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Prof Eithne Guilfoyle

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Prof Eithne Guilfoyle

Biographical Details:

Eithne Guilfoyle joined DCU as Executive Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2004. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of syntax and first language acquisition. Her work focuses on the syntax and acquisition of Irish and other verb-first languages, especially with respect to word-order, verb-placement and the grammatical properties of subjects. She graduated with a BA in Linguistics and Old and Middle English from UCD in 1979 and moved to Canada where she received a MA and Ph.D in Linguistics from McGill University in 1990. She held postdoctoral fellowships at McGill and MIT, taught at McGill University and Queen's University (Ontario) and was on faculty at the University of Calgary from 1992 to 1998. She served as the Head of Humanities and the Acting Head of the School of Science and Technology at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dun Laoghaire between 1999 and 2003.

Research Interests:

Syntax, First Language Acquisition, syntactic change, syntax of developmental language disorders, syntax of Irish

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Books

  • E. Guilfoyle & A. Carnie. The Syntax of Verb-Initial Languages, Oxford University Press, 2000.

Selected Chapters

  • Professor Eithne Guilfoyle. .
  • Guilfoyle, E. 2000. Tense and N features in Irish. The Syntax of Verb-Initial Languages.
  • Guilfoyle, E. 1997. The Verbal Noun in Irish Nonfinite Clauses¿. Dán do Oide, Essays in memory of Conn Ó Cléirigh ,, pp187-200.
  • Guilfoyle E. 1991. Phrase Structure and Passive. Views on Phrase Structure, pp137-156-.

Reviews

  • Robert D. Borsley & Ian Roberts. 2000. The Syntax of the Celtic Languages: A Comparative Perspective, Journal of Linguistics, 36-1. *,
  • Jürgen M. Meisel. 1996. The Acquisition of Verb Placement: Functional Categories and V2 Phenomena in Language Acquisition, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Language, 403-7. *,

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

  • Guilfoyle,E. 1993. Syntactic Theory and Linguistic Research. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics.,
  • Guilfoyle, E. 1989. Spec of IP & Spec of VP: Two subjects in Austronesian Languages. McGill Working Papers in Linguistics, 6, pp21-47.
  • Guilfoyle, E. 1986. Modals, prepositions, and inherent case-marking in Irish. McGill Working Papers in Linguistics, 3,
  • Guilfoyle, E. 1984. The acquisition of subjects in child grammars of English. McGill Working Papers in Linguistics, 2,
  • Guilfoyle, E. 1983. Habitual Aspect in Hiberno-English. McGill Working Papers in Linguistics, 1, pp22-32.
  • Guilfoyle, E. La Morgia, F, The Role of Input in Bilingual Acquisition: Implications for Heritage Languages, Irish Network in Formal Linguistics, Workshop II, - , Dublin City University
  • Guilfoyle,E., Bilingualism, reduced input and language change: the case of Modern Irish, invited talk Dept. of Linguistics, McGill University, , 15-MAY-12 - , McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Guilfoyle, E., Bilingualism, reduced input and language change: the case of Modern Irish, Invited Talk Dept of Linguistic s/Dept of Celtic Studies, Harvard University, 17-APR-12 - , Harvard University, Cambridge Mass.
  • Guilfoyle, Eithne, Children' knowledge of Relative Clauses evidence from Irish, Invited talk, 09-MAR-11 - , Dept. of Irish University College Cork
  • Guilfoyle, Eithne & La Morgia, Francesca, The Role of Input for Bilingual Acquisition: Implications for Heritage Languages, Irish Network in Formal Linguistics II, 17-SEP-10 - 18-SEP-10, Dublin City University
  • Goodluck, H. & Guilfoyle E., Movement and Binding in Child Grammars of Irish, Canadian Linguistics Association, Manitoba, Canada, 01-JUL-04 - 03-JUL-04, Manitoba, Canada
  • Guilfoyle,E., H. Goodluck & S. Harrington, Relativization in Child Irish, 3rd International Conference on Celtic Linguistics, 01-JAN-01 - 31-DEC-00, University College Dublin, Ireland
  • Guilfoyle,E. H. Goodluck & S.Harrington, Movement in Child Irish Relative Clauses, Motivating Movement Conference, 01-JAN-01 - 31-DEC-01, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland.
  • Guilfoyle, E. Goodluck, H & Harrington, S, Children's production of relative clauses: Irish evidence, Generative Approaches to Language 2001, 01-JAN-01 - 01-JAN-01, Palmela, Portugal
  • Guilfoyle, E., Issues in the Acquisition of Irish, Jordanstown Linguistics Days,Parasession on Theoretical Linguistics, 01-JAN-01 - 01-JAN-01, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Irel
  • Guilfoyle, E., Tense and N features in Modern Irish and Early Child Grammars, Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, 01-JUL-98 - 01-JUL-98, University of Ottawa
  • Guilfoyle, E., Tense and N features in Modern Irish and Early Child Grammars, Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, New University of Ulster at Jordanstown, 01-MAY-98 - 01-MAY-98, University of Ulster at Jordanstown
  • Guilfoyle, E., Tense and N features in Modern Irish and Early Child Grammars, Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, University of Essex, 01-MAR-98 - 01-MAR-98, University of Essex
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Tense and N features in Modern Irish and Early Child Grammars, Invited talk at Department of Linguistics, Durham University, 01-MAR-98 - 01-MAR-98, Durham University
  • Eithne Guilfoyle & Síle Harrington), 'Verb forms in the Acquisition of Irish as a First Language', An Tríú Comhdháil do Theangeolaíocht na Gaeilge, 01-JAN-98 - 01-JAN-98, National University of Ireland, Galway
  • Guilfoyle, E., Subjects and initiators in Modern Irish and Early Child Grammars, Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, University College Dublin, 01-MAY-96 - 01-MAY-96, University College Dublin
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, The syntax and acquisition of Irish infinitival clauses, Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, 01-NOV-95 - 01-NOV-95, University of Toronto
  • Guilfoyle, E., The Acquisition of Infinitivals and the Structure of VP, In: Cahana-Amitay, D. L. Hughes, A. Stringfellow & A. Zukowski ed.20th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 01-JAN-95 - 31-JAN-95, Boston, USA
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Irish in-house seminar Calgary Institute for the Humanities, In-house seminar, 01-JAN-95 - 01-JAN-95, Calgary Institute for the Humanities
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Subjects and Infinitival Clauses: Evidence from Modern Irish and from the History of English, Talk, Annual Lecture Series, 01-JAN-95 - 01-JAN-95, Calgary Institute for the Humanities.
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Infinitival clauses in Old and Middle English, Invited talk, Department of Linguistics , 01-JUN-94 - 01-JUN-94, University College Dublin
  • E. Guilfoyle, From VNP to full VP: infinitival clauses in Old and Middle English, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, 01-JAN-94 - 01-JAN-94, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
  • Guilfoyle, E., Modern Irish VNPs and the Internal structure of VP, Parasession on the Generative Grammar of Irish, 01-JAN-94 - 01-JAN-94, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Irel
  • Guilfoyle, E., Infinitivals and the Transparency Principle Revisited, 25th Annual Meeting of the North Eastern Linguistic Society, 01-JAN-94 - 01-JAN-94, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., 205 - 219
  • Guilfoyle, E., VNPs, Finiteness and External Arguments, 24th Annual Meeting of the North Eastern Linguistic Society, 01-NOV-93 - 01-NOV-93, University of Massachusettes, Amherst., 141 - 155
  • Guilfoyle, E., Nonfinite Clauses in Modern Irish and Old English, Annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, 01-JAN-93 - 01-JAN-93, Chicago
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Verbal nouns and nonfinite clauses in Modern Irish and Old English , Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, 01-JAN-93 - 31-JAN-93, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Non-finite Clauses and Irish Verbal Noun Phrases, Workshop on Lexical-Syntactic Relations, 01-FEB-92 - 01-FEB-92, McGill University, Montreal
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Irish Verbal Noun Phrases and Aspect Phrase, Alberta Conference on Language, 01-JAN-92 - 01-JAN-92, Alberta
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Syntactic Theory and Linguistic Research, Alberta Conference on Language, 01-JAN-92 - 01-JAN-92, Alberta
  • E. Guilfoyle, S. Allen and S. Moss, Specific Language Impairment and the Maturation of Functional Categories, 16th Annual Conference on Language Development, 01-JAN-91 - 01-JAN-91, Boston University
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, M. Crago and M. Gopnik, Familial Aggregation of a Developmental Language Disorder, Annual convention of the American Speech-Language hearing Association, 01-JAN-91 - 01-JAN-91, Atlanta
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Language Acquisition in Normal and Specific Language Impaired Individuals, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, 01-JAN-91 - 01-JAN-91, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
  • E. Guilfoyle, A Light Verb Analysis of Irish Progressives Structures, Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 01-JAN-90 - 01-JAN-90, Harvard University
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Light Verbs, Passives and A-chains in Irish, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, 01-JAN-90 - 01-JAN-90, University of Victoria
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Phrase-Structure and Passives, Florida Conference on Syntactic Theory, 01-MAR-89 - 01-MAR-89, University of Florida, Gainesville
  • Guilfoyle,E., H. Hung & L. Travis, SPEC of VP, SPEC of IP, and the notion of �subject� , In: E. Jane Fee & Katherine Hunt ed.West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics VIII, 01-FEB-89 - 01-FEB-89, Vancouver, 110 - 123
  • Guilfoyle, E. H. Hung & L. Travis, SPEC of VP as Thematic Subject, SPEC of IP as Structural Subject, Linguistic description of Exotic Languages and its relevance for Generative Theorizing, 12th GLOW Colloquium, 01-JAN-89 - 01-JAN-89, Utrecht
  • Eithne Guilfoyle & M. Noonan, Functional Categories and Language Acquisition, 13th Annual Conference on Language Development, 01-JAN-88 - 01-JAN-88, Boston University
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Functional Categories in Verb-initial, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, 01-JAN-87 - 01-JAN-87, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario.
  • E. Guilfoyle, Parameters and Functional Projection, In: James Blevins and Juli Carter ed.18th Annual meeting of the North Eastern Linguistic Society, 01-JAN-87 - 01-JAN-87, *, 193 - 207
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, Hiberno-English a parametric approach, First Symposium on Hiberno-English, 01-JAN-85 - 01-JAN-85, Trinity College Dublin
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, The Principle of Prosodic Government and syllable structure in Irish, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association, 01-JAN-85 - 01-JAN-85, Montreal
  • Eithne Guilfoyle, The acquisition of subjects in child grammars of English, 9th Annual Conference on Language Development, 01-JAN-84 - 01-JAN-84, Boston University
  • Guilfoyle, E, Habitual Aspect in Hiberno-English, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Linguistics, 01-JAN-83 - 01-JAN-83, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
  • Eithne Guilfoyle & M.Dillinger, On communicative competence , 8th LACUS forum, 01-JAN-81 - 01-JAN-81, *
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