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Daniel K. E. Reisinger

PhD Student
email daniel.reisinger@ubc.ca
Research Area
Field Linguistics | Linguistic Pedagogy | Pragmatics | Salish | Semantics

About

 

“If the right spells are spoken, the lost words might return.”
— Robert Macfarlane

Research Interests: 

As part of my dissertation, I’m developing an interactive online language learning tool for ʔayʔajuθəm (also known as Comox-Sliammon), a Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by four communities along the Northern Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.

In addition, I’ve been working on:

  • Degree constructions
  • Determiners and demonstratives
  • Deixis and gesture
  • Modality and evidentiality
  • Wh-constructions

Lab Affiliations & More:

Currently, I’m a member of the the Salish Working Group, the ʔayʔajuθəm Lab, the Degree Lab, the TAP Lab, and the Semantics Reading Group.

In addition, I’m the Editor-in-Chief for UBC WPL, which publishes — among other things — the precedings for ICSNL as well as the proceedings for WSCLA.

Publications

 

Publications

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. [submitted]. “The Role of Gesture in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners and Demonstratives.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 28.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2024. “The Count-Mass Distinction in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 59. D. K. E. Reisinger, Laura Griffin, Ella Hannon, Gloria Mellesmoen, Sander Nederveen, Bruce Oliver, Julia Schillo, Lauren Schneider, Bailey Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 466–481.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm: Managing joint attention through gesture and salience.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 26. D. Gutzmann & S. Repp (eds.), Cologne, Germany, 432–450.

Reisinger, D. K. E., L. Matthewson, & H. Rullmann. 2022. “Using corpus methods to investigate modal-temporal interactions.” In J. Vander Klok, N. Ferreira Rech, S. Guesser, & E. Soares (eds.), Modality in Underdescribed Languages: Methods and Insights. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, 141–189.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners for Women, Animals, and Small Things.” SULA 11: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Meeting of the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. Seung Suk Lee & Yixiao Song. (eds.). 111–126.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Laura S. Griffin. 2022. “Unearthing Long-Forgotten Treasures: The Early Comox-Sliammon Materials“. Papers for ICSNL 57. D. K. E. Reisinger, L. Griffin, G. Mellesmoen, S. Nederveen, B. Oliver, & B. Trotter. (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 87–142.

Joanne Francis, Marianne Huijsmans, Henry Davis, Laura S. Griffin, Gloria Mellesmoen, D. K. E. Reisinger, & Bailey Trotter. 2022. “The Sleigh Accident: An ʔayʔaǰuθəm Childhood Memory from Joanne Francis“. Papers for ICSNL 57. D. K. E. Reisinger, L. Griffin, G. Mellesmoen, S. Nederveen, B. Oliver, & B. Trotter. (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 62–66.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Modal versus deictic evidentials in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox-Sliammon)“. Proceedings of SALT 31. N. Dreier, C. Kwon, T. Darnell, & J. Starr (eds.), Linguistic Society of America, 629–646.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Deixis Meets Evidentiality: Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm“. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 37. D. K. E. Reisinger & M. Huijsmans (eds.), Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 152–159.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Huijsmans, M., & Matthewson, L. 2021. “Evidentials in the Nominal Domain: A Speasian Analysis of ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 25. P. Grosz, L. Martí, H. Pearson, Y. Sudo, & S. Zobel (eds.), London, UK: University College London & Queen Mary University London, 751–768.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 56. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, L. Griffin, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 305–375. Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2020. “jaqaʔ: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 24, Vol. 2. M. Franke et al. (eds.), Osnabrück, Germany: Osnabrück University, 183–200.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E., & Matthewson, L. 2020. “Evidential Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 55. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 165–182.

Galligos, K., Reisinger, D. K. E., Mellesmoen, G., Huijsmans, M., & Griffin, L. 2020. “The Fisher and the Little Fish: An ʔayʔaǰuθəm Version of Aesop’s Fable.” Papers for ICSNL 55. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 151–154.

Matthewson, L., Chen, S., Huijsmans, M., Morzycki, M., Reisinger, D., & Rullmann, H. 2019. “Restricting the English past tense.” Snippets 37:61–64. Special issue in honor of Uli Sauerland.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 54. D. K. E. Reisinger & G. Mellesmoen (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 171–196.

Lo, R. Y.-H. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2019. “Exploring the Status of Degrees in ʔayʔaǰuθəm”. SULA 10: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. K. Johnson & A. Göbel (eds.). Amherst, MA: GLSA. 117–132.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Modality in Comox-Sliammon“. Papers for ICSNL 53. M. Huijsmans, R. Y.-H. Lo, O. Tkachman, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.). Vancouver: UBCWPL. 197–227.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox Sliammon)“. Papers for ICSNL 53. M. Huijsmans, R. Y.-H. Lo, O. Tkachman, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.). Vancouver: UBCWPL. 9–24.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E., Lo, R. Y.-H., & Xu, K. 2018. “A Preliminary Sketch of Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm”. Wa7 xweysás i nqwal’utteníha i ucwalmícwa: He Loves the People’s Languages. Essays in Honour of Henry Davis. L. Matthewson, E. Guntly, & M. Rochemont (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCOPL 6. 327–338.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Lo, R. Y.-H. 2017. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm: A Degreeless Language“. Papers for ICSNL 52. A. Anghelescu, M. Fry, M. Huijsmans, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.).Vancouver: UBCWPL. 225–243.

Invited Talks

Huijsmans, Marianne & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm: Managing joint attention through gesture and salience.” Presentation given for the Semantics Colloquium series at the Institut für Linguistik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt (online), Nov. 2021.

Conference Presentations

Reisinger, D. K. E., & Huijsmans, M. 2024. “On the Role of Co-speech Gesture with ʔayʔǎȷuθəm D Elements.” Paper presented at MMSYM24, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2024.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2024. “The Maximality Puzzle: Evidence from ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at SuB 29, Noto, Italy, Sept. 2024.

Reisinger, D. K. E., & M. Huijsmans, M. 2023. “The Role of Gesture in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners and Demonstratives.” Paper presented at SuB 28, Bochum, Germany, Sept. 2023.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2023. “Iamitives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 58, Cedar, BC, July 2023.

Reisinger, D. K. E.  & Griffin, L. S. 2022. “Unearthing Long-ForgottenTreasures: The Early Comox-Sliammon Materials.” Paper presented at ICSNL 57, Merritt, BC, August 2022.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “Call Me »Maybe«? Stalking an Enigmatic Auxiliary in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 57, Merritt, BC, August 2022.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Gesture vs. salience: Two types of demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at SuB 26, Cologne, Germany, September 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “What about what if, why, and how… and whither!? How to ask questions with čɩm in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 56, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 56, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Modal versus deictic evidentials in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at SALT 31, Providence, RI, May 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Huijsmans, M., Matthewson L. 2020. “Evidentials in the Nominal Domain: A Speasian Analysis of ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners.” Paper presented at SuB 25, London, UK, Sept. 2020.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E. & Matthewson, L. 2020. “Evidential Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 55, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2020.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2020. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners for Women, Animals, and Small Things.” Poster at SULA 11, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 2020.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2020. “Deixis meets Evidentiality: Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at WCCFL 2020, Vancouver, BC, Mar. 2020.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at SuB 24, Osnabrück, Germany, Sept. 2019.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 54, Victoria, BC, Jul. 2019.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Modality in Comox-Sliammon.” Paper presented at ICSNL 53, Bellingham, WA, Aug. 2018.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Lo, R. Y.-H., & Epp, C. 2017. “The Preposition-Like Verb hu in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Comparative Constructions.” Poster presented at WSCLA 22, Vancouver, BC, Apr. 2017.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “Impersonal Constructions in IDEATION, Then and Now.” Paper presented at CSDL 2014, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Stitz, C. 2014. “A Matter of Taste: FOOD Metaphors in German and English.” Paper presented at ACOL 2014, Edmonton, AB, Nov. 2014.

Stitz, C. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “A Piece of Cake: FOOD Metaphors in English and German.” Poster presented at DGKL 6, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “Peeking through the Haze: the CLOUD as a Source for Conceptual Metaphors.” Paper presented at DGKL 6, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Sept. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2013. “»You’re awesome!!! ♥« – Developing a Compliment Formula for CMC.” ACOL 2013. Calgary, AB, Nov. 2013.

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Daniel K. E. Reisinger

PhD Student
email daniel.reisinger@ubc.ca
Research Area
Field Linguistics | Linguistic Pedagogy | Pragmatics | Salish | Semantics

About

 

“If the right spells are spoken, the lost words might return.”
— Robert Macfarlane

Research Interests: 

As part of my dissertation, I’m developing an interactive online language learning tool for ʔayʔajuθəm (also known as Comox-Sliammon), a Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by four communities along the Northern Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.

In addition, I’ve been working on:

  • Degree constructions
  • Determiners and demonstratives
  • Deixis and gesture
  • Modality and evidentiality
  • Wh-constructions

Lab Affiliations & More:

Currently, I’m a member of the the Salish Working Group, the ʔayʔajuθəm Lab, the Degree Lab, the TAP Lab, and the Semantics Reading Group.

In addition, I’m the Editor-in-Chief for UBC WPL, which publishes — among other things — the precedings for ICSNL as well as the proceedings for WSCLA.

Publications

 

Publications

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. [submitted]. “The Role of Gesture in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners and Demonstratives.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 28.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2024. “The Count-Mass Distinction in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 59. D. K. E. Reisinger, Laura Griffin, Ella Hannon, Gloria Mellesmoen, Sander Nederveen, Bruce Oliver, Julia Schillo, Lauren Schneider, Bailey Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 466–481.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm: Managing joint attention through gesture and salience.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 26. D. Gutzmann & S. Repp (eds.), Cologne, Germany, 432–450.

Reisinger, D. K. E., L. Matthewson, & H. Rullmann. 2022. “Using corpus methods to investigate modal-temporal interactions.” In J. Vander Klok, N. Ferreira Rech, S. Guesser, & E. Soares (eds.), Modality in Underdescribed Languages: Methods and Insights. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, 141–189.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners for Women, Animals, and Small Things.” SULA 11: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Meeting of the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. Seung Suk Lee & Yixiao Song. (eds.). 111–126.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Laura S. Griffin. 2022. “Unearthing Long-Forgotten Treasures: The Early Comox-Sliammon Materials“. Papers for ICSNL 57. D. K. E. Reisinger, L. Griffin, G. Mellesmoen, S. Nederveen, B. Oliver, & B. Trotter. (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 87–142.

Joanne Francis, Marianne Huijsmans, Henry Davis, Laura S. Griffin, Gloria Mellesmoen, D. K. E. Reisinger, & Bailey Trotter. 2022. “The Sleigh Accident: An ʔayʔaǰuθəm Childhood Memory from Joanne Francis“. Papers for ICSNL 57. D. K. E. Reisinger, L. Griffin, G. Mellesmoen, S. Nederveen, B. Oliver, & B. Trotter. (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 62–66.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Modal versus deictic evidentials in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox-Sliammon)“. Proceedings of SALT 31. N. Dreier, C. Kwon, T. Darnell, & J. Starr (eds.), Linguistic Society of America, 629–646.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Deixis Meets Evidentiality: Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm“. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 37. D. K. E. Reisinger & M. Huijsmans (eds.), Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 152–159.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Huijsmans, M., & Matthewson, L. 2021. “Evidentials in the Nominal Domain: A Speasian Analysis of ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 25. P. Grosz, L. Martí, H. Pearson, Y. Sudo, & S. Zobel (eds.), London, UK: University College London & Queen Mary University London, 751–768.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 56. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, L. Griffin, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 305–375. Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2020. “jaqaʔ: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 24, Vol. 2. M. Franke et al. (eds.), Osnabrück, Germany: Osnabrück University, 183–200.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E., & Matthewson, L. 2020. “Evidential Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 55. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 165–182.

Galligos, K., Reisinger, D. K. E., Mellesmoen, G., Huijsmans, M., & Griffin, L. 2020. “The Fisher and the Little Fish: An ʔayʔaǰuθəm Version of Aesop’s Fable.” Papers for ICSNL 55. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 151–154.

Matthewson, L., Chen, S., Huijsmans, M., Morzycki, M., Reisinger, D., & Rullmann, H. 2019. “Restricting the English past tense.” Snippets 37:61–64. Special issue in honor of Uli Sauerland.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 54. D. K. E. Reisinger & G. Mellesmoen (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 171–196.

Lo, R. Y.-H. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2019. “Exploring the Status of Degrees in ʔayʔaǰuθəm”. SULA 10: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. K. Johnson & A. Göbel (eds.). Amherst, MA: GLSA. 117–132.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Modality in Comox-Sliammon“. Papers for ICSNL 53. M. Huijsmans, R. Y.-H. Lo, O. Tkachman, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.). Vancouver: UBCWPL. 197–227.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox Sliammon)“. Papers for ICSNL 53. M. Huijsmans, R. Y.-H. Lo, O. Tkachman, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.). Vancouver: UBCWPL. 9–24.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E., Lo, R. Y.-H., & Xu, K. 2018. “A Preliminary Sketch of Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm”. Wa7 xweysás i nqwal’utteníha i ucwalmícwa: He Loves the People’s Languages. Essays in Honour of Henry Davis. L. Matthewson, E. Guntly, & M. Rochemont (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCOPL 6. 327–338.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Lo, R. Y.-H. 2017. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm: A Degreeless Language“. Papers for ICSNL 52. A. Anghelescu, M. Fry, M. Huijsmans, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.).Vancouver: UBCWPL. 225–243.

Invited Talks

Huijsmans, Marianne & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm: Managing joint attention through gesture and salience.” Presentation given for the Semantics Colloquium series at the Institut für Linguistik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt (online), Nov. 2021.

Conference Presentations

Reisinger, D. K. E., & Huijsmans, M. 2024. “On the Role of Co-speech Gesture with ʔayʔǎȷuθəm D Elements.” Paper presented at MMSYM24, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2024.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2024. “The Maximality Puzzle: Evidence from ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at SuB 29, Noto, Italy, Sept. 2024.

Reisinger, D. K. E., & M. Huijsmans, M. 2023. “The Role of Gesture in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners and Demonstratives.” Paper presented at SuB 28, Bochum, Germany, Sept. 2023.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2023. “Iamitives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 58, Cedar, BC, July 2023.

Reisinger, D. K. E.  & Griffin, L. S. 2022. “Unearthing Long-ForgottenTreasures: The Early Comox-Sliammon Materials.” Paper presented at ICSNL 57, Merritt, BC, August 2022.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “Call Me »Maybe«? Stalking an Enigmatic Auxiliary in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 57, Merritt, BC, August 2022.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Gesture vs. salience: Two types of demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at SuB 26, Cologne, Germany, September 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “What about what if, why, and how… and whither!? How to ask questions with čɩm in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 56, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 56, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Modal versus deictic evidentials in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at SALT 31, Providence, RI, May 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Huijsmans, M., Matthewson L. 2020. “Evidentials in the Nominal Domain: A Speasian Analysis of ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners.” Paper presented at SuB 25, London, UK, Sept. 2020.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E. & Matthewson, L. 2020. “Evidential Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 55, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2020.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2020. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners for Women, Animals, and Small Things.” Poster at SULA 11, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 2020.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2020. “Deixis meets Evidentiality: Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at WCCFL 2020, Vancouver, BC, Mar. 2020.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at SuB 24, Osnabrück, Germany, Sept. 2019.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 54, Victoria, BC, Jul. 2019.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Modality in Comox-Sliammon.” Paper presented at ICSNL 53, Bellingham, WA, Aug. 2018.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Lo, R. Y.-H., & Epp, C. 2017. “The Preposition-Like Verb hu in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Comparative Constructions.” Poster presented at WSCLA 22, Vancouver, BC, Apr. 2017.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “Impersonal Constructions in IDEATION, Then and Now.” Paper presented at CSDL 2014, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Stitz, C. 2014. “A Matter of Taste: FOOD Metaphors in German and English.” Paper presented at ACOL 2014, Edmonton, AB, Nov. 2014.

Stitz, C. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “A Piece of Cake: FOOD Metaphors in English and German.” Poster presented at DGKL 6, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “Peeking through the Haze: the CLOUD as a Source for Conceptual Metaphors.” Paper presented at DGKL 6, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Sept. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2013. “»You’re awesome!!! ♥« – Developing a Compliment Formula for CMC.” ACOL 2013. Calgary, AB, Nov. 2013.

Daniel K. E. Reisinger

PhD Student
email daniel.reisinger@ubc.ca
Research Area
Field Linguistics | Linguistic Pedagogy | Pragmatics | Salish | Semantics
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“If the right spells are spoken, the lost words might return.”
— Robert Macfarlane

Research Interests: 

As part of my dissertation, I’m developing an interactive online language learning tool for ʔayʔajuθəm (also known as Comox-Sliammon), a Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by four communities along the Northern Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.

In addition, I’ve been working on:

  • Degree constructions
  • Determiners and demonstratives
  • Deixis and gesture
  • Modality and evidentiality
  • Wh-constructions

Lab Affiliations & More:

Currently, I’m a member of the the Salish Working Group, the ʔayʔajuθəm Lab, the Degree Lab, the TAP Lab, and the Semantics Reading Group.

In addition, I’m the Editor-in-Chief for UBC WPL, which publishes — among other things — the precedings for ICSNL as well as the proceedings for WSCLA.

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Publications

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. [submitted]. “The Role of Gesture in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners and Demonstratives.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 28.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2024. “The Count-Mass Distinction in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 59. D. K. E. Reisinger, Laura Griffin, Ella Hannon, Gloria Mellesmoen, Sander Nederveen, Bruce Oliver, Julia Schillo, Lauren Schneider, Bailey Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 466–481.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm: Managing joint attention through gesture and salience.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 26. D. Gutzmann & S. Repp (eds.), Cologne, Germany, 432–450.

Reisinger, D. K. E., L. Matthewson, & H. Rullmann. 2022. “Using corpus methods to investigate modal-temporal interactions.” In J. Vander Klok, N. Ferreira Rech, S. Guesser, & E. Soares (eds.), Modality in Underdescribed Languages: Methods and Insights. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, 141–189.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners for Women, Animals, and Small Things.” SULA 11: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Meeting of the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. Seung Suk Lee & Yixiao Song. (eds.). 111–126.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Laura S. Griffin. 2022. “Unearthing Long-Forgotten Treasures: The Early Comox-Sliammon Materials“. Papers for ICSNL 57. D. K. E. Reisinger, L. Griffin, G. Mellesmoen, S. Nederveen, B. Oliver, & B. Trotter. (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 87–142.

Joanne Francis, Marianne Huijsmans, Henry Davis, Laura S. Griffin, Gloria Mellesmoen, D. K. E. Reisinger, & Bailey Trotter. 2022. “The Sleigh Accident: An ʔayʔaǰuθəm Childhood Memory from Joanne Francis“. Papers for ICSNL 57. D. K. E. Reisinger, L. Griffin, G. Mellesmoen, S. Nederveen, B. Oliver, & B. Trotter. (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 62–66.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Modal versus deictic evidentials in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox-Sliammon)“. Proceedings of SALT 31. N. Dreier, C. Kwon, T. Darnell, & J. Starr (eds.), Linguistic Society of America, 629–646.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Deixis Meets Evidentiality: Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm“. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 37. D. K. E. Reisinger & M. Huijsmans (eds.), Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 152–159.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Huijsmans, M., & Matthewson, L. 2021. “Evidentials in the Nominal Domain: A Speasian Analysis of ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 25. P. Grosz, L. Martí, H. Pearson, Y. Sudo, & S. Zobel (eds.), London, UK: University College London & Queen Mary University London, 751–768.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 56. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, L. Griffin, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 305–375. Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2020. “jaqaʔ: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 24, Vol. 2. M. Franke et al. (eds.), Osnabrück, Germany: Osnabrück University, 183–200.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E., & Matthewson, L. 2020. “Evidential Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 55. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL, 165–182.

Galligos, K., Reisinger, D. K. E., Mellesmoen, G., Huijsmans, M., & Griffin, L. 2020. “The Fisher and the Little Fish: An ʔayʔaǰuθəm Version of Aesop’s Fable.” Papers for ICSNL 55. D. K. E. Reisinger, H. Green, M. Huijsmans, G. Mellesmoen, & B. Trotter (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 151–154.

Matthewson, L., Chen, S., Huijsmans, M., Morzycki, M., Reisinger, D., & Rullmann, H. 2019. “Restricting the English past tense.” Snippets 37:61–64. Special issue in honor of Uli Sauerland.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Papers for ICSNL 54. D. K. E. Reisinger & G. Mellesmoen (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCWPL. 171–196.

Lo, R. Y.-H. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2019. “Exploring the Status of Degrees in ʔayʔaǰuθəm”. SULA 10: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. K. Johnson & A. Göbel (eds.). Amherst, MA: GLSA. 117–132.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Modality in Comox-Sliammon“. Papers for ICSNL 53. M. Huijsmans, R. Y.-H. Lo, O. Tkachman, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.). Vancouver: UBCWPL. 197–227.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox Sliammon)“. Papers for ICSNL 53. M. Huijsmans, R. Y.-H. Lo, O. Tkachman, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.). Vancouver: UBCWPL. 9–24.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E., Lo, R. Y.-H., & Xu, K. 2018. “A Preliminary Sketch of Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm”. Wa7 xweysás i nqwal’utteníha i ucwalmícwa: He Loves the People’s Languages. Essays in Honour of Henry Davis. L. Matthewson, E. Guntly, & M. Rochemont (eds.). Vancouver, BC: UBCOPL 6. 327–338.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Lo, R. Y.-H. 2017. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm: A Degreeless Language“. Papers for ICSNL 52. A. Anghelescu, M. Fry, M. Huijsmans, & D. K. E. Reisinger (eds.).Vancouver: UBCWPL. 225–243.

Invited Talks

Huijsmans, Marianne & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm: Managing joint attention through gesture and salience.” Presentation given for the Semantics Colloquium series at the Institut für Linguistik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt (online), Nov. 2021.

Conference Presentations

Reisinger, D. K. E., & Huijsmans, M. 2024. “On the Role of Co-speech Gesture with ʔayʔǎȷuθəm D Elements.” Paper presented at MMSYM24, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2024.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2024. “The Maximality Puzzle: Evidence from ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at SuB 29, Noto, Italy, Sept. 2024.

Reisinger, D. K. E., & M. Huijsmans, M. 2023. “The Role of Gesture in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners and Demonstratives.” Paper presented at SuB 28, Bochum, Germany, Sept. 2023.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2023. “Iamitives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 58, Cedar, BC, July 2023.

Reisinger, D. K. E.  & Griffin, L. S. 2022. “Unearthing Long-ForgottenTreasures: The Early Comox-Sliammon Materials.” Paper presented at ICSNL 57, Merritt, BC, August 2022.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2022. “Call Me »Maybe«? Stalking an Enigmatic Auxiliary in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 57, Merritt, BC, August 2022.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Gesture vs. salience: Two types of demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at SuB 26, Cologne, Germany, September 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “What about what if, why, and how… and whither!? How to ask questions with čɩm in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 56, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2021. “Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 56, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2021.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2021. “Modal versus deictic evidentials in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at SALT 31, Providence, RI, May 2021.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Huijsmans, M., Matthewson L. 2020. “Evidentials in the Nominal Domain: A Speasian Analysis of ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners.” Paper presented at SuB 25, London, UK, Sept. 2020.

Huijsmans, M., Reisinger, D. K. E. & Matthewson, L. 2020. “Evidential Determiners in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 55, Vancouver, BC, Aug. 2020.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2020. “ʔayʔaǰuθəm Determiners for Women, Animals, and Small Things.” Poster at SULA 11, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 2020.

Huijsmans, M. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2020. “Deixis meets Evidentiality: Clausal Demonstratives in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at WCCFL 2020, Vancouver, BC, Mar. 2020.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Poster presented at SuB 24, Osnabrück, Germany, Sept. 2019.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Huijsmans, M. 2019. “jaqa: A Generalized Exclamation Operator in ʔayʔaǰuθəm.” Paper presented at ICSNL 54, Victoria, BC, Jul. 2019.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2018. “Modality in Comox-Sliammon.” Paper presented at ICSNL 53, Bellingham, WA, Aug. 2018.

Reisinger, D. K. E., Lo, R. Y.-H., & Epp, C. 2017. “The Preposition-Like Verb hu in ʔayʔaǰuθəm Comparative Constructions.” Poster presented at WSCLA 22, Vancouver, BC, Apr. 2017.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “Impersonal Constructions in IDEATION, Then and Now.” Paper presented at CSDL 2014, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. & Stitz, C. 2014. “A Matter of Taste: FOOD Metaphors in German and English.” Paper presented at ACOL 2014, Edmonton, AB, Nov. 2014.

Stitz, C. & Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “A Piece of Cake: FOOD Metaphors in English and German.” Poster presented at DGKL 6, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2014. “Peeking through the Haze: the CLOUD as a Source for Conceptual Metaphors.” Paper presented at DGKL 6, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Sept. 2014.

Reisinger, D. K. E. 2013. “»You’re awesome!!! ♥« – Developing a Compliment Formula for CMC.” ACOL 2013. Calgary, AB, Nov. 2013.