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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This dissertation examines the syntax of clausal structure in Tseltal (Mayan) with a particular focus on agreement phenomena. The first domain of investigation is the External Possession Construction, in which the clausal ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Contemporary philosophy of human rights is dominated by two seemingly opposed approaches. This dissertation is concerned with the choice between them. The traditional approach to human rights is characterized by the belief ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)My dissertation concerns the nature of linguistic understanding. A standard view about linguistic understanding is that it is a propositional knowledge state. The following is an instance of this view: given a speaker S ...
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Universal grammar and syntactic development in children : toward a theory of syntactic development (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Peter Unger's puzzle, the problem of the many, is an argument for the conclusion that we are grossly mistaken about what kinds of objects are in our immediate surroundings. But it is not clear what we should make of Unger's ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis argues that clausal arguments of mental-state predicates divide into two main types: those that express the content, or "subject matter" of the mental state, and those that express the cause of the mental state. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)The issue of non-configurationality is fundamental in determining the possible range of variation in Universal Grammar. This dissertation investigates this issue in the context of Warlpiri, the prototypical non-configurational ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This dissertation develops a grammar of phonetic implementation of phonologically significant F0 (pitch) events, which is applicable across languages. Through production studies of various languages, we show that phonetic ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The three chapters of my dissertation develop and defend a new Humility thesis, Categorical Humility. Humility theses tell us there is some fundamental aspect of the world that we lack knowledge of. All such theses share ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This work investigates the semantics-pragmatics and syntax-pragmatics interface of interrogatives, focusing on the effect of presupposition-triggering expressions like even and Negative Polarity Items (NPIs). In exploring ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The overarching theme of this dissertation is the relationship between information and context-how context interacts with the contents of speech and thought. I pursue three issues within this broad theme. Chapter 1 concerns ...
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