Papers, Publications, and Manuscripts
(for a complete list of publications, see my CV)
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to appear: Taxonomies of case and ontologies of case. In On the Place of Case in Grammar, ed. Elena Anagnostopoulou, Christina Sevdali & Dionysios Mertyris. Oxford: Oxford University Press. bibtex
@incollection{Preminger:2021, Address = {Oxford}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {On the Place of Case in Grammar}, Editor = {Anagnostopoulou, Elena and Sevdali, Christina and Mertyris, Dionysios}, Publisher = {Oxford University Press}, Title = {Taxonomies of case and ontologies of case}, Year = {to appear}}
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to appear: Phi-feature agreement in syntax. In The Cambridge Handbook of Minimalism, ed. Kleanthes K. Grohmann & Evelina Leivada. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. bibtex
@incollection{Preminger:2021, Address = {Cambridge}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {The {C}ambridge Handbook of Minimalism}, Editor = {Grohmann, Kleanthes K. and Leivada, Evelina}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, Title = {Phi-feature agreement in syntax}, Url = {https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/005890}, Year = {to appear}}
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to appear [with Ezer Rasin & David Pesetsky]: A re-evaluation of Arad’s argument for roots. In Proceedings of the 39th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 39). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. bibtex
@inproceedings{RasinPremingerPesetsky:2021, address = {Somerville, MA}, author = {Rasin, Ezer and Preminger, Omer and Pesetsky, David}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the \engordnumber{39} {West} {Coast} {Conference} on {Formal} {Linguistics} ({WCCFL} 39)}, publisher = {Cascadilla Press}, title = {A re-evaluation of Arad's argument for roots}, year = {to appear}
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2020: Functional structure in the noun phrase: revisiting Hebrew nominals. Glossa 5(1): 68. doi: 10.5334/gjgl.1244. bibtex
@article{Preminger:2020, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.5334/gjgl.1244}, Journal = {Glossa}, Number = {1}, Pages = {68}, Title = {Functional structure in the noun phrase: revisiting {Hebrew} nominals}, Volume = {5}, Year = {2020}}
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2019: The Anaphor Agreement Effect: further evidence against binding-as-agreement. Ms. bibtex
@unpublished{Preminger:2019, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Note = {{Ms.}}, Title = {The {Anaphor} {Agreement} {Effect}: further evidence against binding-as-agreement}, Url = {https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/004401}, Year = {2019}}
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2019 [with Maria Polinsky]: The Agreement Theta Generalization. Glossa 4(1): 102. doi: 10.5334/gjgl.936. bibtex
@article{PolinskyPreminger:2019, Author = {Polinsky, Maria and Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.5334/gjgl.936}, Journal = {Glossa}, Number = {1}, Pages = {102}, Title = {The {{\em{{Agreement} {Theta} {Generalization}}}}}, Volume = {4}, Year = {2019}}
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2019: What the PCC tells us about ‘abstract’ agreement, head movement, and locality. Glossa 4(1): 13. doi: 10.5334/gjgl.315. bibtex
@article{Preminger:2019, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.5334/gjgl.315}, Journal = {Glossa}, Number = {1}, Pages = {13}, Title = {What the {PCC} tells us about ``abstract'' agreement, head movement, and locality}, Volume = {4}, Year = {2019}}
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2018: Back to the Future: Non-generation, filtration, and the heartbreak of interface-driven minimalism. In Syntactic Structures after 60 Years: The Impact of the Chomskyan Revolution in Linguistics, ed. Norbert Hornstein, Howard Lasnik, Pritty Patel-Grosz & Charles Yang, 355‑380. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. bibtex
@incollection{Preminger:2018, Address = {Berlin}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {{Syntactic} {Structures} after 60 Years: The Impact of the {Chomskyan} Revolution in Linguistics}, Editor = {Hornstein, Norbert and Lasnik, Howard and Patel-Grosz, Pritty and Yang, Charles}, Publisher = {Mouton de Gruyter}, Title = {{Back} to the {Future}: non-generation, filtration, and the heartbreak of interface-driven minimalism}, Year = {2018}, Pages = {355--380}}
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2017 [with Jessica Coon]: Split ergativity is not about ergativity. In The Handbook of Ergativity, ed. Jessica Coon, Diane Massam & Lisa Travis, 226‑252. Oxford: Oxford University Press. bibtex
@incollection{CoonPreminger:2017, Address = {Oxford}, Author = {Coon, Jessica and Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {The Handbook of Ergativity}, Editor = {Coon, Jessica and Massam, Diane and Travis, Lisa}, Publisher = {Oxford University Press}, Title = {Split ergativity is not about ergativity}, Pages = {226--252}, Year = {2017}}
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2017: How can feature-sharing be asymmetric? Valuation as UNION over geometric feature structures. In A Pesky Set: Papers for David Pesetsky, ed. Claire Halpert, Hadas Kotek & Coppe van Urk, 493‑502. Cambridge, MA: MITWPL. bibtex
@incollection{Preminger:2017, Address = {Cambridge, MA}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {A {Pesky} {Set}: Papers for {David} {Pesetsky}}, Editor = {Halpert, Claire and Kotek, Hadas and van Urk, Coppe}, Pages = {493--502}, Publisher = {MITWPL}, Title = {How can feature-sharing be asymmetric? {Valuation} as \textsc{union} over geometric feature structures}, Year = {2017}}
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2015 [with Theodore Levin]: Case in Sakha: are two modalities really necessary? Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 33(1): 231‑250. doi: 10.1007/s11049-014-9250-z bibtex
@article{LevinPreminger:2015, Author = {Levin, Theodore and Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.1007/s11049-014-9250-z}, Journal = {Natural Language \& Linguistic Theory}, Number = {1}, Pages = {231--250}, Title = {Case in {Sakha}: Are Two Modalities Really Necessary?}, Volume = {33}, Year = {2015}}
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2015 [with Jaklin Kornfilt]: Nominative as no case at all: an argument from raising-to-ACC in Sakha. In Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 9), MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 76, ed. Andrew Joseph & Esra Predolac, 109‑120. Cambridge, MA: MITWPL. bibtex
@inproceedings{KornfiltPreminger:2015, Address = {Cambridge, MA}, Author = {Kornfilt, Jaklin and Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th {Workshop} on {Altaic} {Formal} {Linguistics} ({WAFL} 9)}, Editor = {Joseph, Andrew and Predolac, Esra}, Number = {76}, Pages = {109--120}, Publisher = {MITWPL}, Series = {MIT Working Papers in Linguistics}, Title = {Nominative as \emph{no case at all}: An argument from raising-to-\textsc{acc} in {Sakha}}, Year = {2015}}
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2015 [with Maria Polinsky]: Agreement and semantic concord: a spurious unification. Ms. bibtex
@unpublished{PremingerPolinsky:2015, Author = {Preminger, Omer and Polinsky, Maria}, Note = {Ms.}, Title = {Agreement and semantic concord: a spurious unification}, Url = {https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/002363}, Year = {2015}}
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2014: Agreement and its failures. Linguistic Inquiry Monographs 68. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. bibtex
@book{Preminger:2014, Address = {Cambridge, MA}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Number = {68}, Publisher = {MIT Press}, Series = {Linguistic Inquiry Monographs}, Title = {Agreement and its failures}, Year = {2014}}
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2014 [with Jessica Coon & Pedro Mateo Pedro]: The role of case in A-bar extraction asymmetries: evidence from Mayan. Linguistic Variation 14(2): 179‑242. doi: 10.1075/lv.14.2.01coo bibtex
@article{CoonMateoPedroPreminger:2014, Author = {Coon, Jessica and Mateo Pedro, Pedro and Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.1075/lv.14.2.01coo}, Journal = {Linguistic Variation}, Number = {2}, Pages = {179--242}, Title = {The Role of Case in \mbox{A-bar} Extraction Asymmetries: Evidence from {Mayan}}, Volume = {14}, Year = {2014}}
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2014 [with Maria Polinsky]: Case and grammatical relations. In The Routledge Handbook of Syntax, ed. Andrew Carnie, Daniel Siddiqi & Yosuke Sato, 150‑166. London: Routledge. bibtex
@incollection{PolinskyPreminger:2014, Address = {London}, Author = {Polinsky, Maria and Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {The {Routledge} Handbook of Syntax}, Editor = {Carnie, Andrew and Siddiqi, Daniel and Sato, Yosuke}, Pages = {150--166}, Publisher = {Routledge}, Title = {Case and grammatical relations}, Year = {2014}}
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2013: That’s not how you agree: a reply to Zeijlstra. The Linguistic Review 30(3): 491‑500. doi: 10.1515/tlr-2013-0015 bibtex
@article{Preminger:2013, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.1515/tlr-2013-0015}, Journal = {The Linguistic Review}, Number = {3}, Pages = {491--500}, Title = {That's not how you agree: A reply to {Zeijlstra}}, Volume = {30}, Year = {2013}}
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2012: The absence of an implicit object in unergatives: new and old evidence from Basque. Lingua 122(3): 278‑288. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2011.04.007 bibtex
@article{Preminger:2012, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.1016/j.lingua.2011.04.007}, Journal = {Lingua}, Number = {3}, Pages = {278--288}, Title = {The absence of an implicit object in unergatives: New and old evidence from {Basque}}, Volume = {122}, Year = {2012}}
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2012 [with Jessica Coon]: Towards a unified account of person splits. In Proceedings of the 29th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 29), ed. Jaehoon Choi, Alan Houge, Jessamyn Schertz, Jeff Punske, Deniz Tat & Alex Trueman, 310‑318. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. bibtex
@inproceedings{CoonPreminger:2012, Address = {Somerville, MA}, Author = {Coon, Jessica and Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 29th {West} {Coast} {Conference} on {Formal} {Linguistics} ({WCCFL} 29)}, Editor = {Choi, Jaehoon and Houge, Alan and Schertz, Jessamyn and Punske, Jeff and Tat, Deniz and Trueman, Alex}, Pages = {310--318}, Publisher = {Cascadilla Press}, Title = {Towards a Unified Account of Person Splits}, Url = {http://www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/29/index.html}, Year = {2012}}
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2011: Asymmetries between person and number in syntax: a commentary on Baker’s SCOPA. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 29(4): 917‑937. doi: 10.1007/s11049-011-9155-z bibtex
@article{Preminger:2011, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.1007/s11049-011-9155-z}, Journal = {Natural Language \& Linguistic Theory}, Number = {4}, Pages = {917--937}, Title = {Asymmetries between person and number in syntax: A commentary on {Baker}'s {SCOPA}}, Volume = {29}, Year = {2011}}
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2011 [with Jessica Coon]: Transitivity in Chol: a new argument for the Split VP Hypothesis. Ms. bibtex
@unpublished{CoonPreminger:2011, author = {Coon, Jessica and Preminger, Omer}, note = {{Ms.}}, title = {Transitivity in {Chol}: A New Argument for the {\mbox{Little-\textit{v}}} {Hypothesis}}, Url = {https://omer.lingsite.org/files/Coon-and-Preminger-Chol-transitivity-split-VP.pdf}, year = {2011}}
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2010: Nested interrogatives and the locus of wh. In The complementizer phase: subjects and operators, ed. E. Phoevos Panagiotidis, 200‑235. Oxford: Oxford University Press. bibtex
@incollection{Preminger:2010, Address = {Oxford}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {The {Complementizer} {Phase}: Subjects and Operators}, Editor = {Panagiotidis, E. Phoevos}, Pages = {200--235}, Publisher = {Oxford University Press}, Title = {Nested Interrogatives and the locus of \emph{wh}}, Year = {2010}}
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2010: Failure to agree is not a failure: phi-agreement with post-verbal subjects in Hebrew. In Linguistic Variation Yearbook 9, ed. Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck & Johan Rooryck, 241‑278. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. bibtex
@incollection{Preminger:2010, Address = {Amsterdam}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {{Linguistic} {Variation} {Yearbook}}, Doi = {10.1075/livy.9.07pre}, Editor = {van Craenenbroeck, Jeroen and Rooryck, Johan}, Pages = {241--278}, Publisher = {John Benjamins}, Title = {Failure to Agree is Not a Failure: phi-Agreement with Post-Verbal Subjects in {Hebrew}}, Volume = {9}, Year = {2010}}
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2009: Breaking Agreements: distinguishing agreement and clitic-doubling by their failures. Linguistic Inquiry 40(4): 619‑666. doi: 10.1162/ling.2009.40.4.619 bibtex
@article{Preminger:2009, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Doi = {10.1162/ling.2009.40.4.619}, Journal = {Linguistic Inquiry}, Number = {4}, Pages = {619--666}, Title = {Breaking agreements: distinguishing agreement and clitic doubling by their failures}, Volume = {40}, Year = {2009}}
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2009 [with Tal Siloni]: Nominal voices. In Quantification, definiteness, and nominalization, ed. Anastasia Giannakidou & Monika Rathert, Vol. 24 of Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, 364‑384. Oxford: Oxford University Press. bibtex
@incollection{SiloniPreminger:2009, Address = {Oxford}, Author = {Siloni, Tal and Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {{Quantification}, {Definiteness}, and {Nominalization}}, Editor = {Giannakidou, Anastasia and Rathert, Monika}, Number = {24}, Pages = {364--384}, Publisher = {Oxford University Press}, Series = {Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics}, Title = {Nominal Voices}, Year = {2009}}
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2008 [with Naama Friedmann, Rama Novogrodsky & Ronit Szterman]: Resumptive pronouns as last resort when movement is impaired: relative clauses in hearing impairment. In Current issues in generative Hebrew linguistics, ed. Sharon Armon-Lotem, Susan Rothstein & Gabi Danon, Vol. 134 of Linguistics Today, 267‑290. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. bibtex
@incollection{FriedmannNovogrodskySztermanPreminger:2008, Address = {Amsterdam}, Author = {Friedmann, Naama and Novogrodsky, Rama and Szterman, Ronit and Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {Current Issues in Generative {Hebrew} Linguistics}, Editor = {Armon-Lotem, Sharon and Rothstein, Susan and Danon, Gabi}, Number = {134}, Pages = {267--290}, Publisher = {John Benjamins}, Series = {Linguistics Today}, Title = {Resumptive pronouns as last resort when movement is impaired: Relative clauses in hearing impairment}, Year = {2008}}
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2008: (Im)perfect domains: yet another theory of syntactic movement. In Proceedings of the 26th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 26), ed. Charles B. Chang & Hannah J. Haynie, 402‑410. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. bibtex
@inproceedings{Preminger:2008, Address = {Somerville, MA}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th {West} {Coast} {Conference} on {Formal} {Linguistics} ({WCCFL} 26)}, Editor = {Chang, Charles B. and Haynie, Hannah J.}, Pages = {402--410}, Publisher = {Cascadilla Press}, Title = {{(Im)perfect} {Domains}: Yet Another Theory of Syntactic Movement}, Url = {http://www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/26/index.html}, Year = {2008}}
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2006: Argument-mapping and extraction. In Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 36), ed. Christopher Davis, Amy Rose Deal & Youri Zabbal, 493‑504. Amherst, MA: GLSA. bibtex
@inproceedings{Preminger:2006, Address = {Amherst, MA}, Author = {Preminger, Omer}, Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th meeting of the {North} {East} {Linguistic} {Society} ({NELS} 36)}, Editor = {Davis, Christopher and Deal, Amy Rose and Zabbal, Youri}, Pages = {493--504}, Publisher = {GLSA}, Title = {Argument-mapping and extraction}, Year = {2006}}