Office Address
Department of Linguistics
University of New Mexico
Humanities 526
Albuquerque, NM  87131

(505) 266-8601 (v/tty)
jmacfarl@unm.edu

1998 - present      Doctoral Student, Linguistics, University of New Mexico

1997 - 1998         M.A., Linguistics, University of New Mexico
Thesis: The Grammaticization of Predicative Possession and Existentials in American Sign Language
With Distinction
Advisor:  Dr. Joan L. Bybee

1995 -  1996        B.A., Linguistics, University of California, San Diego

1993 -  1996        Certificate,  American Sign Language/English Interpreter Program

Palomar College, San Marcos, California

• 1998 - 1999
  Research Allocation Committee Grant, University of New Mexico

"Marking content conditionals in ASL" with B. Isham (principal investigator) & L. Greer
$2498

Morford, J.P. and J. MacFarlane (2003)  Frequency characteristics of American Sign Language. Sign Language Studies, 3:2.

Vogel Sosa, A. and J. MacFarlane (2002)  Evidence for frequency-based constituents in the mental lexicon: Collocations involving the word of. Brain & Language, 83, 227-236.

MacFarlane, J. (1998)  The grammaticization of WRONG in American Sign Language.   Proceedings of the First Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference, (Eds.) Catie Berkenfield, Dawn Nordquist, and Angus Grieve-Smith. 1998. Albuquerque, New Mexico: HDLS. 17-23.

Nicodemus, B & J. MacFarlane. Frequency and acceptability in ASL phonotactics.

2002
Nicodemus, B. & MacFarlane, J.  Frequency & Acceptability in ASL Phonotactics. Paper presented at The High Desert Linguistics Society -V Conference,  Albuquerque, NM

1999
MacFarlane, J.  Predicative Possession & Existentials in ASL: Their Cognitive Source & Grammaticization. Paper presented at The 6th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference,  Stockholm, Sweden

1999
MacFarlane, J.  The Grammaticization of Predicative Possession and Existentials in American Sign Language. Paper presented at The International Symposium on Grammaticialization,  Potsdam, Germany
 

1998
MacFarlane, J.  From affect to grammar: Ritualization of facial affect in signed languages. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language  Research,  Washington, DC
 

1997
MacFarlane, J.  The Grammaticization of WRONG in American Sign Language. Paper presented at the First Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference,  Albuquerque, NM

2003
University of New Mexico "American Sign Language 1" (SIGN 210), Spring Smester).

2000
University of New Mexico.  Introduction to Linguistics (Ling. 101),(Spring & Fall Semesters)

1998-1999
Project Assistant,  "Perceptual Processeing in Delayed Language Learners" Prof. Jill Morford. University of New Mexico (Prinicipal Investigator)

1998
Teaching Assistant,  University of New Mexico.  Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (Ling. 292),Prof. Alan Hudson.(Spring & Fall Semesters)

1997-98
Co-investigator, "Marking content conditionals in ASL"  with B. Isham and L.Greer

1996
PSYC 199, University of California, San Diego. Project assistant to Rain Bosworth, Ph.D. Candidate in Experimental   Psychology. (Winter Quarter)

1998-99
Co-Organizer of HDLS Linguistics Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

1999
"From affect to grammar: Ritualization of facial affect in signed languages" Brown Bag Colloquium Series. Linguistics Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

1997-98
Linguistics graduate representative to the Linguistics Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

1997
Co-organizer, First High Desert Conference in Linguistics. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

American Sign Language (fluent)
English (native)
Mexican Sign Language (limited communication skills)
Spanish (fluent)

New Mexico Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
High Desert Linguistics Society
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)