Posted by Omer on 02/26/2022Comments Off on Slides for “Natural language without semiosis”
Feb262022
In the fall of 2021, I presented some recent work titled Natural language without semiosis at a number of venues (incl. SinFonIJA 14, Cornell, Stony Brook, and MIT).
Here are the slides from these presentations. (And here is the abstract.)
Posted by Omer on 07/19/2021Comments Off on Sigwan Thivierge defends!
Jul192021
I am proud to announce that my student Sigwan Thivierge (co-advised with Maria Polinsky) has defended her PhD thesis!
The thesis, Phasehood and phi-intervention, presents a novel syntactic analysis of the Georgian agreement system. While this system has been the topic of a great deal of research in recent decades, what sets Sigwan’s analysis apart is … [read more] “Sigwan Thivierge defends!”
Posted by Omer on 07/08/2021Comments Off on Rodrigo Ranero defends!
Jul082021
I am proud to announce that my student Rodrigo Ranero (co-advised with Maria Polinsky) has defended his PhD thesis!
The thesis, Identity conditions on ellipsis, argues for a new perspective on the identity requirement underpinning ellipsis in natural language. Specifically, it argues that identity under ellipsis is irreducibly syntactic – at least in part – but the way this syntactic component … [read more] “Rodrigo Ranero defends!”
Posted by Omer on 04/17/2021Comments Off on A “vignette” on phi-agreement in syntax
Apr172021
A while ago, I was asked to contribute something to the upcoming Cambridge Handbook of Minimalism. My initial thoughts about what such a contribution might consist of led me at the time to write a blog post about whether I should even be considered a minimalist syntactician at all. (Short version: I think the minimalist era of syntactic theory is largely over, at least … [read more] “A “vignette” on phi-agreement in syntax”