Papers, Publications, and Manuscripts

(for a complete list of publications, see my CV)

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}}

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}}

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}

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}}

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@unpublished{Preminger:2019,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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

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}}