I’ll be giving three invited talks in the fall of 2014, at Georgetown (Sep. 26), Delaware (Oct. 10), and UMass Amherst (Oct. 24). For more information, see the talks & handouts page.
“Case in A-bar extraction asymmetries” accepted for publication in Linguistic Variation
The role of case in A-bar extraction asymmetries: evidence from Mayan (joint work with Jessica Coon & Pedro Mateo Pedro) has been accepted for publication in the journal Linguistic Variation; see my research page for more details.
Handout for “Partial agreement and the direction of valuation”
I’ve posted the handout for a talk I gave at McGill University back in 2012, “Partial agreement and the direction of valuation.”
The talk shows why the cross-linguistically common asymmetry between (richer) agreement in SV structures and (poorer) agreement in VS structures – e.g. in Romance and in Semitic – does not constitute an argument in favor of Spec-Head agreement (nor in favor of “downward valuation” more generally). I show that this pattern falls out naturally from the theory of partial agreement outlined in my 2011 NLLT paper.
Download the handout here, or go to the talks & handouts page.
New version of paper “Case in A-bar extraction asymmetries”
A new version of the paper The role of case in A-bar extraction asymmetries: evidence from Mayan (joint work with Jessica Coon & Pedro Mateo Pedro) has been posted; see my research page for more details.
Joining the University of Maryland
As of this summer (2014), I am joining the faculty in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland.
“Case and grammatical relations” now in print
The Routledge Handbook of Syntax – which includes my paper with Maria Polinsky, “Case and grammatical relations” – is now available in print.
Handout for “Correlation and causation in case & agreement”
I’ve posted the handout for my recent talk, “Correlation and causation in case & agreement.” Download it here, or go to the talks & handouts page.
Talk: Apr 25 @ Maryland
I gave a talk at the University of Maryland Department of Linguistics Colloquium, on Apr. 25, 2014.
Handout for “Beyond interface conditions”
I’ve posted the handout for my recent talk, “Beyond interface conditions.” Download it here, or go to the talks & handouts page.
Talk: Feb 27 @ Cornell
I gave a talk at the Cornell University Department of Linguistics Colloquium, on Feb. 27, 2014.