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Ayoun, Dalila
ayoun@arizona.edu
Phone
(520) 621-3720
Office
582 Modern Languages
Office Hours
On Sabbatical AY 23-24
Ayoun, Dalila
Professor

Ph.D. Florida. Professor of French Linguistics. Member of the faculty for the PhD program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. Research interests: Second language acquisition of morphosyntax, French linguistics. Teaching: French language, theoretical and applied linguistics. Publications: see website. 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS: 

Ayoun, D. (in press). Morphological variability in the L2 acquisition of French gender and number agreement: a longitudinal study. In Oxford Handbook of French Language, M. McLaughlin & W. Ayres-Bennett (eds). Oxford University Press. Invited submission.

Ayoun, D. (2022)(Ed.). The Acquisition of GenderCross-linguistic perspectives. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Gender as a morphosyntactic feature is arguably “an endlessly fascinating linguistic category” (Corbett 2014: 1). One may even say it is among “the most puzzling of the grammatical categories” (Corbett 1991: 1) that has raised probing questions from various theoretical and applied perspectives. Most languages display semantic and/or formal gender systems with various degrees of opacity and complexity, and even closely related languages present distinct differences, creating difficulties for second language learners. The first three chapters of this volume present critical reviews in three different areas – gender assignment in mixed noun phrases, subtle gentle biases and the gender acquisition in child and adult heritage speakers of Spanish – while the next six chapters present new empirical evidence in the acquisition of gender by bilingual children, adult L2/L3 learners and heritage speakers of various languages such as Italian, German, Dutch or Mandarin-Italian.

Ayoun, D. 2022. Indeterminacy in French L1 grammars: the case of gender and number agreement. Journal of French Language Studies, 1-33

Ayoun, D. and Maranzana, S. (2022). The second language acquisition of grammatical gender and number in Italian. In The Acquisition of GenderCross-linguistic perspectives, D. Ayoun (ed.), pp. 97-126. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Currently Teaching

FREN 280 – Introduction to French Language, Linguistics and Culture

Introductory course to key concepts in French language, linguistics and culture through a variety of media (textbook, comics, films, Web). This course is taught in English and requires no knowledge of French. Does not count toward fulfillment of language requirement, of the major or minor in French.

Introductory course to key concepts in French language, linguistics and culture through a variety of media (textbook, comics, films, Web). This course is taught in English and requires no knowledge of French. Does not count toward fulfillment of language requirement, of the major or minor in French.

FREN 467 – Topics in French Linguistics

Examines in detail current topics in the linguistic analysis of French. May be repeated when topics vary. Taught in French, with readings in both French and English; non-French majors may write their assignments in English.

FREN 567 – Topics in French Linguistics

Examines in detail current topics in the linguistic analysis of French. May be repeated when topics vary. Taught in French with readings in French and English. Graduate-level requirements include higher level of oral and written work.