Linguistics & Language Development
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA. 95192 - 0093
USA
Employment:
• 2007-present: Assistant Professor, San José State University, Department of Linguistics and Language Development.
• 2006-7: Assistant Professor (Special Category) (Leave replacement), McGill University, Department of Linguistics.
• 2005-6: Visiting Scholar, New York University.
• 1997-2004: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Linguistics, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Cognitive Science Group.
• 1996: Visiting Professor, Pomona College.
• 1995-7: NIH post-doctoral training grant, UCLA Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Voice Laboratory.
Education:
• Ph.D., UCLA Department of Linguistics, 1995. Dissertation title: Phasing and Recoverability.
• M.A., UCLA Department of Linguistics, 1991. Thesis title: Level-Ordered Loanword Phonology: Evidence from Cantonese.
• B.A. in psychology (honors), University of Pennsylvania, 1985. (1983-4, University of Edinburgh.)
Publications:
Books:
• Silverman, Daniel (in progress). Neutralization (Rhyme and Reason in Phonology). Cambridge University Press.
• Silverman, Daniel (2006). A Critical Introduction to Phonology: of Sound, Mind, and Body. London/New York: Continuum Books. [ISBN-10: 0826486614] [ISBN-13: 978-0826486615]
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). Phasing and Recoverability. Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series. New York: Garland. [ISBN-10: 0815328761] [ISBN-13: 978-0815328766]
• Silverman, Daniel (1984). Deaf Not Daft: A Reappraisal of Language for the Deaf. Edinburgh: Scottish Workshop Publications. [ISBN-10: B0007BDR52]
Peer-Reviewed Papers:
• Silverman, Daniel (under review). “Mikołaj Kruszewski: theory, Zeitgeist, legacy, Part 2," Language and Linguistics Compass.
• Silverman, Daniel (under review). “Mikołaj Kruszewski: theory, Zeitgeist, legacy, Part 1," Language and Linguistics Compass.
• Silverman, Daniel (2010). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," Journal of Linguistics 46:453-482.
• Silverman, Daniel (2006). “The diachrony of labiality in Trique, and the functional relevance of gradience and variation," in Louis M. Goldstein, Douglas H. Whalen, and Catherine T. Best, eds., Papers in Laboratory Phonology VIII, Mouton de Gruyter. 133-54.
• Silverman, Daniel (2004). “On the phonetic and cognitive nature of alveolar stop allophony in American English," Cognitive Linguistics 15:69-93.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “On the rarity of pre-aspirated stops," Journal of Linguistics 39:575-98.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “Pitch discrimination during breathy versus modal phonation," in John Local, Richard Ogden, and Rosalind Temple, eds., Papers in Laboratory Phonology VI, Cambridge University Press. 293-304.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “Dynamic versus static phonotactic conditions in prosodic morphology,“ Linguistics 40:28-58.
• Silverman, Daniel (2000). “Hypotheses concerning the phonetic and functional origins of tone displacement in Zulu," Studies in African Linguistics 29.2:3-32.
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). “Laryngeal complexity in Otomanguean vowels," Phonology 14:235-61.
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). “Tone sandhi in Comaltepec Chinantec," Language 73:473-92.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Phonology at the interface of morphology and phonetics: root-final laryngeals in Chong, Korean, and Sanskrit," Journal of East Asian Linguistics 5:301-22.
• Silverman, Daniel (1995). “Optional, conditional, and obligatory prenasalization in Bafanji," Journal of West African Languages 25:57-62.
• Silverman, Daniel, Barbara Blankenship, Paul Kirk, and Peter Ladefoged (1995). “Phonetic Structures in Jalapa Mazatec," Anthropological Linguistics 37:70-88.
• Silverman, Daniel, and Jongho Jun (1994). “Aerodynamic evidence for articulatory overlap in Korean," Phonetica 51:210-20.
• Silverman, Daniel (1993). “Reduplication in Kihehe: the asymmetrical enforcement of phonological and morphological
principles," Linguistic Journal of Korea 18:165-78.
• Silverman, Daniel (1992). “Multiple scansions in loanword phonology: evidence from Cantonese," Phonology 9:289-328.
Chapters in Books:
• Silverman, Daniel (to appear). “Usage-based phonology," in Bert Botma, Nancy C. Kula, and Kuniya Nasukawa, eds., Companion to Phonology. Continuum.
• Silverman, Daniel (to appear). “Schwa," in Marc van Oostendorp, Colin Ewen, Beth Hume, and Keren Rice, eds., Companion to Phonology. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Silverman, Daniel (2005). “The phonology of Chinantecan," Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition, Elsevier Publishing House.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “Why Comaltepec Chinantec is not different," in Esther Herrera and Pedro Martín Butragueño, eds., La tonía: dimensiones fonéticas y fonológicas (Estudios de Lingüistica 4), Mexico. D.F.: El Colegio de México
Conference Proceedings:
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “Phonetics and function in diachronic conflict: the case of rising tones," Proceedings of CLS 39. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. 690-701.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “On the rarity of pre-aspirated stops," in Mary Andronis, Erin Debenport, Anne Pycha and Keiko Yoshimura, eds., Proceedings of CLS 38. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
• Silverman, Daniel (2000). “Dynamic Versus Static Phonotactic Constraints in English Truncation," in Roger Billerey and Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, eds., Proceedings of WCCFL XIX. Cascadilla Press. 466-78.
• Silverman, Daniel (1998). “English alveolar stops, and the nature of allophony," Proceedings of NELS 28.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Tone sandhi in Comaltepec Chinantec," Proceedings of WCCFL XV.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Voiceless nasals in auditory phonology," in J. Johnson, M.T. Juge, and J.L. Moxley, eds., Proceedings of BLS 22.
• Silverman, Daniel (1994). “A case study in acoustic transparency: [spread glottis] and tone in Chinantec," in M. Gonzalez, ed., Proceedings of NELS 24, 559-72.
• Silverman, Daniel (1991). “The representation of English loanwords in Cantonese," Proceedings of the 1991 University of Arizona Phonology Conference.
Book Reviews:
• Silverman, Daniel (2001). Review of “Phonology and language use," by Joan Bybee, Studies in the Linguistic Sciences31.2:213-16.
• Silverman, Daniel (2001). Review of “Theoretical aspects of Kashaya phonology and morphology," by Eugene Buckley, International Journal of American Linguistics 67.1:92-6.
• Silverman, Daniel (1998). Review of “Vowel quality and phonological projection," by Marc van Oostendorp, Glot International3.3:12-4.
Working Papers:
• Silverman, Daniel (1995). Phasing and recoverability. UCLA Dissertation Series 1.
• Silverman, Daniel, Barbara Blankenship, Paul Kirk, and Peter Ladefoged, (1994). “Phonetic Structures in Jalapa Mazatec," UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 87:113-30.
• Silverman, Daniel (1994). “Prenasalization in Nchufie, and the Power of Structure Preservation," in H. Koopman and M. Kural, eds., Aspects of Nchufie grammar, UCLA Occasional Papers in Linguistics 14:37-46.
• Silverman, Daniel, and Jongho Jun (1993). “Aerodynamic evidence for articulatory overlap in Korean," UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 85:97-112.
• Silverman, Daniel (1993). “Labiality in Mixtecan--a unified treatment," in D. Silverman and R. Kirchner, eds., UCLA Occasional Papers in Linguistics 13:109-23.
Back Burner:
• Silverman, Daniel. “On the typology of laryngeally specified consonants."
• Silverman, Daniel. “The trills of Northern Hindi."
• Silverman, Daniel. “The emergence of symmetry/dispersion in a self-organized phonology."
• Silverman, Daniel. “Phonetics and function in diachronic conflict: the case of rising tones."
Conference Presentations:
• Silverman, Daniel (2010). “Mikołaj Kruszewski in the 21st century," 18th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2009). “Release and reduction: two origins of schwa," 17th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," 15th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," MOT2007, Ottawa.
• Silverman, Daniel (2004). “The emergence of symmetry/dispersion in a self-organized phonology," 12th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “Phonetics and function in diachronic conflict: the case of rising tones," 11th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “Phonetics and function in diachronic conflict: the case of rising tones," CLS 39.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “On the rarity of pre-aspirated stops," 10th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “On the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," LabPhon 8, Yale University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “On the rarity of pre-aspirated stops," CLS 38.
• Silverman, Daniel (2001). “On the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," MCWOP 7, University of Iowa.
• Silverman, Daniel (2001). “On the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," Cognitive Science Society Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Silverman, Daniel (2001). “On the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," 9th Manchester Phonology Meeting.
• Silverman, Daniel (2000). “On the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," NELS 31, Poster session on phonetics and phonology. Georgetown University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2000). “Dynamic versus static phonotactic constraints account for over-, under-, and regular application in reduplicative and truncatory morphology," WCCFL 19, UCLA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1999). “Theories of categorization and their relevance to the acquisition of phonology," Special Workshop, LSA Summer Institute, University of Illinois.
• Silverman, Daniel (1999). “Sound-meaning relations in prosodic morphology, and the fallacy of underspecification," MCWOP 5, Illinois State University.
• Silverman, Daniel (1999). “On allophonic relations: phonetic similarity or functional identity?“ GLOW Workshop on Phonetics and Phonology, Potsdam.
• Silverman, Daniel (1998). “The plot against Harry: The facts about New York truncation," MCWOP 4, University of Michigan.
• Silverman, Daniel (1998). “Pitch discrimination during breathy versus modal phonation," LabPhon6, York University, UK.
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). “English alveolar stops, and the nature of allophony," NELS 28, Toronto, Canada.
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). “English alveolar stops, and the nature of allophony," MCWOP 3, Indiana University.
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). “Pitch discrimination during breathy versus modal phonation (final results)“, ASA 134, San Diego, CA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Pitch discrimination during breathy phonation," ASA/ASJ 132, Honolulu, HI.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Towards a conflation of form and function: tone sandhi in Comaltepec Chinantec," 23rd annual UWM linguistics symposium: functionalism and formalism in linguistics.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Tone sandhi in Comaltepec Chinantec," WCCFL XV, Irvine, CA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Voiceless nasals in auditory phonology," BLS 22, Berkeley, CA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Tone displacement in Zulu, and the maintenance of contrasts," LSA annual meeting, San Diego, CA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1995). “Optimal and sub-optimal timing relations among stops, vowels, and vocal fold spreading," NELS 26, Cambridge, MA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1994). “Phonology at the Interface of Morphology and Phonetics: on the distinct synchronic origins of creaky vowels in two Mon-Khmer languages," LSA annual meeting, Boston, MA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1994). With Jongho Jun, “Aerodynamic evidence for articulatory overlap in Korean," LSA annual meeting, Boston, MA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1993). “A case study in acoustic transparency: [spread glottis] and tone in Otomanguean languages," NELS 24, Amherst, MA.
• Silverman, Daniel (1992). “Reduplication in Kihehe: the asymmetrical enforcement of phonological and morphological principles," Seoul International Conference on Linguistics, Seoul, Korea.
• Silverman, Daniel (1991). “Level-ordered loanword phonology: evidence from Cantonese," University of Arizona phonology conference, Tucson, AZ.
• Silverman, Daniel (1991). “English loanwords in Cantonese: the rites of passage," LSA annual meeting, Chicago, IL.
Invited Lectures:
• Silverman, Daniel (2009) “Boundary signals: 'reason' over 'rhyme' in phonology," Linguistics Colloquium, Fresno State University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2009) “Give my regards to broad 'a'," University of California at Berkeley Phonology Phorum.
• Silverman, Daniel (2009). “Acoustic dispersion, and the functional relevance of speech variation," Linguistics Colloquium, Tel Aviv University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2009). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," Phonology Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles.
• Silverman, Daniel (2009). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," Linguistics Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Silverman, Daniel (2009). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," Linguistics Colloquium, University of California, Santa Cruz.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “On sound alternation," Linguistics Colloquium, Fresno State University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “Acoustic dispersion, and the functional relevance of speech variation," Linguistics Colloquium, University of California at Berkeley.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “Neutralizing aplosivization and anti-homophony in Korean," University of California at Berkeley Phonology Phorum.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “Acoustic dispersion, and the functional relevance of speech variation," Linguistics Colloquium, McGill University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2007). “On sound alternation", San José State University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2006). “Neutralization and anti-homophony in Korean," Linguistics Colloquium, Concordia University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2005). “Timing and Recoverability: Laryngeal and oral speech events," University of Toronto at Scarborough.
• Silverman, Daniel (2005). “On the functional relevance of gradience and variation to the acoustic dispersion of phonological contrasts," University of Toronto.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “Labiality in Trique, and the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," Linguistics Colloquium, Kansas University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2003). “Labiality in Trique, and the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," Linguistics Colloquium, University of Minnesota.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “Why Comaltepec Chinantec is not different," invited lecture, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “Labiality in Trique, and the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," Linguistics Colloquium, Ohio State University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “Labiality in Trique, and the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," Phonology Seminar, Edinburgh University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2002). “Why Comaltepec Chinantec is not different," Edinburgh Linguistics Circle, Edinburgh University.
• Silverman, Daniel (2001). “Labiality in Trique, and the categorical nature of coarticulation and other interpolative gestures," Linguistics Colloquium, University of Leiden.
• Silverman, Daniel (2000). “The phonology, phonetics, and function of tone displacement in Zulu," Linguistics Colloquium, Northwestern University.
• Silverman, Daniel (1999). “The Phonology, phonetics, and function of tone displacement in Zulu," Invited Plenary Lecture, 30th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Illinois.
• Silverman, Daniel (1997). “Phasing and recoverability," Colloquium, Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana University.
• Silverman, Daniel (1996). “Phasing and recoverability: laryngeal complexity in Otomanguean vowels," University of Connecticut.
Laboratory Experience:
• Builder and Head, Phonology Laboratory, San José State University, 2007-present.
• Builder and Head, Phonetics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997-2004.
• Member, Voice Laboratory, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, UCLA, 1995-7.
• Member, Phonetics Laboratory, UCLA, 1989-97.
• Research Assistant to Peter Ladefoged and Ian Maddieson, authors of Sounds of the World's Languages, Blackwell, 1995, UCLA Phonetics Laboratory. 1994.
• Research Assistant to Peter Ladefoged and Ian Maddieson, NSF Dying Languages Project, UCLA Phonetics Laboratory. 1993.
Graduate Seminars offered:
• S09: Paleophonetics
• S07: Phonology: Theory and applications
• S04: Readings in Laboratory Phonology
• F03: Self-Organizing Phonology
• S02: Laryngeal Phonology
• S01: Nasality
• F99: Tone
• F98: Allophony
• S98: Contrast
• F97: Phasing and Recoverability
Dissertation Committees Chaired:
• Gurevich, Naomi (2003). Lenition and Contrast: The Functional Consequences of Certain Phonetically Conditioned Sound Changes. [Published 2004 in Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics series, Routledge.]
Masters Committees Chaired:
• Arden, Michelle (2010). A Phonetic, Phonological, and Morphosyntactic Analysis of the Mara Language. San José State University. [1st place, CSU Statewide Research Competition, Graduate Humanities and Letters.]
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