Robert Stephen Carlisle, Ph.D.

Department of English
California State University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311

rcarlisle@csub.edu

Courses for winter 2013:

English 319 (61) and (65): The Structure of English Online

English 319 (70): The Structure of English Hybrid

English 420 (119): The Structure of English Online

Courses for spring 2013:

English 319 (70) and (75): The Structure of English Online

Degrees

• B.A. English Composition, University of Washington, 1974.
• M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 1976.
• A.M. Linguistics, University of Illinois, 1984.
• Ph.D. Education, University of Illinois, 1986.

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.

Selected Publications

Carlisle, R. S. (1988). The effects of markedness on epenthesis in Spanish/English interlangauge 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.

Awards, Fellowships, and Recognition

• Title VII Fellowship in Bilingual Education, 1979-1983.
• Recipient of Certificate of Merit from the National Association for Bilingual Education for dissertation, April 1988.
• Coordinator of the Kern Chapter of CATESOL 1989/1990 and 1990/1991.
• Research Affiliate of the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, July 1992.
• Research Affiliate of the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, July 1996.

Membership in Professional Organizations

• American Association for Applied Linguistics
• Linguistic Society of America
• National Center for Science Education
• American Association for the Advancement of Science

Curriculum Development

• Minor in linguistics
• Courses Online
• English 319 Online: The Structure of English (certified by Quality Matters)
• English 415 Online: Introduction to Linguistics
• English 420 Online: Sociolinguistics (certified by Quality Matters)

Professional Positions

1. Lecturer, 1986-1987
• Composition Board, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
2. Assistant Professor, 1987-1993.
• Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield.
3. Associate Professor, 1993--1998.
• Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield.
4. Professor, since fall, 1998.
• Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield.