Steven Foley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3837266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Foley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Foley |
| SIGNATURE | FOLEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, [email protected] |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2061-2488 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Where does that fit in? Morphological variation and reanalysis in Georgian placeholder verbs
The placeholder verb construction, which has emerged relatively recently in colloquial Georgian, offers a unique case study of grammaticalization in progress: the emergence of a structurally innovative type of verb within a language whose verbal morphology is already quite complex. Derived from reanalysis of the event-anaphoric verb phrase ‘do that,’ placeholder verbs exhibit morphological variability which is quite uncharacteristic for the langu…
Sorting things right out
Particle verbs are combinations of verb and particle (Prt). Verb+Prt stay together in the continuous word order (He ate up the spinach) but separate in the discontinuous order (He ate the spinach up). We use the facts that Prt can be modified in the discontinuous order (He ate the spinach right up), even by a phrasal modifier (He ate the spinach pretty much right up), and that modification is not possible in the continuous order (*He ate right up…
Processing cataphoric they amidst pronominal innovation
When they encounter a cataphoric pronoun during real-time sentence processing, the comprehender begins searching actively for a feature-matched noun that can supply its reference. The present study investigates individual variation in this active search procedure, leveraging an ongoing change in the pronoun system of North American English. The types of referents compatible with the they-series of pronouns is expanding, with an increasing number …
Extending the Person-Case Constraint to Gender
In many languages with clitic or other weak pronouns, a Person-Case Constraint (Perlmutter 1971, Bonet 1991) prohibits certain combinations of these pronouns on the basis of their person features. This article explores the crosslinguistic variation in such constraints, starting with several closely related Zapotec varieties. These restrict combinations of clitics not just on the basis of person, but also on the basis of a finely articulated, larg…
Extending the Person-Case Constraint to Gender
In many languages with clitic or other weak pronouns, a Person-Case Constraint (Perlmutter 1971, Bonet 1991) prohibits certain combinations of these pronouns on the basis of their person features. This article explores the crosslinguistic variation in such constraints, starting with several closely related Zapotec varieties. These restrict combinations of clitics not just on the basis of person, but also on the basis of a finely articulated, larg…
Processing cataphoric they amidst pronominal innovation
When they encounter a cataphoric pronoun during real-time sentence processing, the comprehender begins searching actively for a feature-matched noun that can supply its reference. The present study investigates individual variation in this active search procedure, leveraging an ongoing change in the pronoun system of North American English. The types of referents compatible with the they-series of pronouns is expanding, with an increasing number …
Extending the Person-Case Constraint to Gender
In many languages with clitic or other weak pronouns, a Person-Case Constraint (Perlmutter 1971, Bonet 1991) prohibits certain combinations of these pronouns on the basis of their person features. This article explores the crosslinguistic variation in such constraints, starting with several closely related Zapotec varieties. These restrict combinations of clitics not just on the basis of person, but also on the basis of a finely articulated, larg…
Processing cataphoric they amidst pronominal innovation
When they encounter a cataphoric pronoun during real-time sentence processing, the comprehender begins searching actively for a feature-matched noun that can supply its reference. The present study investigates individual variation in this active search procedure, leveraging an ongoing change in the pronoun system of North American English. The types of referents compatible with the they-series of pronouns is expanding, with an increasing number …
Where does that fit in? Morphological variation and reanalysis in Georgian placeholder verbs
The placeholder verb construction, which has emerged relatively recently in colloquial Georgian, offers a unique case study of grammaticalization in progress: the emergence of a structurally innovative type of verb within a language whose verbal morphology is already quite complex. Derived from reanalysis of the event-anaphoric verb phrase ‘do that,’ placeholder verbs exhibit morphological variability which is quite uncharacteristic for the langu…
Sorting things right out
Particle verbs are combinations of verb and particle (Prt). Verb+Prt stay together in the continuous word order (He ate up the spinach) but separate in the discontinuous order (He ate the spinach up). We use the facts that Prt can be modified in the discontinuous order (He ate the spinach right up), even by a phrasal modifier (He ate the spinach pretty much right up), and that modification is not possible in the continuous order (*He ate right up…
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Pronoun (2 works) · Variation (astronomy) (2 works) · Verb (2 works) · Agreement (1 work) · Animacy (1 work)