Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Linguistics

Administrative Appointments

  • Research Associate, Academy of Finland (1992 - 1995)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Boston University (1997 - 2001)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, New York University (2001 - 2004)
  • The LSA Linguistic Institute, Stanford University (2007 - 2007)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University (2004 - 2009)
  • Affiliated Faculty, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University (2004 - Present)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University (2009 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore (2000-2001)
  • Hellman Faculty Scholar, Stanford University (2007-2008)
  • Internal Faculty Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center (2008-2009)
  • International Scholar, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea (2011-2012)
  • Adjunct Professor (dosentti) in General Linguistics, University of Helsinki, Finland (2000-)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Editorial Board Member, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (2015 - 2018)
  • Associate Editor, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (2018 - 2022)
  • Editorial Board Member, Virittäjä, the journal of the Society for the Study of Finnish (Kotikielen Seura) (2012 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Finno-Ugric Languages and Linguistics (FULL). (2011 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Language and Linguistics Compass, online journal, Blackwell. (2006 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Studies in Language Variation, John Benjamins Publishing Company (2006 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Nordic Journal of Linguistics, Cambridge University Press. (2001 - Present)
  • Secretary, Linguistic Association of Finland (1991 - 1991)
  • Member, Linguistic Society of America (1992 - Present)

Program Affiliations

  • Symbolic Systems Program

Professional Education

  • M.A., University of Helsinki, General Linguistics and English Philology (1990)
  • Ph.D., Stanford University, Linguistics (1998)

Contact

  • Academic
    anttila@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Linguistics Position: Associate Professor

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Phonology, morphology, language variation

2024-25 Courses

All Publications

  • Tone and morphological level ordering in Dagaare PHONOLOGY Anttila, A., Bodomo, A. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0952675723000167

    View details for Web of Science ID 001098306300001

  • Equiprobable mappings in weighted constraint grammars Anttila, A., Borgeson, S., Magri, G., Assoc Computat Linguist ASSOC COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS-ACL. 2019: 125–34

    View details for Web of Science ID 000538552400015

  • Phonological Effects on Syntactic Variation ANNUAL REVIEW OF LINGUISTICS, VOL 2 Anttila, A. 2016; 2: 115-137

    View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011415-040845

    View details for Web of Science ID 000368368700008

  • Modeling phonological variation The Oxford Handbook of Laboratory Phonology Anttila, A. edited by Cohn, A. C., Fougeron, C., Huffman, M. 2012: 76–91
  • On structural case in Finnish and Korean LINGUA Anttila, A., Kim, J. 2011; 121 (1): 100-127

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.07.008

    View details for Web of Science ID 000283963800008

  • The role of prosody in the English dative alternation LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES Anttila, A., Adams, M., Speriosu, M. 2010; 25 (7-9): 946-981

    View details for DOI 10.1080/01690960903525481

    View details for Web of Science ID 000282683700002

  • Variation and Ambiguity Reality Exploration and Discovery: Pattern Interaction in Language and Life. Festschrift for K.P. Mohanan Fong, V., Anttila, A. edited by Uyechi, L., Wee, L. H. CSLI Publications, Stanford, California. 2010: 345–358
  • Derived Environment Effects in Colloquial Helsinki Finnish The Nature of the Word: Essays in Honor of Paul Kiparsky Anttila, A. edited by Hanson, K., Inkelas, S. MIT Press, Cambridge,Massachusetts. 2009: 433–460
  • Prosodic morphology in Dagaare Cascadilla Proceedings Project Anttila, A., Bodomo, A. edited by Matondo, M., McLaughlin, F., Potsdam, E. 2009: 56–68
  • Gradient phonotactics and the Complexity Hypothesis NATURAL LANGUAGE & LINGUISTIC THEORY Anttila, A. 2008; 26 (4): 695-729

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11049-008-9052-2

    View details for Web of Science ID 000261181400001

  • Variation and opacity in Singapore English consonant clusters PHONOLOGY Anttila, A., Fong, V., Benus, S., Nycz, J. 2008; 25 (2): 181-216

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0952675708001462

    View details for Web of Science ID 000262277400001

  • Phonological Constraints on Constituent Ordering Proceedings of the 26th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Anttila, A. edited by Chang, C. B., Haynie, H. 2008: 51–59
  • Variation and optionality The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology Anttila, A. edited by Lacy, P. d. CambridgeUniversity Press,Cambridge. 2007: 519–536
  • Variation and opacity NATURAL LANGUAGE & LINGUISTIC THEORY Anttila, A. 2006; 24 (4): 893-944

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11049-006-0002-6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000243381400001

  • Prosodic constraints on /-ntV/ in Finnish A Man of Measure: Festschrift in Honour of Fred Karlsson on his 60th Birthday. Anttila, A. edited by Suominen, M., Arppe, A., Airola, A., Heinämäki, O., Miestamo, M., Määttä, U., Niemi, J., Pitkänen, K. K., Sinnemäki, K. The Linguistic Association of Finland, Turku. 2006: 119–127
  • Variation and opacity in Finnish phonology CSC Report on Scientific Computing in Finland 2004-2005. Anttila, A. edited by Fagerholm, J., Puska, L., Åström, J., Blomqvist, J., Forsström, P., Jukka, L., Kotila, S., Laine, M. M., Miettinen, M., Tarus, J., Tissari, S. CSC, The Finnish IT Center for Science. 2005: 171–174
  • Variation, and noun classes in English LINGUA Anttila, A., Fong, V. 2004; 114 (9-10): 1253-1290

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.lingua.2003.06.001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000223487200008

  • Deriving consonant cluster phonotactics: Evidence from Singapore English. NELS 34, Proceedings of the Northeast Linguistic Society Anttila, A., Fong, V., Beňuš, Š., Nycz, J. edited by Moulton, K., Wolf, M. GLSA, Amherst, Massachusetts. 2004: 89–103
  • Finnish Assibilation NELS 33, Proceedings of the Northeast Linguistic Society Anttila, A. edited by Kadowaki, M., Kawahara, S. GLSA, Amherst, Massachusetts. 2003: 13–24
  • Variation and Phonological Theory Handbook of Language Variation and Change Anttila, A. edited by Chambers, J., Trudgill, P., Schilling-Estes, N. Blackwell, Oxford, U.K.. 2003: 206–243
  • Evaluating interactivity Global E-Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Education. Bodomo, A., Luke, K. K., Anttila, A. 2003
  • Morphologically conditioned phonological alternations NATURAL LANGUAGE & LINGUISTIC THEORY Anttila, A. 2002; 20 (1): 1-42

    View details for Web of Science ID 000175464000001

  • Variation in Finnish Phonology and Morphology. Dissertation summary. Glot International Anttila, A. 2001; 5 (1): 1-3
  • Headmost Accent Wins Glot International Anttila, A. 2001; 5 (3): 103-108
  • Review of Heli Harrikari (2000) “Segmental Length in Finnish – Studies within a Constraint-Based Approach”. Virittäjä Anttila, A. 2001; 106 (2): 322-333
  • Variation in Allomorph Selection NELS 30, Proceedings of the Northeast Linguistic Society Anttila, A., Revithiadou, A. edited by Hirotani, M., Coetzee, A., Hall, N., Kim, J. GLSA, Amherst, Massachusetts. 2000: 29–42
  • The Partitive Constraint in Optimality Theory Journal of Semantics Anttila, A., Fong, V. 2000; 17 (4): 281-314
  • Variation and change in optimality theory BCN Workshop on Conflicting Constraints Anttila, A., CHO, Y. M. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1998: 31–56

    View details for Web of Science ID 000072822400003

  • Variation and Change in Optimality Theory Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader Anttila, A., Cho, Y. Y. edited by McCarthy, J. J. Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., and Malden, Massachusetts. 1998: 569–580
  • Deriving variation from grammar Variation, Change and Phonological Theory Anttila, A. edited by Hinskens, F., Hout, R. V., Wetzels, L. John Benjamins, Amsterdam. 1997: 35–68
  • How to recognise subjects in English Constraint Grammar: A Language-Independent System for Parsing Unrestricted Text edited by Karlsson, F., Voutilainen, A., Heikkil¨a, J., Antilla, A. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. 1995: 315–358
  • Constraint Grammar: A Language-Independent System for Parsing Unrestricted Text edited by Karlsson, F., Voutilainen, A., Heikkil¨a, J., Anttila, A. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. 1995
  • Constraint Grammar of English: A Performance-Oriented Introduction Voutilainen, A., Heikkilä, J., Anttila, A. University of Helsinki, Department of Linguistics. 1992; 21
  • Constraint Grammar: A Language-Independent System for Parsing Unrestricted Text, with an Application to English Natural Language Text Retrieval: Workshop Notes from the Ninth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-91) Karlsson, F., Voutilainen, A., Anttila, A., Heikkilä, J. 1991
  • Yearbook of the Linguistic Association of Finland edited by Vilkuna, M., Anttila, A. Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys, Helsinki. 1991
  • Three approaches to describing conversion The Yearbook of the Linguistic Association of Finland Anttila, A. edited by Östman, J., Jokinen, K. Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys, Helsinki, Finland. 1990: 111–127