Oliver Lloyd Richards Bond

 

 

Personal Information

 

Address:                                 Endangered Languages Academic Programme

Department of Linguistics

School of Oriental and African Studies

Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square

LONDON

WC1H 0XG

UK

 

Phone:                                     +44-(0)207-898-4582

E-mail:                                    oliver.bond@soas.ac.uk

Web:                                        http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=ob

http://www.eleme.org.uk/contact/oliverbond

 

Born:                                      Bridgwater, Somerset, UK.

Nationality:                          British.

 

 

 


Principal Research Interests

 

Typology, language documentation, language endangerment, descriptive and theoretical morphology and syntax, historical linguistics, African linguistics, Eleme (Niger-Congo), negative construction typology, reference tracking, auxiliary and verbal morphosyntax.

 

 

Education

 

Oct 2002 - June 2006              PhD. in Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK

                                                Thesis: ÔAspects of Eleme Verbal MorphosyntaxÕ

Supervisors: Dr. Martina Faller (June 2003- June 2006),

Prof.Kersti Bšrjars (Sept 2004- June 2006); Dr. Gregory D. S Anderson (Oct 2002-June 2003).

 

Oct 2001 - Sept 2002              M.A. in Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK

Dissertation: ÔTopics in Eleme GrammarÕ

Supervisor: Dr. Gregory D. S Anderson

 

Sept 1998 - June 2001            B.A. in Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK

Dissertation: ÔUnique Specification of Alcohol Induced

Dysfluency: Ataxic Speech Following Neurological Impairment and IntoxicationÕ.

Supervisor:     Mr Martin Barry

 

 

Teaching

 

Feb-May 2004                        Teaching assistant for Introduction to Linguistic Change (Prof. Nigel Vincent), University of Manchester, UK.

 

Sept-Dec 2003                        Teaching assistant for English Grammar 1 (Prof. David Denison), University of Manchester, UK.

 

Feb-May 2002                        Teaching assistant for Introduction to Linguistic Change (Dr. Delia Bentley), University of Manchester, UK.

 

Sept-Dec 2001                        Teaching assistant for Morphology and Syntax (Prof. Kersti Bšrjars), University of Manchester, UK.

 

 

Fieldwork Experience

 

Feb-June 2003                         Eleme language (Eleme, Rivers State, Nigeria)

 

 

Publications

 

Bond, Oliver. 2006. A Broader Perspective on Point of View: Logophoricity in Ogonoid Languages. In John Mugane, John P. Hutchison, and Dee A. Worman (eds.), Selected Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: African Languages and Linguistics in Broad Perspectives. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Online: http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/35/abstract1313.html

 

Bond, Oliver and Gregory D. S. Anderson. In press. Divergent Structure in Ogonoid Languages. In Rebecca T. Cover and Yuni Kim (eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Languages of West Africa. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Linguistics Society.

 

 

Conferences and Presentations

 

9th May 2006                           ÔNegative Strategies in ElemeÕ. ELAP/Departmental Seminar, Department of Linguistics, SOAS, London, UK

 

9th April 2006                          ÔTowards a typology of idiomatic and cognate objectsÕ, with Gregory D. S. Anderson. 37th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

 

2nd September 2005                 ÔThe Applicative Marker in Eleme Locative Progressive ConstructionsÕ. Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain 2005, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK.

 

18th February 2005                  ÔDivergent Structure in Ogonoid LanguagesÕ, with Gregory D. S. Anderson. 31st Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

 

28th October 2004                   ÔMarkedness and Negative Position in Eleme Negative ConstructionsÕ. Departmental Seminar, Department of Linguistics, MPI-EVA, Leipzig, Germany.

 

3rd April 2004                         ÔA Broader Perspective on Point of View: Logophoricity in Ogonoid languagesÕ, 35th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

 

20th March 2004                      ÔLogophoric Reference in ElemeÕ, 13th University of Manchester Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK.

 

27th November 2003               ÔUsing Shoebox 5.0: Data Storage for Field LinguistsÕ, class lecture for Language Endangerment and Death (Prof Dan Everett and Dr. Martina Faller), University of Manchester, UK.

 

14th October 2003                   ÔPersonal Inflection in ElemeÕ, Departmental Seminar, Department of Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK.

 

21st June 2003                         ÔPersonal Inflection in Eleme in Areal-Typological PerspectiveÕ (with Gregory D. S. Anderson), 4th World Congress of African Linguistics, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ.

 

18th June 2003                         ÔReduplication and Negation in ElemeÕ (with Gregory D. S. Anderson), 4th World Congress of African Linguistics, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ.

 

 

University Administration

 

May 2004-Mar 2006               Webmaster for the Postgraduate Webpages on the Department of Linguistics website, University of Manchester, UK.

 

Sept 200-Mar 2006                 PhD representative to the Linguistics Departmental Committee, University of Manchester, UK.

 

Sept 2000-May 2001              Undergraduate peer mentor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK.

 

May 1999-May 2001              Chairman of The Linguistics Society, University of Manchester, UK.

 

 

Academic Grants/Scholarships

 

May 2006-April 2007             Postdoctoral Fellowship, Economic and Social Research Council.

 

Oct 2002-Sept 2005                Doctoral Award, Arts and Humanities Research Board.