Robert Stephen Carlisle, Ph.D.
rcarlisle@csub.edu
Courses for spring 2024
English 3620: Language
Structure and Acquisition for K-8 Teachers Online
English 4648:
Sociolinguistics Online
Degrees
Dissertation
title: The writing of Anglo and Hispanic fourth and sixth grade students in
bilingual, submersion, and regular programs.
Research Areas and Specializations
- Theories of second language acquisition.
- The structure of English.
- Interlanguage.
- The writing of non-native English speakers.
- General sociolinguistics.
- Motifs in folklore
Selected Publications
Carlisle, R. S.
(1988). The effects of markedness on epenthesis in
Spanish/English interlanguage phonology.
Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics, 3,
15-23.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1989). The writing of Anglo and Hispanic students in bilingual, submersion,
and regular programs. Studies in
Second Language Acquisition, 11(3), 357-390.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1990). Crowfoot's dying speech. Alberta History, 38(3), 16-17.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1991). The influence of environment on vowel epenthesis in Spanish/English interphonology. Applied Linguistics, 12, 76-95.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1991). The influence of syllable structure universals on the variability of
interlanguage phonology. In A.
Volpe (Ed.),The Seventeenth LACUS Forum 1990(pp.
135-145). Lake Bluff, IL: The Linguistic Association of Canada and the United
States.
Carlisle, R. S.,
& McKenna, E. (1991). Assessing the writing of non-native English speakers.In L. Hamp-Lyons (Ed.), Assessing
Second Language Writing in Academic Contexts (pp.197-211). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1992). Environment and markedness as interacting
constraints on vowel epenthesis. In
J. Leather & A. James (Eds.), New Sounds 92 (pp. 64-75). Amsterdam:
University of Amsterdam Press.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1994). Influences of L1 writing proficiency on L2 writing proficiency. In R. DeVillar, C. Faltis, and J.
Cummins (Eds.), Successful Cultural Diversity: From rhetoric to Practice
(pp.167-187). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1994). Markedness and environment as internal
constraints in the variability of interlanguage phonology. In M. Yavas (Ed.), First
and Second Language Phonology (pp. 223-249). San Diego: Singular Publishing
Company.
Carlisle, R. S., Charmley, T., Salgueiro-Carlisle, M., & Bennett, K.
(1997). Errors with inflectional morphemes in the English compositions of LEP
students. In A. Melby (Ed.), The
Twenty-Third LACUS Forum 1996 (pp.461-474). The Linguistic Association of
Canada and the United States.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1997). The modification of onsets in a markedness
relationship: Testing the interlanguage structural conformity hypothesis. Language Learning, 47,
327-361.
Carlisle, R. S.
(1998). The acquisition of onsets in a markedness
relationship: A longitudinal study. Studies in Second Language Acquisition,
20, 245-260.
Carlisle, R. S.
(2001). Syllable structure universals and second language acquisition. International
Journal of English Studies, 1 (1), 1-19.
Carlisle, R. S.(2002). The acquisition of two and three member onsets:
Time III of a longitudinal study.
In A. James & J. Leather (Eds.), New Sounds 2000 (pp.42-47).
Klagenfurt, Austria: University of Klagenfurt Press.
Carlisle, R. S.
(2006). The sonority cycle and the acquisition of complex onsets. In B.
Baptista & A. Watkins (Eds.), English with a Latin Beat: Studies in
Portuguese/Spanish-English Interphonology (pp.
105-137). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Carlisle, R. S.
(2010). Word-final sonority as an environmental constraint on prothesis. In A. Rauber, M. Watkins, R. Silveira & R. Koerich (Eds.), The acquisition of second language
speech: Studies in honor of Professor Barbara O. Baptista (pp. 243-266).
Santa Catarina: Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina.
Carlisle, R. S.
(2012). Segments. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied
Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Carlisle, R. S. & Cutillas Espinosa, J. A.
(2015). The production of /.sC/ onsets in a markedness relationship: Investigating the Ontogeny
Phylogeny Model with longitudinal data.
In M. Yavas (Ed.), Unusual Productions in Phonology: Universals and
Language-Specific Considerations (pp. 183-205). New York: Psychology Press.
Carlisle, R.
S. (2017). Environmental markedness in
Portuguese-English contact. In M.
Yavas, M. Kehoe, & W. Cardoso (Eds.), Romance-Germanic
Bilingual Phonology (pp. 157-180). Sheffield, England: Equinox Publishing
Ltd.
Carlisle,
R. S. (2018). The adaptation of
vampire motifs from folklore into literature and film. Journal
of Adaptation in Film &
Performance, 11 (3), 337-356.
Carlisle,
R. S. (2022) The effectiveness of online education: Three comparative studies.
In ICERI2022 Proceedings, 4175-4184.
Online Resources
· Motif
Index of Vampires
Recent
Awards, Fellowships, and Recognition
- Recipient of CSU QOLT Award, 2013.
- Recipient of CSUB’s Faculty Leadership and
Service Award, AY 2013/2014.
Membership in Professional Organizations
Curriculum
Development
Professional Positions
- Lecturer, 1986-1987
- Assistant Professor, 1987-1993.
- Associate Professor, 1993--1998.
- Department of English,
California State University, Bakersfield.
- Professor, since fall, 1998.
- Department of English,
California State University, Bakersfield.