GSAS Workshops & Talks

What counts as evidence for universals? Abstract: My talk is about Generative theories of the phonological module (PhM). I will identify some core requirements that such theories impose on evidence for the PhM, then discuss several cases where these...

Competition and Prediction in Word Processing: MEG Studies of Visual and Auditory Word Recognition Abstract: Recent experimental evidence supports the view that entropy (uncertainty) over the representations consistent with the linguistic input and...

ABC+Q: segmental subdivisions in correspondence Abstract: Phonological theory has long been challenged by the behavior of contour segments and contour tones in harmony patterns. Sometimes these entities participate in phonology as whole units; at other...

What is Diachronic Syntax a Theory of? Transcending ‘the physical body of the sentence’

Reference: Insights from Sign Language (ASL and LSF) Abstract: We argue that sign language data (here: ASL and LSF) can bring crucial insights into mechanisms of reference in language. First, non-indexical pronouns are traditionally taken to come with...