-2003).
Bilingual Education: Training for All Teachers. United States Department of Education (T195B990069-01). Co-PI: Carol Jenkins.�(1999-2002).
Bilingual and Second Language Acquisition in Aboriginal Communities: Languages and Cultures in Contact. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. PI: Martha Crago, co-PIs: Fred Genesee, Lynn McAlpine, Nina Spada.�(1995-1998).
First Language Acquisition of Inuktitut. Kativik School Board. Co-PI: Martha Crago.�(1989-1993).

Selected Professional Memberships

Canadian Linguistic Association
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society)
International Association for the Study of Child Language
Linguistic Society of America
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas

Selected Awards/Honors/Special Recognition

Mary R. Haas Award (for doctoral dissertation), Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1995)

Selected University Service

Chair, School of Education Graduate Research Requirements Committee (2007-2008)
Member, Faculty Council Committee on Research, Library, and Support Services (2003-2005, 2006-2008)
Member, University Council Committee on Scholarly Activities and Libraries (2006-2008)
Member, School of Education Personnel Committee (2003-2004)
School of Education Representative, University Faculty Council (2002-2005)
Acting Director, Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics (Spring Semester 2005)

Selected Professional Service

Associate Editor, Journal of Child Language (2006-2010)
Associate Editor, International Journal of American Linguistics (2002-2005)
Editorial Board Member, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (2008-2010)
Editorial Board Member, Applied Psycholinguistics (2003-2008)
Faculty Advisor, Boston University Conference on Language Development (2001-present)
Executive Committee Member, International Association for the Study of Child Language (1996-2002)

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