Linguistic Inquiry Monographs
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On Linearization
Toward a Restrictive Theory
ISBN: 9780262544955
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 7, 2023
The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax.
Syntax in the Treetops
ISBN: 9780262543491
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 3, 2022
A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context.
A Selectional Theory of Adjunct Control
A Selectional Theory of Adjunct Control
ISBN: 9780262542852
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 19, 2021
A novel, systematic theory of adjunct control, explaining how and why adjuncts shift between obligatory and nonobligatory control.
A Theory of Indexical Shift
Meaning, Grammar, and Crosslinguistic Variation
ISBN: 9780262539210
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 13, 2020
A comprehensive overview of the semantics and syntax of indexical shift that develops a constrained typology of the phenomenon across languages.
Probes and Their Horizons
ISBN: 9780262538275
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 25, 2020
A comprehensive theory of selective opacity effects—configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others—within a Minimalist framework.
Composing Questions
ISBN: 9780262536547
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 19, 2019
An investigation of the syntax and semantics of wh-questions through the lens of intervention effects, offering a new proposal on overt and covert wh-movement.
Features of Person
From the Inventory of Persons to Their Morphological Realization
ISBN: 9780262535618
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 23, 2018
A proposal that person features do not have inherent content but are used to navigate a “person space” at the heart of every pronominal expression.
The Final-Over-Final Condition
The Final-Over-Final Condition
A Syntactic Universal
ISBN: 9780262534161
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 27, 2017
An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order constraint, with data from a wide range of languages.
On Linearization
Toward a Restrictive Theory
ISBN: 9780262544955
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 7, 2023
The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax.
Syntax in the Treetops
ISBN: 9780262543491
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 3, 2022
A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context.
A Selectional Theory of Adjunct Control
A Selectional Theory of Adjunct Control
ISBN: 9780262542852
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 19, 2021
A novel, systematic theory of adjunct control, explaining how and why adjuncts shift between obligatory and nonobligatory control.
A Theory of Indexical Shift
Meaning, Grammar, and Crosslinguistic Variation
ISBN: 9780262539210
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 13, 2020
A comprehensive overview of the semantics and syntax of indexical shift that develops a constrained typology of the phenomenon across languages.
Probes and Their Horizons
ISBN: 9780262538275
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 25, 2020
A comprehensive theory of selective opacity effects—configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others—within a Minimalist framework.
Composing Questions
ISBN: 9780262536547
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 19, 2019
An investigation of the syntax and semantics of wh-questions through the lens of intervention effects, offering a new proposal on overt and covert wh-movement.
Features of Person
From the Inventory of Persons to Their Morphological Realization
ISBN: 9780262535618
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 23, 2018
A proposal that person features do not have inherent content but are used to navigate a “person space” at the heart of every pronominal expression.
The Final-Over-Final Condition
The Final-Over-Final Condition
A Syntactic Universal
ISBN: 9780262534161
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 27, 2017
An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order constraint, with data from a wide range of languages.