Luis Miguel Toquero-Pérez
Biographic Data
| ID | 1683997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luis Miguel Toquero-Pérez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luis Miguel |
| FAMILY NAME | Toquero-Pérez |
| SIGNATURE | TOQUERO-PÉREZ L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9049-8150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jewelry’s missing “jewel”: Containment, doublets, and gaps as probes into countability and the count/mass distinction
Microvariation in the Grammar of Comparison and Measurement: Insights from Ch’ol
Expressions of comparison and measure are subject to significant cross-linguistic variation. Beck et al. (2009) develop a parametric approach according to which such variation can be predicted via a limited set of dependent parameters. Despite the typological richness documented in theirs and subsequent work (Bochnak 2015; Deal and Hohaus 2019, among others), little is known about this topic in Mayan languages. This paper addresses that gap with …
Accommodating number neutrality in Alasha Mongolian: Markedness and semantic interpretation
Morpho-syntactic markedness for number does not always seem to align with a singular or plural semantics. I show that in Alasha Mongolian (Mongolic) unmarked inanimate nouns are number neutral whereas their animate counterparts are strictly singular (cp. Bylinina and Podobryaev 2020). Unmarked inanimates, however, can be strictly singular if modified by a subclass of APs (e.g. big) and numerals. Plural-marked nouns can be exclusively or inclusive…
There is only one más: Spanish que/de comparative alternation
Spanish has two forms to introduce comparative standards: que ‘that’ and de ‘of.’ The comparative morpheme is always the same más ‘-er/more.’ While que -comparatives show no variation in their syntactic properties, there is significant variation within de- comparatives regarding extraposition, scope, ACD resolution and the syntax of comparative numerals. Despite this variation, I argue that a uniform account is possible. I propose that más has th…
The syntax of individuating and measuring pseudo-partitives in Alasha Mongolian
Pseudo-partitive constructions give rise to multiple interpretive ambiguities including a container interpretation (i.e. individuating) and a contents (i.e. measuring) one. There are two competing analyses: one based on structural ambiguities (Landman in Indefinites and the types of sets, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004; Rothstein in Brill’s J Afroasiat Lang Ling 1:106–145, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1163/187666309X12491131130783 , a.o.) and …
Revisiting extraction and subextraction patterns from arguments
Extraction and subextraction tend to receive separate attention in syntax, which leads to the assumption that they should be analyzed independently, even though they both illustrate an asymmetry between subjects and objects. By looking at various phenomena in English, German, Spanish and Norwegian I propose that this parallel behavior is not accidental, but that there is a previously unnoticed generalization: subextraction is allowed iff extracti…
The semantics of Spanish compounding: An analysis of NN compounds in the Parallel Architecture
Noun-Noun compounds (NN) are a concatenation of two nouns that function as a single unit both morphosyntactically and semantically. Two main challenges that a study of NN compounding faces are (i) identifying the implied semantic relations that hold between the nouns and (ii) explaining why NN compounds are or not productive (i.e. not very frequent) and creative (i.e. impromptu creation) in certain languages. Jackendoff (2009, 2016) proposed a mo…
Revisiting extraction and subextraction patterns from arguments
Extraction and subextraction tend to receive separate attention in syntax, which leads to the assumption that they should be analyzed independently, even though they both illustrate an asymmetry between subjects and objects. By looking at various phenomena in English, German, Spanish and Norwegian I propose that this parallel behavior is not accidental, but that there is a previously unnoticed generalization: subextraction is allowed iff extracti…
There is only one más: Spanish que/de comparative alternation
Spanish has two forms to introduce comparative standards: que ‘that’ and de ‘of.’ The comparative morpheme is always the same más ‘-er/more.’ While que -comparatives show no variation in their syntactic properties, there is significant variation within de- comparatives regarding extraposition, scope, ACD resolution and the syntax of comparative numerals. Despite this variation, I argue that a uniform account is possible. I propose that más has th…
The semantics of Spanish compounding: An analysis of NN compounds in the Parallel Architecture
Noun-Noun compounds (NN) are a concatenation of two nouns that function as a single unit both morphosyntactically and semantically. Two main challenges that a study of NN compounding faces are (i) identifying the implied semantic relations that hold between the nouns and (ii) explaining why NN compounds are or not productive (i.e. not very frequent) and creative (i.e. impromptu creation) in certain languages. Jackendoff (2009, 2016) proposed a mo…
Revisiting extraction and subextraction patterns from arguments
Extraction and subextraction tend to receive separate attention in syntax, which leads to the assumption that they should be analyzed independently, even though they both illustrate an asymmetry between subjects and objects. By looking at various phenomena in English, German, Spanish and Norwegian I propose that this parallel behavior is not accidental, but that there is a previously unnoticed generalization: subextraction is allowed iff extracti…
The syntax of individuating and measuring pseudo-partitives in Alasha Mongolian
Pseudo-partitive constructions give rise to multiple interpretive ambiguities including a container interpretation (i.e. individuating) and a contents (i.e. measuring) one. There are two competing analyses: one based on structural ambiguities (Landman in Indefinites and the types of sets, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004; Rothstein in Brill’s J Afroasiat Lang Ling 1:106–145, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1163/187666309X12491131130783 , a.o.) and …
There is only one más: Spanish que/de comparative alternation
Spanish has two forms to introduce comparative standards: que ‘that’ and de ‘of.’ The comparative morpheme is always the same más ‘-er/more.’ While que -comparatives show no variation in their syntactic properties, there is significant variation within de- comparatives regarding extraposition, scope, ACD resolution and the syntax of comparative numerals. Despite this variation, I argue that a uniform account is possible. I propose that más has th…
Accommodating number neutrality in Alasha Mongolian: Markedness and semantic interpretation
Morpho-syntactic markedness for number does not always seem to align with a singular or plural semantics. I show that in Alasha Mongolian (Mongolic) unmarked inanimate nouns are number neutral whereas their animate counterparts are strictly singular (cp. Bylinina and Podobryaev 2020). Unmarked inanimates, however, can be strictly singular if modified by a subclass of APs (e.g. big) and numerals. Plural-marked nouns can be exclusively or inclusive…
Jewelry’s missing “jewel”: Containment, doublets, and gaps as probes into countability and the count/mass distinction
Microvariation in the Grammar of Comparison and Measurement: Insights from Ch’ol
Expressions of comparison and measure are subject to significant cross-linguistic variation. Beck et al. (2009) develop a parametric approach according to which such variation can be predicted via a limited set of dependent parameters. Despite the typological richness documented in theirs and subsequent work (Bochnak 2015; Deal and Hohaus 2019, among others), little is known about this topic in Mayan languages. This paper addresses that gap with …
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Syntax (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Noun (3 works)