Rosa Vallejos Yopán

Department of Linguistics

1290 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403, USA

http://www.uoregon.edu/~rosav

EDUCATION

2008 Advanced to Candidacy, University of Oregon. PhD expected June, 2010.

Dissertation Title: A Grammar of Kokama-Kokamilla. Committee: Spike Gildea (Chair), Scott DeLancey, Doris Payne, Lynn Stephen (Anthropology)

2004 Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Oregon.

Thesis Title: Basic Clauses in Kokama-Kokamilla. Advisors: Spike Gildea and Doris Payne.

2001 Licentiate in Linguistics, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon

Summer 2007, Linguistics 150: Structure of English Words

Summer 2006, Linguistics 290: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis

Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon

Fall 2009/2008/2007, Linguistics 101: Introduction to Language, with S. Gildea

Winter 2009/2008, Linguistics 211: Languages of the World, with Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Spring 2007/2006, Linguistics 460/560: Historical Linguistics, with S. DeLancey

Fall 2005, Linguistics 290: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis, with D. Payne

Spring 2005, Linguistics 290: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis, with C. Vakaleriyska

Fall 2004, Linguistics 351: Analytical Methods in Morphology and Syntax, with D. Payne

Spring 2004, Linguistics 452/552: Syntax and Semantics, with S. DeLancey

Winter 2004, Linguistics 451/551: Syntax and Semantics, with S. Gildea

Resident Director, Interamerican University Studies Institute, Queretaro program, Mexico. Summer Session I, 2009; 28 students from the University of Oregon, University of Mississippi and University of Virginia.

Research Analyst, Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) University of Oregon, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

Instructor, Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía Peruana Pedagogic Institute of Loreto. Iquitos -Peru, Mar 1997- Sep 2001.

Courses taught: Spanish Grammar, Amazonian Languages Grammar, Sociolinguistics.

Other duties: Linguistic research, curriculum development, teacher training.

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

A. Documents on Linguistics

(To appear). Is there a Ditransitive Construction in Kokama-Kokamilla? Studies in Language.

2009 The focus function(s) of =pura in Kokama-Kokamilla discourse. International Journal of American Linguistics. 75.3:399-432.

2007 Fonología de la variedad cocamilla del río Huallaga. Fonologías, Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingues de la Amazonía Peruana, Peru.

2006 Entre flexión y derivación: Examinando algunos morfemas en cocama-cocamilla. Proceedings, Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America -II. University of Austin, Texas. http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/cilla2_toc.html

2004 Basic Clauses in Kokama-Kokamilla. MA Thesis. University of Oregon.

2000 El sistema de Casos en la Lengua Cocama: Variedad Cocamilla. Thesis of Licentiate. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

1999 Morfemas Funcionales en Cocama-Cocamilla. Actas del I Congreso de Lenguas Amerindias, Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Peru.

B. Conference Presentations

2009 Documenting Kokama-Kokamilla: and endangered language of the Amazon. Presented at the Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America 5, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 27-29 March.

2009 Discussing ditransitive constructions in Kokama-Kokamilla. Presented at the Workshop on the Structure and Constituency of the Languages of the Americas 14, Purdue University, Indiana, 2-5 April.

2008 Focus constructions in Kokama-Kokamilla discourse. Presented at the Linguistics Colloquium, University of Oregon, 29 February.

2007 Tiempo, aspecto y orden de constituyentes en Cocama-Cocamilla. Paper presented at the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America III, University of Austin, Texas, 25-27 October.

2007 De la palabra oral a la palabra escrita: el andar de los Secoya. Poster presented at the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America III, University of Austin, Texas, 25-27 October.

2005 Conditioning selection of pronominal forms in Kokama-Kokamilla: The role of syntax and information structure. Presented at the Workshop on American Indigenous Languages, University of California, Santa Barbara, 22-23 April.

2001 Cláusulas Adverbiales en Cocama-Cocamilla. III Congreso de Lenguas Amerindias, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

C. Curriculum Development Materials

Vallejos, Rosa, Ricardo Chota and Rodrigo Pacaya. 2007. TSE’O: Libro de lectura bilingue en secoya y castellano [Bilingual reading book in Secoya & Spanish]. Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía Peruana-AIDESEP-ISPP Loreto, Peru. 59 pp.

Pacaya, Rodrigo and Rosa Vallejos. 2006. MIMI: Libro de lectura en secoya [Reading book in Secoya]. Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía Peruana, AIDESEP-ISPP Loreto, Peru. 44 pp.

Mogollón, Cristina, Bertha Carranza, Sandra Robilliard, and Rosa Vallejos. 2005. Programa de Diversificación Curricular para las Escuelas Primarias de la zona Cocama de la Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria [Community-based Curriculum for Kokama Schools within the Pacaya‑Samiria National Reserve]. Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía Peruana, AIDESEP-ISPP Loreto, Peru. 134 pp.

Vallejos, Rosa and Victor Yuyarima. 2003. Guía Metodológica para el Desarrollo de Competencias Comunicativas en Cocama-Cocamilla como L2 [Guide to develop linguistic competentes in Kokama-Kokamilla as L2]. Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingues de la Amazonía Peruana, AIDESEP-ISPP Loreto, Peru. 158 pp.

Reátegui, Zadith, Rosa Vallejos and Elga Henderson. 2002. Manual para el desarrollo de habilidades en castellano como segunda lengua. [Guide to develop linguistic competences in Spanish as L2]. Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía Peruana, AIDESEP-ISPP Loreto. Iquitos, Peru. 173 pp.

Vallejos, Rosa and Wilfredo Pereira. 1999. CHUNAKI: Libro de lectura en cocama-cocamilla como segunda lengua [Reading book in Kokama-Kokamilla as L2]. Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingues de la Amazonía Peruana, AIDESEP-ISPP Loreto. Iquitos, Peru. 44 p.

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

Kokama-Kokamilla (Tupian-based mixed language)

2008 Two-week research visit to Kokama communities along the Samiria River. Four months of follow up in Iquitos, Peru.

2007 Three-month research visit to Kokama communities along the Amazon River. Two months of follow up in Iquitos, Peru.

2006 Five-month research visit to six Kokamilla communities along the Huallaga River. One month of follow up in Iquitos, Peru.

2005 A-month research visit to two Kokama villages along the Marañon River, Peru.

2004 Three weeks of research with Kokama and Kokamilla speakers in Iquitos, Peru

2003 Two months of research with Kokama and Kokamilla speakers in Iquitos, Peru

2002 Two weeks of research with Kokama and Kokamilla speakers in Iquitos, Peru

1997-2001 A-month annual visits to Kokama-Kokamilla communities, Peru.

Secoya (Western Tucanoan)

2006 Two-week visit to three Secoya communities. Follow up in Iquitos, Peru.

2005 Two-week visit to one Secoya community. Follow up in Iquitos, Peru.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS

2004-2009 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, Department of Linguistics.

2009 Grant to attend the Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native American (CELCNA III), University of Utah, and WSCLA 14, Purdue University. Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.

2009 Grant to attend the Workshop on the Syntax and Constituency of the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA 14), Purdue University. Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.

2007 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation.

2007 Grant to attend the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America III, University of Texas at Austin. Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.

2006 Individual Graduate Studentship for Documentation of Kokama, Hans Rausing Endangered Language Program.

2005 Grant for field research, The Endangered Language Fund.

2005 Fellowship for university’s tuition and fees, The Risa Palm Graduate Fellowship Fund.

2005 Grant to attend the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America II, University of Texas at Austin. Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.

2005 Grant to attend the Workshop on American Indigenous Languages, University of California at Santa Barbara. Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.

2004 Sumasil Grant Award, The Sumasil Foundation.

2001 Fellowship for Master’s studies and fieldwork, FORD Foundation International Fellowships Program.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Linguistic research:

Language description and typology: morphosyntax, information structure and the syntax‑discourse interface. Language contact: mixed and Creole languages. Multilingualism: interference and convergence in bilingual speakers, with focus on Spanish & Kokama.

Language documentation:

Collection of digital recordings including video, audio, photography, etc. and creation of archival materials and resources for language revitalization projects.

Intercultural bilingual education:

Curriculum development —with focus on the design and creation of culturally and linguistically appropriate materials for Amazonian indigenous— and teaching methodologies

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