Sean Allison, PhD

Sessional Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures; Coordinator, French Minor

See: https://www.canil.ca/wordpress/u_member/dr-sean-allison/

  • PhD in Linguistics (University of Colorado at Boulder; 2007-2012) - Dissertation title: Aspects of a Grammar of Makary Kotoko (Chadic, Cameroon; 2007-2012)
  • DEA (diplôme d’études approfondies – indepth studies diploma) in Linguistics (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France; 1996-1997) - Thesis title: Une étude comparative du [ɹ] anglo-américain et du [ʀ] français dans les positions post-pausales accentuées : Vers une phonétique acoustique corrective
  • Maîtrise(“Masters”) in Linguistics (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France; 1992-1993)
  • Licence (“Bachelor’s degree”) in Linguistics (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France; 1992-1993)
  • DEUG (diplôme d’études universitaires générales - general university studies diploma)in Linguistics (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France; 1989-1991)
  • Certificat Pratique de Langue Française (Practical Certificate of the French Language) and the Diplôme d’Etudes Françaises (French Studies Diploma) (Institut International d’Etudes Françaises, Strasbourg, France; 1988-1989)

Awards & Honors

  • Graduate Part-time Instructor Teaching Excellence award (Graduate school of the University of Colorado at Boulder; Spring 2011)

Recent Publications

  • A Grammar of Makary Kotoko (Grammars and Sketches of the World’s Languages, Volume 12). Brill: Leiden. (2020)
  • (co-authors: Henry Tourneux & Adam Mahamat). Bibliographie Kotoko – Kotoko Bibliography. Online manuscript available at kotokoresources.net. (2020)
  • The notion of ‘word’ in Makary Kotoko. In Alexandra Aikhenvald & R.M.W. Dixon & Nathan White (eds.), Phonological word and grammatical word. Oxford University Press: Oxford. pp. 260-284. (2020)
  • Conditional constructions in Makary Kotoko. Studies in African Linguistics 46. 33-49. (2017)
  • Borrowings but no diffusion: A case of language contact in the Lake Chad basin. Journal of Language Contact 10. 395-421. (2017)
  • Advocating for a Merged Approach to Bible Translation. Paper submitted to Bible Translation (2015)
  • The 8th Biennial Bible Translation Conference, Dallas, Texas, Oct 16-20, 2015.
  • Abécédaire provisoire du kotoko de Kousseri (mser). Available at http://www.silcam.org/folder030401/page.php. SIL ms. (2013)
  • Kousseri Kotoko Provisional Lexicon. Available at http://www.silcam.org/folder030401/page.php. SIL ms, 22pp. (2013)
  • Abécédaire du kotoko de Makari (mpade). Available at http://www.silcam.org/folder030401/page.php. SIL ms. (2012)
  • Aspects of a Grammar of Makary Kotoko (Chadic, Cameroon). Boulder, CO: University of Colorado at Boulder PhD dissertation. Available at http://www.silcam.org/folder030401/page.php. 606pp. (2012)
  • Derivation of the Person-Aspect-Mood System of Makary Kotoko. in E. Rothmaler, Ed. Topics In Chadic Linguistics V. Comparative and Descriptive Studies. Papers from the 4th Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Bayreuth, October 30-31, 2007. 2009, Rüdiger Köppe: Köln. Coll. Chadic Linguistics, Vol. 6, p. 9-21. (2009)
  • Linguistic Evidence for the Islamization of the Makary Kotoko by the Kanuri. in H. Tourneux, Ed. Topics In Chadic Linguistics III. Historical Studies. Papers from the 3rd Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Villejuif, November 24-25, 2005. 2007, Rüdiger Köppe: Köln. Coll. Chadic Linguistics, Vol. 4, p. 9-25. (2007)
  • Borrowings in Makary Kotoko. SIL ms. 110 pp. (2006)
  • Alphabet et orthographe de Kotoko de Makary (mpade)(Makary Kotoko Orthography Statement). Available at http://www.silcam.org/folder030401/page.php. SIL ms. 31pp. (2006)
  • Livret d’introduction à l’orthographe de la langue kotoko parlée aux alentours de la ville de Makary (mpade)(Makary Kotoko Transition Primer). SIL ms. 64pp. (2006)
  • Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon. Available at http://www.silcam.org/folder030401/page.php. SIL ms. 58pp. (2003)

  • FREN 101/102 Introduction to French
  • FREN 111/112 Intermediate French
  • FREN 305/306 Langue écrite et orale
  • FREN 360 Grammaire française avancée
  • FREN 380 Phonétique et prononciation
  • LIN(G) 560 Morphosyntax II
  • LIN(G) 650 Survey of Linguistic Theories
  • LIN(G) 660 Topics in Morphology & Syntax
  • LING 460 Morphosyntax II
  • LING 685 Academic Writing in Linguistics