Elizabeth Ritter
Biographic Data
| ID | 150139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Ritter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Ritter |
| SIGNATURE | RITTER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5322-062X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 320 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
How innovation intermediaries work
This study advances the literature by recentering innovation intermediaries as individual actors within the triple helix and by making explicit the causal mechanisms linking their functions to technology-transfer outcomes in low-maturity innovation ecosystems. We ask how these professionals overcome cultural, organizational, and institutional barriers and strengthen innovation ecosystems in developing countries. We conducted a systematic literatu…
Pronouns beyond phi-features
Greenberg’s Universal 42 states that all languages have pronominal categories involving at least three persons and two numbers. However, this characterization fails to capture the properties of pronouns in Japanese, which are not bundles of person, number and gender features (so-called phi-features ); rather, they contain sociolinguistic information about the interlocutors. We propose that these properties are structurally determined. Following R…
Pronouns
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Nominal speech act structure
In this paper, we propose that there is a speech-act structure in the nominal spine, just as there is in the clausal spine. Its function is to encode what we do when we utter a nominal: that is, we name, describe, or track individuals. Thus, speech-act structure establishes a link between the discourse referent and the speech-act situation. The evidence we discuss comes from nominals that lack this speech-act structure, namely impersonal pronouns…
Possible and impossible animacy shifts
Animating the narrow syntax
In this paper we demonstrate that there are two related, but distinct types of animacy in the Plains Algonquian language, Blackfoot – morphological animacy (m-animacy) and high animacy (H-animacy). We argue that the two types of animacy are constructed in different ways: M-animacy is a head feature that determines noun class and plays a role in syntactic agreement operations, whereas H-animacy is a selectable feature of arguments. The two kinds o…
The composition of INFL
The central goal of this article is to argue that functional categories are universally associated with a core function but that their substantive content is subject to variation. We review evidence from Ritter and Wiltschko (2009) based on language variation: INFL may be associated with temporal, spatial, or participant marking. This paper explores the properties of the universal category INFL in clauses where it remains without substantive cont…
Agreement without A-Positions
October 01 2005 Agreement without A-Positions: Another Look at Algonquian In Special Collection: CogNet Elizabeth Ritter, Elizabeth Ritter University of Calgary Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Sara Thomas Rosen Sara Thomas Rosen University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Elizabeth Ritter University of Calgary Sara Thomas Rosen University…
Structuring the bundle
This chapter argues for a decompositional approach to morphosyntactic feature bundles, proposing a structured representation where features are organized hierarchically. Harley and Ritter introduce a universal feature geometry, a tree-like structure that specifies the relationships between features and captures natural classes and dependencies. They demonstrate how this geometry can account for various morphosyntactic phenomena, including pronoun…
Person and Number in Pronouns
Person and Number in Pronouns: A Feature-Geometric Analysis Heidi Harley and Elizabeth Ritter The set of person and number features necessary to characterize the pronominal paradigms of the world's languages is highly constrained, and their interaction is demonstrably systematic. We develop a geometric representation of morphosyntactic features which provides a principled explanation for the observed restrictions on these paradigms. The organizat…
The interpretive value of object splits
The function of have
On the syntactic category of pronouns and agreement
Deriving causation
Cross-Linguistic Evidence for Number Phrase
In this paper I provide cross-linguistic evidence for a functional projection between D and NP, which I call “Number Phrase” (NumP). In a full noun phrase, the head of this projection is, among other things, the locus of number specification (singular or plural) of a noun phrase. Pronominal noun phrases are distinguished from full noun phrases by the fact that they lack a lexical projection, i.e., they lack a NP. The existence of two distinct fun…
Two Functional Categories in Noun Phrases
A Note on Three Types of Causal Clauses in Haitian Creole
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A head-movement approach to construct-state noun phrases
Person and Number in Pronouns
Person and Number in Pronouns: A Feature-Geometric Analysis Heidi Harley and Elizabeth Ritter The set of person and number features necessary to characterize the pronominal paradigms of the world's languages is highly constrained, and their interaction is demonstrably systematic. We develop a geometric representation of morphosyntactic features which provides a principled explanation for the observed restrictions on these paradigms. The organizat…
A head-movement approach to construct-state noun phrases
On the syntactic category of pronouns and agreement
The function of have
The composition of INFL
The central goal of this article is to argue that functional categories are universally associated with a core function but that their substantive content is subject to variation. We review evidence from Ritter and Wiltschko (2009) based on language variation: INFL may be associated with temporal, spatial, or participant marking. This paper explores the properties of the universal category INFL in clauses where it remains without substantive cont…
Agreement without A-Positions
October 01 2005 Agreement without A-Positions: Another Look at Algonquian In Special Collection: CogNet Elizabeth Ritter, Elizabeth Ritter University of Calgary Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Sara Thomas Rosen Sara Thomas Rosen University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Elizabeth Ritter University of Calgary Sara Thomas Rosen University…
Deriving causation
Structuring the bundle
This chapter argues for a decompositional approach to morphosyntactic feature bundles, proposing a structured representation where features are organized hierarchically. Harley and Ritter introduce a universal feature geometry, a tree-like structure that specifies the relationships between features and captures natural classes and dependencies. They demonstrate how this geometry can account for various morphosyntactic phenomena, including pronoun…
Pronouns beyond phi-features
Greenberg’s Universal 42 states that all languages have pronominal categories involving at least three persons and two numbers. However, this characterization fails to capture the properties of pronouns in Japanese, which are not bundles of person, number and gender features (so-called phi-features ); rather, they contain sociolinguistic information about the interlocutors. We propose that these properties are structurally determined. Following R…
The interpretive value of object splits
A head-movement approach to construct-state noun phrases
Two Functional Categories in Noun Phrases
A Note on Three Types of Causal Clauses in Haitian Creole
Preview this article: A Note on Three Types of Causal Clauses in Haitian Creole, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/jpcl.6.2.08cla-1.gif
Cross-Linguistic Evidence for Number Phrase
In this paper I provide cross-linguistic evidence for a functional projection between D and NP, which I call “Number Phrase” (NumP). In a full noun phrase, the head of this projection is, among other things, the locus of number specification (singular or plural) of a noun phrase. Pronominal noun phrases are distinguished from full noun phrases by the fact that they lack a lexical projection, i.e., they lack a NP. The existence of two distinct fun…
Deriving causation
On the syntactic category of pronouns and agreement
The function of have
The interpretive value of object splits
Structuring the bundle
This chapter argues for a decompositional approach to morphosyntactic feature bundles, proposing a structured representation where features are organized hierarchically. Harley and Ritter introduce a universal feature geometry, a tree-like structure that specifies the relationships between features and captures natural classes and dependencies. They demonstrate how this geometry can account for various morphosyntactic phenomena, including pronoun…
Person and Number in Pronouns
Person and Number in Pronouns: A Feature-Geometric Analysis Heidi Harley and Elizabeth Ritter The set of person and number features necessary to characterize the pronominal paradigms of the world's languages is highly constrained, and their interaction is demonstrably systematic. We develop a geometric representation of morphosyntactic features which provides a principled explanation for the observed restrictions on these paradigms. The organizat…
Agreement without A-Positions
October 01 2005 Agreement without A-Positions: Another Look at Algonquian In Special Collection: CogNet Elizabeth Ritter, Elizabeth Ritter University of Calgary Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Sara Thomas Rosen Sara Thomas Rosen University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Elizabeth Ritter University of Calgary Sara Thomas Rosen University…
The composition of INFL
The central goal of this article is to argue that functional categories are universally associated with a core function but that their substantive content is subject to variation. We review evidence from Ritter and Wiltschko (2009) based on language variation: INFL may be associated with temporal, spatial, or participant marking. This paper explores the properties of the universal category INFL in clauses where it remains without substantive cont…
Animating the narrow syntax
In this paper we demonstrate that there are two related, but distinct types of animacy in the Plains Algonquian language, Blackfoot – morphological animacy (m-animacy) and high animacy (H-animacy). We argue that the two types of animacy are constructed in different ways: M-animacy is a head feature that determines noun class and plays a role in syntactic agreement operations, whereas H-animacy is a selectable feature of arguments. The two kinds o…
Possible and impossible animacy shifts
Nominal speech act structure
In this paper, we propose that there is a speech-act structure in the nominal spine, just as there is in the clausal spine. Its function is to encode what we do when we utter a nominal: that is, we name, describe, or track individuals. Thus, speech-act structure establishes a link between the discourse referent and the speech-act situation. The evidence we discuss comes from nominals that lack this speech-act structure, namely impersonal pronouns…
Pronouns
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Pronouns beyond phi-features
Greenberg’s Universal 42 states that all languages have pronominal categories involving at least three persons and two numbers. However, this characterization fails to capture the properties of pronouns in Japanese, which are not bundles of person, number and gender features (so-called phi-features ); rather, they contain sociolinguistic information about the interlocutors. We propose that these properties are structurally determined. Following R…
How innovation intermediaries work
This study advances the literature by recentering innovation intermediaries as individual actors within the triple helix and by making explicit the causal mechanisms linking their functions to technology-transfer outcomes in low-maturity innovation ecosystems. We ask how these professionals overcome cultural, organizational, and institutional barriers and strengthen innovation ecosystems in developing countries. We conducted a systematic literatu…
Linguistics (14 works) · Philosophy (14 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (12 works) · Psychology (8 works) · History (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Natural language processing (4 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (4 works) · Noun (4 works)