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Robert J. Dlouhy

 

Department:Career English Language Center for International Students (CELCIS)
Email: robert.dlouhy@wmich.edu
Website: http://www.wmich.edu/celcis/S-bdlouhy.html

 

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Research Interests

Key words or phrases (for searches):

1. analysis verbal behavior
2. autoclitics
3. relational frame theory
4. functionalism
5. emergent grammar
6. syntax
7. grammaticalization

 

Description(s):

My research interest is in the explanation of language structure, particularly at the morphological and syntactic levels, through the use of behavioral principles such as operant conditioning, equivalency, and relational framing. In recent years I have presented papers in this area at meetings of the Association for Behavior Analysis.

Courses Taught

 

LANG 2500	Credit hours: 4
Course title: Nature of Language
How frequently taught: Once or twice per academic year
When taught, number of sections offered: One
Course Instructor(s): Dlouhy, Mughazy
Brief description of course content/focus: This course focuses on introducing the mechanics of language structure, covering morphology, syntax and phonology. Problems from real and invented language are introduced. Additional units cover semantics, biological foundations of language, language change, and language distribution.