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Associate Professor
of
Linguistics
Ph.D. 1993 (linguistics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. 1985 (mathematics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1982 (mathematics) University of Minnesota.
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Areas of Research/Interest: theory of syntax, comparative syntax of African languages, English syntax, Ewe syntax, ‡Hoan syntax, Ju|'hoansi syntax, Khoisan syntax.
Select Publications:
To appear. Linkers and vP Structure. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (with Mark Baker), to appear in volume 24 (2006).
To appear. A Fresh Look at Habitual Be in AAVE. In Ana Deumert and Stephanie Durrleman (eds.), Structure and Variation in Contact Languages, Creole Language Library Series. John Benjamins.
2005. A Smuggling Approach to the Passive in English. Syntax, 8.2, pgs., 81-120.
2005. A Smuggling Approach to Raising in English. Linguistic Inquiry 36.2, 289-298.
2004. The Absence of the Linker in Double Object Constructions in N|uu. Studies in African Linguistics 33.2, pgs. 163-198.
2003. The Internal Structure of vP in Ju|’hoan and =Hoan. Studia Linguistica 57.1, 1-25.
2002. Multiple Verb Movement in =Hoan. Linguistic Inquiry 33.1, 1-29.
2002. Eliminating Labels. In Samuel Epstein and Daniel Seely (eds.), Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program. Blackwell.
2001. Aspects of Plurality in =Hoan. Language 77.3, 456-476.
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