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Dissertations from 2022
On the Semantics of Verbal and Nominal Tense in Mvskoke (Creek), Kimberly C. Johnson, Linguistics
Restrictive Tier Induction, Seoyoung Kim, Linguistics
DIRECTIONAL HARMONIC SERIALISM, Andrew Lamont, Linguistics
TENSE IN CONDITIONALS: INS AND OUTS, Zahra Mirrazi, Linguistics
Phonotactic Learning with Distributional Representations, Max A. Nelson, Linguistics
The Linearization of V(P)-doubling Constructions, Rong Yin, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2021
Shifting the Perspectival Landscape: Methods for Encoding, Identifying, and Selecting Perspectives, Carolyn Jane Anderson, Linguistics
There and Gone Again: Syntactic Structure In Memory, Caroline Andrews, Linguistics
The Event Structure of Attitudes, Deniz Özyıldız, Linguistics
LEARNING PHONOLOGY WITH SEQUENCE-TO-SEQUENCE NEURAL NETWORKS, Brandon Prickett, Linguistics
The Syntactic and Semantic Atoms of the Spray/load Alternation, Michael A. Wilson, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2020
Representing Context: Presupposition Triggers and Focus-sensitivity, Alexander Goebel, Linguistics
Person-based Prominence in Ojibwe, Christopher Hammerly, Linguistics
Emergent Typological Effects of Agent-Based Learning Models in Maximum Entropy Grammar, Coral Hughto, Linguistics
TALKING ABOUT HER(SELF): AMBIGUITY AVOIDANCE AND PRINCIPLE B. A Theoretical and Psycholinguistic Investigation of Romanian Pronouns, Rudmila-Rodica Ivan, Linguistics
THE EMPTINESS OF THE PRESENT: FRONTING CONSTRUCTIONS AS A WINDOW TO THE SEMANTICS OF TENSE, Petr Kusliy, Linguistics
Optimal Linearization: Prosodic displacement in Khoekhoegowab and Beyond, Leland Kusmer, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2019
Computing Agreement in a Mixed System, Sakshi Bhatia, Linguistics
Binding and Coreference in Vietnamese, Thuy Bui, Linguistics
Divorce Licensing: Separate Criteria for Predicate and Clausal Ellipsis, Tracy Conner, Linguistics
Effects of Phonological Contrast on Within-Category Phonetic Variation, Ivy Hauser, Linguistics
Phrasal and Clausal Exceptive-Additive Constructions Crosslinguistically, Ekaterina Vostrikova, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2018
Typology of bizarre ellipsis varieties, David Erschler, Linguistics
The Head-Quarters of Mandarin Arguments, Hsin-Lun Huang, Linguistics
ATTITUDES DE SE AND LOGOPHORICITY, Yangsook Park, Linguistics
Responding to questions and assertions: embedded Polar Response Particles, ellipsis, and contrast, Jeremy Pasquereau, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2017
The Form and Acquisition of Free Relatives, Michael Clauss, Linguistics
Amount Relatives Redux, Jon Ander Mendia, Linguistics
Movement and the Semantic Type of Traces, Ethan Poole, Linguistics
Preferential early attribution in segmental parsing, Amanda Rysling, Linguistics
When errors aren't: How comprehenders selectively violate Binding Theory, Shayne Sloggett, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2016
Building Meaning in Navajo, Elizabeth A. Bogal-Allbritten, Linguistics
Probes and their Horizons, Stefan Keine, Linguistics
Anaphora, Inversion, and Focus, Nicholas J. LaCara, Linguistics
The Representation of Probabilistic Phonological Patterns: Neurological, Behavioral, and Computational Evidence from the English Stress System, Claire Moore-Cantwell, Linguistics
Extending Hidden Structure Learning: Features, Opacity, and Exceptions, Aleksei I. Nazarov, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2015
Experiencing in Japanese: The Experiencer Restriction across Clausal Types, Masashi Hashimoto, Linguistics
Rightward Movement: A Study in Locality, Jason Overfelt, Linguistics
Investigating Properties of Phonotactic Knowledge Through Web-Based Experimentation, Presley Pizzo, Linguistics
Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphy and UR Constraints, Brian W. Smith, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2014
Contrastive Topic: Meanings and Realizations, Noah Constant, Linguistics
The Grammar of Individuation and Counting, Suzi Lima, Linguistics
Comprehending Each Other: Weak Reciprocity and Processing, Helen Majewski, Linguistics
Computational Modeling of Learning Biases in Stress Typology, Robert D. Staubs, Linguistics
Fragments and Clausal Ellipsis, Andrew Weir, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2013
Gapping in Farsi: A Crosslinguistic Investigation, Annahita Farudi, Linguistics
The Parsing and Interpretation of Comparatives: More than Meets the Eye, Margaret Ann Grant, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2012
Syntax-Prosody Interactions in Irish, Emily Elfner, Linguistics
Processing Perspectives, Jesse Aron Harris, Linguistics
Exhaustivity In Questions & Clefts; And The Quantifier Connection: A Study In German And English, Tanja Heizmann, Linguistics
Phonological And Phonetic Biases In Speech Perception, Michael Parrish Key, Linguistics
The Role of Contextual Restriction in Reference-Tracking, Andrew Robert McKenzie, Linguistics
Stress in Harmonic Serialism, Kathryn Ringler Pruitt, Linguistics
Roots of Modality, Aynat Rubinstein, Linguistics
Goals, Big and Small, Martin Walkow, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2011
Quantification, misc., Jan Anderssen, Linguistics
Anchoring Pragmatics In Syntax And Semantics, Maria Biezma, Linguistics
Constraining Interpretation: Sentence Final Particles in Japanese, Christopher M. Davis, Linguistics
Cumulative constraint interaction in phonological acquisition and typology, Karen Christine Jesney
Cumulative Constraint Interaction In Phonological Acquisition And Typology, Karen Christine Jesney, Linguistics
Competing Triggers: Transparency And Opacity In Vowel Harmony, Wendell A Kimper, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2010
Topics In The Nez Perce Verb, Amy Rose Deal, Linguistics
Concealed Questions. In Search Of Answers, Ilaria Frana, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2009
Phonological Trends In The Lexicon: The Role Of Constraints, Michael Becker, Linguistics
Natural Selection and the Syntax of Clausal Complementation, Keir Moulton, Linguistics
Two Types of Definites in Natural Language, Florian Schwarz, Linguistics
The Role Of Lexical Contrast In The Perception Of Intonational Prominence In Japanese, Takahito Shinya, Linguistics
The Emergence of DP in the Partitive Structure, Helen Stickney, Linguistics
Optionality and Variability: Syntactic Licensing Meets Morphological Spell-Out, Cherlon Ussery, Linguistics
Word, Phrase, And Clitic Prosody In Bosnian, Serbian, And Croatian, Adam Werle, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2008
Optimal interleaving: Serial phonology -morphology interaction in a constraint-based model, Matthew Adam Wolf
Dissertations from 2007
The sources of phonological markedness, Kathryn Gilbert Flack
The emergence of phonetic naturalness, Shigeto Kawahara
Biases and stages in phonological acquisition, Anne-Michelle Tessier
Acquisition of scalar implicatures, Anna VerBuk
Dissertations from 2006
Disjunction in alternative semantics, Luis Alonso-Ovalle
Acquisition of a natural versus an unnatural stress system, Angela C Carpenter
Asymmetries in the acquisition of consonant clusters, Della Chambless
Telicity and the syntax-semantics of the *object and *subject, Miren J Hodgson
Variables in Natural Language, Meredith Landman, Linguistics
Dissertations from 2005
On the Accessiblity of Possible Worlds: The Role of Tense and Aspect, Ana Cristina Arregui
Perception of foreignness, Ben Gelbart
Prosody and LF interpretation: Processing Japanese wh -questions, Masako Hirotani
The grammar of choice, Paula Menendez-Benito
Mediated *modification: Functional structure and the interpretation of modifier position, Marcin Morzycki
Dissertations from 2004
What it means to be a loser: Non -optimal candidates in optimality theory, Andries W Coetzee
Scope: The View from Indefinites, Ji-Yung Kim
Event-structure and the internally headed relative clause construction in Korean and Japanese, Min-Joo Kim
Spain or bust? Assessment and student perceptions of out-of-class contact and oral proficiency in a study abroad context, Vija Glazer Mendelson
On the articulation of aspectual meaning in African -American English, Jules Michael Eugene Terry
Dissertations from 2003
Deriving Economy: Syncope in Optimality Theory, Maria Gouskova
Gestures and segments: Vowel intrusion as overlap, Nancy Elizabeth Hall
The development of phonological categories in children's perception of final voicing in dialects of English, Caroline Jones
Argument structure and the lexicon /syntax interface, Eva Juarros
Contrast preservation in phonological mappings, Anna Lubowicz
Downtrends and post-focus intonation in Tokyo Japanese, Mariko Sugahara
Dissertations from 2002
The processing of Italian subject pronouns, Maria Nella Carminati
Phonological grammar in speech perception, Alfred Elliott Moreton
Quantifying the sonority hierarchy, Stephen G Parker
Phonological augmentation in prominent positions, Jennifer L Smith