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On projection and the shadow of [wh]
1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, PrincetonMuch work on syntactic locality has shown that processes like wh-movement are subject to several kinds of locality restrictions. In addition to being sensitive to intervening wh-phrases, wh-movement must proceed […]
The role of tone in Rere topic and focus constructions
1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, PrincetonTonal correlates of topic and focus constructions in African tone languages are often indirect, manifested as restrictions on tone spreading or tone marking on non-focused or non-topic elements. Rere (Koalib) […]
Why a language may lack productive argument demotion strategies: Zenzontepec Chatino valency patterns in lexicon and discourse
Green Hall 0-S-9Languages display a range of strategies for adding or promoting arguments (e.g. causatives, applicatives) and removing or syntactically demoting them (e.g. passives, antipassives), but not all languages do these things […]
