Education:
M.A., Brooklyn College - 1989 (Computer Science)
Ph.D., University Center & Graduate School (CUNY) - 1984 (Linguistics)
M.A., University Center and Graduate School (CUNY) - 1977 (Linguistics)
B.A., Queens College (CUNY) - 1972 (English)
Areas of Expertise:
Gonsalves' general area of expertise is linguistics, the scientific study of language. Within this, his area is semantics, the study of meaning, and more particularly, the representation of word meaning. He is also a student of West Indian literature, and especially the West Indian novel.
Books and Publications
"Constructional Meaning and Lexical Meaning." LACUS Forum XXXIV: 73-78. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"The Liar or the Mad Dog(s)? Another LACUS Look at the Liar Paradox." LACUS Forum XXXV: 143-52. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
"Investigating the Semantics-Semiotics Interface Through Textual Analysis." LACUS Forum XXXIII: 275-83. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
"The Verb Keep in Lexical Semantics; A Comparative Study." Thirty-Second Linguistics Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Forum: 306-12. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Promises and Predictions; A Revised Model-Theoretic Approach." The Thirty-First LACUS Forum: 137-46. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Towards a Logic of Performatives: The Case of Requestives." 37th Conference of the Linguistics Association of Canada and the United States. McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario, July 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"The Liar or the Mad Dog(s)? Another LACUS Look at the Liar Paradox." Thirty-Fifth LACUS Conference. Université Laval/Laval University. Quebec City, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Constructional Meaning and Lexical Meaning." Thirty-Fourth LACUS Forum. Eastern Kentucky University. Richmond, Ky., July 26. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Situating Character in the Struggle for National Progress in Three West Indian Novels: In the Castle of My Skin, The Chosen Place, The Timeless People, and Angel." 10th Annual Conference of the Eastern Caribbean Islands Language and Culture Association. Saint Martin (West Indies). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Investigating the Semantics-Semiotics Interface Through Textual Analysis." Thirty-Third LACUS Forum. University of Toronto. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Layers of Meaning in a Saint Vincent Carib Story." Sixteenth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, Dominica (West Indies). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"The Poet and the Politician: The Cultural Implications of a Semiotic Analysis of Two Conversations with Saint Vincent Caribs." Ninth Annual Conference of the Eastern Caribbean Islands Language and Culture Association. Saint Vincent (West Indies).
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
