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I have also been <strong>the</strong> beneficiary <strong>of</strong> institutional <strong>and</strong> financial support from <strong>the</strong><br />

U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Education <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cornell University Latin American Studies<br />

Program in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> two academic-year FLAS fellowships for <strong>the</strong> study <strong>of</strong><br />

Quechua. Thanks to Mary Jo Dudley <strong>of</strong> LASP for her help in this regard. I also<br />

gratefully acknowledge <strong>the</strong> support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Science Foundation through<br />

Dissertation Research Improvement Grant BCS-0132445 which funded most <strong>of</strong> my<br />

fieldwork in Peru <strong>and</strong> Ecuador, <strong>and</strong> provided some research support at home.<br />

During <strong>the</strong> 2003-2004 academic year I have been a Visiting Instructor at Syracuse<br />

University, <strong>and</strong> owe thanks to <strong>the</strong> wonderful students who have made my teaching<br />

at SU such a joy, <strong>and</strong> to <strong>the</strong> faculty for <strong>the</strong>ir support.<br />

As always, it is friends <strong>and</strong> family who really determine <strong>the</strong> hue <strong>of</strong> an existence,<br />

<strong>and</strong> I doubt I could have gotten through one PhD, let alone two, without a dedicated<br />

group <strong>of</strong> people who might not be up on <strong>the</strong> latest developments in <strong>the</strong> Minimalist<br />

Program but whose expertise in o<strong>the</strong>r parts <strong>of</strong> life have made my own so much<br />

easier during <strong>the</strong> last several years. Thanks in particular to Craig <strong>and</strong> Jenny for<br />

our several years toge<strong>the</strong>r as a household. You both have not just <strong>the</strong> patience for<br />

linguistics but a delightful interest in language that kept <strong>the</strong> fun side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> game<br />

always prominent in my mind. And thanks also to Alec, Julia, Sean, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> many<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r friends who have hung in <strong>the</strong>re through two bouts <strong>of</strong> graduate school <strong>and</strong> still<br />

haven’t given up on me.<br />

Also in this last category are my parents, whose amazing fortitude has allowed<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to register unwavering delight, encouragement <strong>and</strong> enthusiasm through what<br />

must have seemed like an endless series <strong>of</strong> classes, papers, <strong>the</strong>ses <strong>and</strong> degrees. Withix

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