Papers

2012
“A modal ambiguity in for-infinitival relative clauses” (with Martin Hackl). Natural Language Semantics 20:1, 59–81.
2011
“Parasitic Degree Phrases” (with Bernhard Schwarz).
Natural Language Semantics 19:1, 1–38.
2009
“Infinitivals with too: Degree operator scope and Parasitic Gaps” (with Bernhard Schwarz).
In T. Friedman and S. Ito (eds.), Proceedings of SALT XVIII.
2008
“Two puzzles about infinitivals with TOO” (with Bernhard Schwarz).
In N. Abner, et al. (eds.), Proceedings of WCCFL 27.
2006
“Extraposition and scope: a case for overt QR” (with Danny Fox).
In R. Friedin and H. Lasnik (eds.), Syntax: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Vol. III, 51–64, Routledge. [Reprint of 1999 paper in proceedings of WCCFL 18.]
2006
“Sloppy readings of a ‘referential pronoun’ in Japanese” (with Misato Hiraga).
In Y. Otsu (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics, Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo Publishing, 121–144.
2005
“Kissing Pedro Martinez: (existential) anankastic conditionals and rationale clauses”
In E. Georgala and J. Howell (eds.), Proceedings of SALT XV, Ithaca, NY: CLC publications.
2004
“Condition A and scope reconstruction” (with Danny Fox).
Linguistic Inquiry 35:3, 475–485.
2003
“VP ellipsis and the position of adverbs” (with Danny Fox).
Snippets 7, 7–8.
2000
“Covert movement and parasitic gaps”
In M. Hirotani, et al. (eds.), Proceedings of NELS 30, Amherst, MA: GLSA Publications.
1999
“Extraposition and scope: a case for overt QR” (with Danny Fox).
In S. Bird et al. (eds.), Proceedings of WCCFL 17, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
1998
“Derived predicates and the interpretation of parasitic gaps”
In K. Shahin et al. (eds.), Proceedings of WCCFL 17, Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
1998
“Movement and derived predicates: evidence from parasitic gaps”.
In O. Percus and U. Sauerland (eds.), The Interpretive Tract, MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 25, 1998.

Presentations

2011
ISMRM 19
“Dynamic imaging of the vocal tract using a cine-MRI sequence: Protocol optimization and evaluation”. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, May 2011.
[ABSTRACT]
2010
LabPhon 12
“Articulatory vs. acoustic representation of tone”. Poster presented at the 12th conference on Laboratory Phonology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, July 2010.
2010
IACL 18 & NACCL 22
“Tone in Cantonese: articulatory vs. acoustic representation”. 18th meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics / 22nd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Harvard University, May 2010.
[HANDOUT]
2008
SALT XVII
“Infinitivals with too: Degree operator scope and Parasitic Gaps” (with Bernhard Schwarz). Semantics and Linguistic Theory XVII, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
2008
WCCFL 27
“Two puzzles about infinitivals with too” (with Bernard Schwarz). 27th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
2008
CLA
“The scope of too with gapped infinitival clauses” (with Bernhard Schwarz). Canadian Linguistics Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
2006
NELS 37
“Decomposing resultatives: two kinds of restitutive readings with again”. North East Linguistics Society 37, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
[HANDOUT]
2006
TCP 7
“Sloppy readings of a ‘referential pronoun’ in Japanese” (with Misato Hiraga). 7th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics, Tokyo.
2005
NELS 36
“States, events and VP structure: evidence from purposive adjuncts”. North East Linguistics Society 36, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
[HANDOUT]
2005
LSA Workshop
“Purposive adjuncts, argument-introducing heads, and the structure of the VP”. Linguistic Society of America Institute, Workshop: Issues on the Form and Interpretation of Argument Structure. MIT/Harvard University.
2005
SALT XV
“Kissing Pedro Martinez: (existential) anankastic conditionals and rationale clauses”. Semantics and Linguistic Theory XV, University of California, Los Angeles.
2005
CLA
“Purposive adjuncts and the structure of the VP”. Canadian Linguistics Society, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
2000
NELS 30
“Covert movement and parasitic gaps”. North East Linguistics Society 30, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
1999
WCCFL 18
“Extraposition and scope: a case for overt QR” (with Danny Fox). 17th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson.
1998
WCCFL 17
“Derived predicates and the interpretation of parasitic gaps”
17th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson.