Neil Myler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1008974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Myler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Myler |
| SIGNATURE | MYLER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7562-3489 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Two Places for Causees in Productive IsiXhosa Morphological Causatives
Productive morphological causatives in isiXhosa exhibit a case alternation with respect to the causee: it can be unmarked or instrumental. Much recent literature on similar alternations in causative constructions in other languages analyzes them as involving differences in the size or category of the constituent selected by the causative morpheme. We show that such an analysis cannot be extended to isiXhosa and that both alternants are verb-selec…
Cliticization feeds agreement
Phonology in Universal Grammar
This chapter draws a distinction between Universal Grammar (the initial state of the computational system that underwrites the human capacity for language) and the Language Acquisition Device (the complex of components of the mind/brain involved in constructing grammar+lexicon pairs upon exposure to primary linguistic data). It then considers whether there are any substantive phonological components of Universal Grammar strictu sensu. Two of the …
Stem Storage? Not Proven
Bermúdez-Otero (2013) argues that the Spanish lexicon stores whole stems complete with their theme vowels, rather than storing roots whose inflectional class features condition the insertion of particular theme vowels (as argued for in much Distributed Morphology (DM) work on Romance, such as Oltra-Massuet 1999, Oltra-Massuet and Arregi 2005). The argument turns on an apparent cyclicity paradox that Bermúdez-Otero (2013:65, 71) dubs the problem o…
I'm done my homework-Case assignment in a stative passive
We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verbbeand a DP complement, producing strings likeI'm done my homework,I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont)I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect…
Licensing NPIs and licensing silence
Cliticization feeds agreement
Two Places for Causees in Productive IsiXhosa Morphological Causatives
Productive morphological causatives in isiXhosa exhibit a case alternation with respect to the causee: it can be unmarked or instrumental. Much recent literature on similar alternations in causative constructions in other languages analyzes them as involving differences in the size or category of the constituent selected by the causative morpheme. We show that such an analysis cannot be extended to isiXhosa and that both alternants are verb-selec…
Licensing NPIs and licensing silence
I'm done my homework-Case assignment in a stative passive
We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verbbeand a DP complement, producing strings likeI'm done my homework,I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont)I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect…
Licensing NPIs and licensing silence
Stem Storage? Not Proven
Bermúdez-Otero (2013) argues that the Spanish lexicon stores whole stems complete with their theme vowels, rather than storing roots whose inflectional class features condition the insertion of particular theme vowels (as argued for in much Distributed Morphology (DM) work on Romance, such as Oltra-Massuet 1999, Oltra-Massuet and Arregi 2005). The argument turns on an apparent cyclicity paradox that Bermúdez-Otero (2013:65, 71) dubs the problem o…
I'm done my homework-Case assignment in a stative passive
We present an analysis of an understudied construction found in Philadelphian and Canadian English, and also in certain Vermont varieties. In this construction, the participle of certain verbs can appear along with a form of the verbbeand a DP complement, producing strings likeI'm done my homework,I'm finished my fries, and (in Vermont)I'm started the project. We show that the participle in the construction is an adjectival passive, not a perfect…
Phonology in Universal Grammar
This chapter draws a distinction between Universal Grammar (the initial state of the computational system that underwrites the human capacity for language) and the Language Acquisition Device (the complex of components of the mind/brain involved in constructing grammar+lexicon pairs upon exposure to primary linguistic data). It then considers whether there are any substantive phonological components of Universal Grammar strictu sensu. Two of the …
Cliticization feeds agreement
Two Places for Causees in Productive IsiXhosa Morphological Causatives
Productive morphological causatives in isiXhosa exhibit a case alternation with respect to the causee: it can be unmarked or instrumental. Much recent literature on similar alternations in causative constructions in other languages analyzes them as involving differences in the size or category of the constituent selected by the causative morpheme. We show that such an analysis cannot be extended to isiXhosa and that both alternants are verb-selec…
Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (3 works) · Verb (3 works) · Alternation (linguistics (2 works)