In this meeting, we will continue the discussion on learning started last semester. The relevant reading for the meeting is Clark and Eyraud (2007) on learning substitutable languages, which can … Read More
I revisit the interpretation of the so-called definite determiner, nò in Akan. I contend that contrary to previous analyses, nò is not a definite determiner of type <<e,t>e>. Rather, I claim it is as … Read More
Meg Gotowski. “What Quoi-sluices reveal about ellipsis and wh-clitics in French.” Shiori Ikawa. “Long-distance binding of the reflexive anaphor zibun in Japanese”
Putting our heads together: Icelandic deverbal event nouns and allosemy Grimshaw (1990) showed that when an event noun is derived from a verb, it is systematically ambiguous. In the “Complex … Read More