Dr. Michal Temkin Martínez is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics with the Department of English. She earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Southern California (USC). Her main areas of research focus on phonology and phonetics with a particular interest in variation and exceptionality. Her research on variation has focused on Modern Hebrew and Rioplatense Spanish. Dr. Temkin Martínez has been at Boise State University since Fall 2009 and has taught Introduction to Language Studies, Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (Special Topics), Psycholinguistics, Applied English Linguistics, and the Senior Seminar in Linguistics. She currently serves as the adviser for the Boise State Linguistics Association.
Dissertation
Sources of Non-conformity in Phonology: Variation and Exceptionality in Modern Hebrew Spirantization (Dissertation) (2010)
This dissertation investigates the integration of two sources of non-conformity – exceptionality and variation –...
Articles & Conference Proceedings
Modeling Acceptability of Variation in Modern Hebrew, Tampa Papers in Linguistics (2012)
Modern Hebrew spirantization (MHS) is a highly variable process with many exceptions. This paper reports...
Exceptionality and Variation in Modern Hebrew Spirantization, Proceedings of the 27th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (2008)
This paper presents an analysis of allophony, exceptionality, and variation in Modern Hebrew spirantization within...
Exceptions Encoded at the Segmental Level, Proceedings of the 26th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (2008)
This paper discusses the need for including treatment of exceptions as segmental-level phenomena in the...
Refereed Linguistics Presentations
Documenting Refugee Languages in the Diaspora: The Boise Language Project, 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (2013)
In this talk, we will discuss the work set forth by the Boise Language Project...
Variation and Preferences in Modern Hebrew Nonce Verbs, Linguistic Society of America (2013)
This paper reports a production experiment examining variation in Modern Hebrew spirantization. Modern Hebrew spirantization...
Technology in the Linguistics Classroom: Instructor and Student Perspective (with Kelli Jones, Jessica Milanez, and Danielle Yarbrough), Linguistic Society of America (2013)
This poster will highlight best practices for incorporating technology into the linguistics classroom. From facilitating...
Modeling Acceptability of Variation in Modern Hebrew, Third Annual Tampa Workshop on Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology, University of South Florida (2012)
On the Interaction of Variation and Exceptionality in Modern Hebrew Spirantization, New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV40) (2011)
Modern Hebrew (MH) spirantization is a variable phenomenon with many exceptions. Adam (2002) claims that...
Refereed Teaching-Related Presentations
Linguistics at Boise State University, How Does the Prosperity of the Undergraduate Major in Linguistics Affect the Prosperity of the Field? (2012)
Invited Talks and Presentations
Transitioning from Graduate Student to Professor, USC Center for Teaching and Learning (2012)
I was invited to give the annual talk on transitioning into a tenure-track position from...
mLearning Scholars Panel (with Allan Heaps, Barbara Schroeder, David Rickels, Nicole Molumby, Leslie Madsen-Brooks, Michal Temkin Martinez, Sam Matson, Lutana Haan, Sharon Tabor, Denice Liley, and Yu-Chang Hsu), Mobile Learning Symposium (2011)
The Spring 2011 mLearning Scholars will discuss their experience as a panel. Questions will be...