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Recent Submissions
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Quantifying over Individual Concepts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)Since Montague (1973), it has been assumed that quantificational DPs must, at least sometimes, be analyzed as quantifiers over individual concepts (i.e., functions from indices of evaluation to individuals). Because the ... -
Within ‘Reason’: A Study of Normative Language
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)What do we mean when we say that someone ought to do something? What do we mean when we say that someone has a reason to do something? What do we mean when we say that someone has more reason to do one thing rather than ... -
Lessons from CP in Passamaquoddy and beyond
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-09)This thesis explores various aspects of CP morphosyntax in Passamaquoddy-Wolastoqey and other Algonquian languages and their consequences for broader generative syntactic theory. It consists of two parts: one investigates ...
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