Timothy Michael Gupton
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Michael Gupton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupton |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTON T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4970-823X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Processing dissociations between raising and control in Brazilian Portuguese
Generative approaches to syntactic control have traditionally viewed it as a distinct component of the grammar, one that governs the interpretation and distribution of the empty category (EC) PRO. However, the M ovement T heory of C ontrol (MTC) proposes that control should instead be conceived of as a form of raising, with both sentence types involving the EC DP/NP T race . In addition to theoretical arguments, some behavioral research on antece…
What Formal Approaches to Syntactic Interfaces Can Tell Us about the Syntax of Preverbal and Prenominal Constituents in Galician
An important line of research within a generative, formal approach to syntax in the early 21st century has centered on exploring phenomena related to the interface between syntax and other linguistic modules in human language. In this paper, we review the notion of interfaces and how they have been viewed within formal theoretical approaches to monolingual and bilignual competence and language acquistion, noting their relevance as they relate to …
Why we need a gradient approach to word order
This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language ac…
Gabriel Rei-Doval and Fernando Tejedo-Herrero: Lusophone, Galician, and Hispanic linguistics. Bridging frames and traditions
Article Gabriel Rei-Doval and Fernando Tejedo-Herrero: Lusophone, Galician, and Hispanic linguistics. Bridging frames and traditions was published on September 1, 2021 in the journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (volume 14, issue 2)
Focus at the syntax–discourse interface in L2 Spanish: Optionality and unaccusativity reconsidered
We examine the second language (L2) acquisition of variable Spanish word order by first language (L1) speakers of English via the acquisition of unaccusative and transitive predicates in various focus-related contexts. We employ two bimodal linguistic tasks: (1) acceptability judgment task (B-AJT) and (2) appropriateness preference task (B-APT). Both present contextualized prompts similar to previous studies, followed by response options with acc…
Focus-related operations at the right edge in Spanish: Subjects and ellipsis by Iván Ortega-Santos
Reviewed by: Focus-related operations at the right edge in Spanish: Subjects and ellipsis by Iván Ortega-Santos Timothy Gupton Focus-related operations at the right edge in Spanish: Subjects and ellipsis. By Iván Ortega-Santos. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2016. Pp. 204. ISBN 9789027258069. $143 (Hb). Ch. 1 of Iván Ortega-Santos’s book begins with a justification of syntactic inquiry into information structure in general and focalization processes …
Teaching Hispanic Linguistics: Strategies to Engage Learners
Even though many post-secondary institutions offer a variety of Hispanic linguistics classes (Hualde 2006; Lipski 2006), research on the pedagogy of Hispanic linguistics is an underdeveloped or non-existent area of the discipline. Courses in Hispanic linguistics can present not only linguistic challenges for non-native speakers of Spanish, but also conceptual obstacles, for many students lack a background in linguistics as an academic subject. Wh…
Experimental Methodologies: Two Case Studies Investigating the Syntax- Discourse Interface
The current article examines two experimental investigations of the syntaxdiscourse interface, which address theoretical questions in different ways: the first is an L1 investigation of Galician speakers in Gupton (2010) and the second is a dual investigation of L1 and L2 Spanish reported on in Leal Méndez & Slabakova (2011). These investigations gathered quantitative data via psycholinguistic tasks with accompanying audio utilizing the WebSurvey…
Why we need a gradient approach to word order
This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language ac…
Focus at the syntax–discourse interface in L2 Spanish: Optionality and unaccusativity reconsidered
We examine the second language (L2) acquisition of variable Spanish word order by first language (L1) speakers of English via the acquisition of unaccusative and transitive predicates in various focus-related contexts. We employ two bimodal linguistic tasks: (1) acceptability judgment task (B-AJT) and (2) appropriateness preference task (B-APT). Both present contextualized prompts similar to previous studies, followed by response options with acc…
Experimental Methodologies: Two Case Studies Investigating the Syntax- Discourse Interface
The current article examines two experimental investigations of the syntaxdiscourse interface, which address theoretical questions in different ways: the first is an L1 investigation of Galician speakers in Gupton (2010) and the second is a dual investigation of L1 and L2 Spanish reported on in Leal Méndez & Slabakova (2011). These investigations gathered quantitative data via psycholinguistic tasks with accompanying audio utilizing the WebSurvey…
Teaching Hispanic Linguistics: Strategies to Engage Learners
Even though many post-secondary institutions offer a variety of Hispanic linguistics classes (Hualde 2006; Lipski 2006), research on the pedagogy of Hispanic linguistics is an underdeveloped or non-existent area of the discipline. Courses in Hispanic linguistics can present not only linguistic challenges for non-native speakers of Spanish, but also conceptual obstacles, for many students lack a background in linguistics as an academic subject. Wh…
Focus-related operations at the right edge in Spanish: Subjects and ellipsis by Iván Ortega-Santos
Reviewed by: Focus-related operations at the right edge in Spanish: Subjects and ellipsis by Iván Ortega-Santos Timothy Gupton Focus-related operations at the right edge in Spanish: Subjects and ellipsis. By Iván Ortega-Santos. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2016. Pp. 204. ISBN 9789027258069. $143 (Hb). Ch. 1 of Iván Ortega-Santos’s book begins with a justification of syntactic inquiry into information structure in general and focalization processes …
Gabriel Rei-Doval and Fernando Tejedo-Herrero: Lusophone, Galician, and Hispanic linguistics. Bridging frames and traditions
Article Gabriel Rei-Doval and Fernando Tejedo-Herrero: Lusophone, Galician, and Hispanic linguistics. Bridging frames and traditions was published on September 1, 2021 in the journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (volume 14, issue 2)
Focus at the syntax–discourse interface in L2 Spanish: Optionality and unaccusativity reconsidered
We examine the second language (L2) acquisition of variable Spanish word order by first language (L1) speakers of English via the acquisition of unaccusative and transitive predicates in various focus-related contexts. We employ two bimodal linguistic tasks: (1) acceptability judgment task (B-AJT) and (2) appropriateness preference task (B-APT). Both present contextualized prompts similar to previous studies, followed by response options with acc…
Why we need a gradient approach to word order
This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language ac…
Processing dissociations between raising and control in Brazilian Portuguese
Generative approaches to syntactic control have traditionally viewed it as a distinct component of the grammar, one that governs the interpretation and distribution of the empty category (EC) PRO. However, the M ovement T heory of C ontrol (MTC) proposes that control should instead be conceived of as a form of raising, with both sentence types involving the EC DP/NP T race . In addition to theoretical arguments, some behavioral research on antece…
What Formal Approaches to Syntactic Interfaces Can Tell Us about the Syntax of Preverbal and Prenominal Constituents in Galician
An important line of research within a generative, formal approach to syntax in the early 21st century has centered on exploring phenomena related to the interface between syntax and other linguistic modules in human language. In this paper, we review the notion of interfaces and how they have been viewed within formal theoretical approaches to monolingual and bilignual competence and language acquistion, noting their relevance as they relate to …
Computer Science (8 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Natural language processing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Syntax (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Applied linguistics (2 works)