G.Scontras, Fuchs Z, M.Polinsky.
Heritage language and linguistic theory. Frontiers in Psychology. Language Sciences. 2015.
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fpsyg-06-01545.pdf Fuchs Z, G.Scontras, M.Polinsky.
The Differential Representation of Number and Gender in Spanish. The Linguistic Review. 2015.
AbstractThis paper investigates the geometry of phi-features with a special
emphasis on number and gender in Spanish. We address (i) whether number
and gender evidence single- or multi-valued systems for their respective
features, and (ii) whether number and gender are bundled together or split.
Given the lack of consensus on these issues based on primary data, we approach
these questions experimentally, using the phenomenon of agreement
attraction: a situation in which ungrammatical sequences are perceived as
grammatical when one of the NPs is erroneously identified as determining
agreement. Our results indicate that number but not gender in Spanish is
multi-valued and offer novel support in favor of an agreement model in which
number and gender are in separte projections and are valued independently.
We also offer some considerations concerning parametric variation in such
valuation.
glow.revision.2_1.pdf Polinsky M.
Tsez Syntax: A Description. Manuscript.; 2015.
AbstractA description of Tsez syntax, created as part of the volume “A Grammar of Tsez” prepared by Bernard Comrie and myself. Because this work is still a draft, chapters are not numbered, and each chapter has its own example numbering. I am posting it now in hopes of getting comments, criticisms, and suggestions before the description is sent to the publishers.
polinsky_15_tsez-syntax-a.5_2.pdf Clemens LE, Coon J, Mateo Pedro P, Morgan AM, Polinsky M, Tandet G, Wagers M.
Ergativity and the complexity of extraction: A view from Mayan. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. 2015;33 :417-469.
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complete_draft.final_.082113.pdf