Danielle Dionne

621 Commonwealth Avenue – Boston, MA 02215

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Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D. 2018–Present
Boston University, Linguistics Boston, MA
Dissertation: Contextual frequency and morphosyntactic variation:
An exemplar-theoretic variationist analysis of Spanish subject pronouns
Committee: Daniel Erker (Chair), Rafael Orozco, Neil Myler
M.A. 2021
Boston University, Linguistics, Boston, MA
M.A. 2017
Florida Atlantic University, Linguistics, Boca Raton, FL
B.A. 2015
Florida Atlantic University, English Education, Magna Cum Laude, Boca Raton, FL
A.A. 2013
Palm Beach State College, Magna Cum Laude, Boca Raton, FL
ASA School 2022
Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO
Web Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information 2020
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Industry Experience
Learning Scientist Intern Summer 2022
Duolingo, Host: Dr. Cindy Blanco, Pittsburgh, PA

Publications
Chang, C.B., Dionne, D. (2022). Unity and diversity in Asian American language variation: Data
from Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,
46, 060002.
Dionne, D., Coppock, E. (2022). Differences in implicature across languages stem from differences
in salience of alternatives. Glossa Psycholinguistics.
Dionne, D. (2021). A Sociophonetic Study of Speech Production by Asian Americans in Boston.
Boston University Department of Linguistics Qualifying Paper, Boston, MA.
Dionne, D., Coppock, E. (2021). ‘Tattoos as a window onto cross-linguistic differences in scalar
implicature’. In Beltrama, A., Schwarz, F., Papafragou, A. (eds.), Proceedings of Experiments in
Linguistic Meaning 1 (ELM1), Philadelphia, PA, July 30.
Dionne, D. (2020). Cross-linguistic pragmatic differences as a function of hyponym viability. Boston
University Department of Linguistics Qualifying Paper, Boston, MA.

Presentations
Dionne, D. (2022). The role of contextual frequency in morphosyntactic variation: The case of
Spanish subject pronouns. 96th Annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Denver, CO,
January 5.
Dionne, D., Chang, C.B. (2022). Sociophonetic variation among Asian Americans: The role of
ethnicity and style. The 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO, May 23.
Dionne, D., Chang, C. B. (2021). Linguistic Unity and Diversity among Asian Americans in Boston.
NWAV49: New Ways of Analyzing Variation 49, Austin, TX, October 19.
Weinstein, M., Dionne, D., Graham, N., & Coppock, E. (2021). Cooperation with Police as
Non-Cooperative Pragmatics. MK40: Common Knowledge, Common Ground, and Context in
Communication, London, England, June 25.
Dionne, D. (2021). Towards an understanding of Asian American ethnolects: Sociophonetic data
from Bostonians. PhoNE: Phonology in the Northeast, New York, NY, April 30.
Coppock, E., Dionne, D., Graham, N., Ganem, E., Zhao, S., Lin, S., Liu, W., & Wijaya, D. (2020).
Informativity in Image Captions vs. Referring Expressions. Probability and Meaning, Gothenburg,
Sweden, October 15.
Dionne, D., Coppock, E. (2020). Tattoos as a window onto cross-linguistic differences in scalar
implicature. 1st Annual Experiments in Linguistic Meaning conference, Philadelphia, PA, September
18.
Dionne, D. (2020). She has a tattoo where?: Cross-linguistic differences in scalar implicature.
WeSSLLI 2020 Virtual Student Session, Waltham, MA, July 14.
Dionne, D., Coppock, E. (2020). Cross-linguistic pragmatic differences as a function of hyponym
complexity. 94th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New Orleans, LA, January 5.
Blattner, G., Dionne, D. (2017). E-literacy in ESL classes, are we really preparing students for
digital communication?. 48th Annual Florida Foreign Language Association Annual Conference, St.
Petersberg, FL, October 14.

Edited Volumes
Dionne, D. & Vidal Covas, L. (Eds). Proceedings of the 45th Annual Boston University Conference
on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Grants, Fellowships, Assistantships, & Awards

Best Lightning Talk WeSSLLI 2020 Summer 2020
Boston University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Travel Grant Department of Linguistics (USD 500) Spring 2023
Travel Grant Department of Linguistics (USD 750) Fall 2022
Conference Grant BU Graduate Student Organization (USD 500) Spring 2022
Travel Grant Department of Linguistics (USD 1,200) Spring 2022
Research Fellowship Fall 2019, 2020, Spring 2021, 2022
Teaching Fellowship Fall 2018, Spring 2020
Travel Grant Department of Linguistics (USD 700) Fall 2019
Graduate Research Assistantship Summer 2019
Florida Atlantic University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Teaching Assistantship Fall 2016, Spring, Fall 2017
McGraw-Hill Outstanding Academic Achievement Award Fall 2017
Travel Grant Graduate & Professional Student Association Fall 2017

Teaching
Northeastern University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Language & the Therapeutic Relationship" (CAEP 3485) Guest Lecture 28 September 2021
Boston University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Language, Race, and Gender (LX 342) Grader Fall 2021
SAY WHAT? Accents, Dialects, and Society (LX 110) Teaching Fellow Fall 2018, Spring 2020
Florida Atlantic University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and Presentation Skills I (EAP 1586) Spring, Summer, Fall 2017
Research and Presentation Skills II (EAP 1686) Fall 2016, Summer, Fall 2017
Academic Reading I (EAP 1520) Spring, Summer 2017
Academic Writing I (EAP 1540) Spring 2017
Academic Writing II (EAP 1640) Fall 2016
Grammar Lab (EAP 1560) Fall 2016

Service
To the Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Graduate Student Mentor for 1 Research Assistant, Boston University Summer 2022
Graduate Student Coordinator, Linguistics Colloquium Committee, Boston University 2021-2022
Graduate Student Mentor for 4 Research Assistants, Boston University Summer 2021
Co-Organizer, Boston University’s Conference on Language Development, Boston University 2020
Travel Chair, Boston University’s Conference on Language Development, Boston University 2020
Researcher, Phonetics, Acquisition, and Multilingualism Lab, Boston University 2020-
Tech Chair, Boston University’s Conference on Language Development, Boston University 2019
Co-Organizer, Linguistics Graduate Research Forum, Boston University 2019-2020
Lab Manager, Linguistics Semantics Lab, Boston University 2019-
To the University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Department Representative, Graduate Student Organization, Boston University 2018-2021
Mentor, GRS International PhD Matching Program, Boston University Fall 2019
Mentor, The Mentoring Project, Florida Atlantic University 2017
To the Discipline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consulting Meeting, Qidu Fu November 2022
Consulting Meeting, Taylor-Paige Guba August 2022
Volunteer, LSA’s 96th Annual Meeting 2022
Volunteer Room Monitor, LSA Virtual Annual Meeting 2021
Volunteer, Boston University’s Conference on Language Development, Boston University 2018
To the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts 2020-
Other Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Invited co-presenter, “Discussion on the current job market in industry and academia” 2022
Colloquium Reading Group Leader, Boston University 2022

Press & Public Engagement

Dionne, D. (2022). How to keep yourself motivated all year long. Duolingo Blog.
https://blog.duolingo.com/how-to-keep-yourself-motivated-all-year-long/
Dionne, D. (2022). 7 amazing language facts for your holiday table. Duolingo Blog.
https://blog.duolingo.com/amazing-language-facts/
Dionne, D. (2022). Special report: Understanding English learners around the world. Duolingo
Blog. https://blog.duolingo.com/english-learner-motivations/
Dionne, D. (2022). Irregardless of what you’ve heard, irregardless is a word anyways. Duolingo
Blog. https://blog.duolingo.com/is-irregardless-a-word/
Dionne, D. (2022). Why is it hard to learn sounds in a new language?. Duolingo Blog.
https://blog.duolingo.com/why-is-pronunciation-hard/
Dionne, D. (2022). When it comes to language, who decides what’s “correct”? Duolingo Blog.
https://blog.duolingo.com/language-discrimination/

Memberships
Linguistics Society of America 2018-
Acoustical Society of America 2022-