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Tonal interaction in Kinande : cyclicity, opacity, and morphosyntactic structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This dissertation develops a constraint-based analysis of opaque tonal interactions in Kinande verb forms and, based on this analysis, argues for a phonological architecture that incorporates both cyclic evaluation and ...
The role of Question-Answer Congruence (QAC) in child language and adult sentence processing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This dissertation investigates experimentally the role of Question-Answer Congruence (QAC, von Stechow 1990, Rooth 1985, 1992) in child language acquisition and adult sentence processing. Specifically, I present two case ...
Nominal licensing: the syntactic distribution and number interpretation of bare nominals in Wolof
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-09)
This thesis is a study of two levels of nominal licensing illustrated by bare nominals (BN) in Wolof: licensing of the BN itself and licensing at the level of its features. The former can be seen in the restrictions imposed ...
Let’s Talk About Sex: Sexual Ethics, Agency, and Justice Beyond Consent
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-09)
This dissertation is about sexual pleasure and good, ethical sex. It is also about the ways women’s pleasure is routinely marginalized in (cis)heterosex, and the gendered and heteronormative social norms and scripts that ...
Modular interactions in phonology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
This thesis makes two separate claims about the architecture of phonology: (1) The computation of stress takes place in a distinct cognitive module from segmental phonology. This module is informationally encapsulated from ...
Towards a theory of subjective meaning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This dissertation develops a form of relativism in which propositions are treated as sets of world-time-individual triples, in contrast to standard views that treat them as sets of worlds or world-time pairs. This builds ...
Dimensions of symmetry in syntax : agreement and clausal architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
(cont.) are, then, determined at phase levels by late insertion of categorial features. One crucial aspect of the proposed theory of structural symmetry involves interweaving effects, which emerge as categorial determination ...
Conventionalism
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Certain fundamental philosophical disputes, in contrast to disputes in the empirical sciences, are characterized by the persistence of disagreement. This has led some to endorse conventionalism, the view that the 'facts ...
Movement of degree/degree of movement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
In this project we examine the DP-internal behavior of degree operators contained in attributive extended APs, specifically degree fronting (so sunny a day) and degree right extraposition (a day sunny enough). We argue ...
Issues in the phonology of Tiberian Hebrew
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)