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Ph.D.     (Linguistics)      University of California, Berkeley, November 1991
Thesis: “Subtle semantics: Universals in the polysemy of reflexive and causative constructions.”
(with E. Sweetser, G. Lakoff, D. Slobin)
M.A.      (Linguistics)      University of California, Berkeley, December 1985
Thesis: “Intensive and expressive language in White Hmong (Hmoob dawb).” (with J. Matisoff)
B.A.       (Linguistics)      University of California, Berkeley, June 1982