Susana Bejar
Biographic Data
| ID | 746142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susana Bejar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susana |
| FAMILY NAME | Bejar |
| SIGNATURE | BEJAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7642-7436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 129 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Recording Regional Dialects in Labrador Inuttitut (Research Note)
This paper reports on the Elder's Stories Project, an initiative to document regional dialects of Labrador Inuttitut across Nunatsiavut. The goal of this project is twofold: to preserve linguistic and cultural knowledge, with a focus on regional variation, and to create accessible spoken language resources for intermediate and advanced learners. The Elder's Stories Project will pair audio recordings with time-aligned transcriptions using ELAN sof…
Agree and the subjects of specificational clauses
This article investigates agreement in Persian sentences with a specificational copular clause embedded under the epistemic modal tavānestan 'can'. We argue that this structure is a raising structure. It exhibits agreement on both the embedded and modal verbs. Crucially, while the subject fails to control agreement in the embedded clause, it successfully controls agreement on the modal. We argue that the subject's failure to form an Agree relatio…
Not all phi-features are created equal: A reply to Hartmann & Heycock 2018
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The acquisition of recursive modification in NPs
Despite sensitivity to the contextual demands of modification, children struggle with the production of complex NPs. What syntactic or semantic properties of NP embedding specifically introduce complexity? We compare production of definite descriptions with two modifiers that contrast in the attachment of the second modifier: sequential vs. recursive modification. Children (n = 71) produced overall fewer targets than adults (n = 13), but both gro…
Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the synt…
Remarks on omnivory and complementarity: A commentary on the paper by Andrew Nevins
Structural Markedness in Formal Features: Deriving Interpretability
This paper argues that the internal structure of formal features plays an important role in the syntax and can account for complex surface phenomena which are otherwise difficult to explain. The hierarchical representation of morphosyntactic features developed in Harley 1994, Ritter 1997 and Harley and Ritter 1998 is incorporated into minimalist checking theory (Chomsky 1998). It is proposed that feature interpretability can be understood as a co…
Cyclic Agree
We propose that agreement displacement phenomena sensitive to person hierarchies arise from the mechanism of Agree operating on articulated φ-feature structures in a cyclic syntax. Cyclicity and locality derive a preference for agreement control by the internal argument. Articulation of the probe determines (a) when the agreement controller cyclically displaces to the external argument and (b) differences in crosslinguistic sensitivity to person …
Phi Theory: Phi-Features across Modules and Interfaces
Phi-features, such as person, number, and gender, present a rare opportunity for syntacticians, morphologists and semanticists to collaborate on a research enterprise in which they all have an equal stake and which they all approach with data and insights from their own fields. This volume is the first to attempt to bring together these different strands and styles of research. It presents the core questions, major results, and new directions of …
Person Licensing and the Derivation of PCC Effects
1. The Person Case Constraint The Person-Case Constraint (PCC) is a universal condition on the distribution of marked person features in certain configurations. First thoroughly investigated by Bonet (1991), she concluded that in combinations of a direct and indirect object, both of which are phonologically weak, the direct object may not be 1 or 2 person (Bonet 1991:177). The following French example has analogues in all the Romance languages, a…
Multiple Case Checking
This paper examines Multiple Case Checking (MCC) in raising constructions in light of minimalist Case theory and an interpretive view of vocabulary insertion. In general, Case theory excludes the option of a chain receiving more than one Case. However, certain constructions arguably demonstrate that this is possible. We present a range of MCC phenomena, showing that they are incompatible with early insertion models. Inherent Case examples, such a…
Romani in Contact: The History, Structure and Sociology of a Language
Cyclic Agree
We propose that agreement displacement phenomena sensitive to person hierarchies arise from the mechanism of Agree operating on articulated φ-feature structures in a cyclic syntax. Cyclicity and locality derive a preference for agreement control by the internal argument. Articulation of the probe determines (a) when the agreement controller cyclically displaces to the external argument and (b) differences in crosslinguistic sensitivity to person …
Multiple Case Checking
This paper examines Multiple Case Checking (MCC) in raising constructions in light of minimalist Case theory and an interpretive view of vocabulary insertion. In general, Case theory excludes the option of a chain receiving more than one Case. However, certain constructions arguably demonstrate that this is possible. We present a range of MCC phenomena, showing that they are incompatible with early insertion models. Inherent Case examples, such a…
Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the synt…
Structural Markedness in Formal Features: Deriving Interpretability
This paper argues that the internal structure of formal features plays an important role in the syntax and can account for complex surface phenomena which are otherwise difficult to explain. The hierarchical representation of morphosyntactic features developed in Harley 1994, Ritter 1997 and Harley and Ritter 1998 is incorporated into minimalist checking theory (Chomsky 1998). It is proposed that feature interpretability can be understood as a co…
Not all phi-features are created equal: A reply to Hartmann & Heycock 2018
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
The acquisition of recursive modification in NPs
Despite sensitivity to the contextual demands of modification, children struggle with the production of complex NPs. What syntactic or semantic properties of NP embedding specifically introduce complexity? We compare production of definite descriptions with two modifiers that contrast in the attachment of the second modifier: sequential vs. recursive modification. Children (n = 71) produced overall fewer targets than adults (n = 13), but both gro…
Romani in Contact: The History, Structure and Sociology of a Language
Multiple Case Checking
This paper examines Multiple Case Checking (MCC) in raising constructions in light of minimalist Case theory and an interpretive view of vocabulary insertion. In general, Case theory excludes the option of a chain receiving more than one Case. However, certain constructions arguably demonstrate that this is possible. We present a range of MCC phenomena, showing that they are incompatible with early insertion models. Inherent Case examples, such a…
Person Licensing and the Derivation of PCC Effects
1. The Person Case Constraint The Person-Case Constraint (PCC) is a universal condition on the distribution of marked person features in certain configurations. First thoroughly investigated by Bonet (1991), she concluded that in combinations of a direct and indirect object, both of which are phonologically weak, the direct object may not be 1 or 2 person (Bonet 1991:177). The following French example has analogues in all the Romance languages, a…
Phi Theory: Phi-Features across Modules and Interfaces
Phi-features, such as person, number, and gender, present a rare opportunity for syntacticians, morphologists and semanticists to collaborate on a research enterprise in which they all have an equal stake and which they all approach with data and insights from their own fields. This volume is the first to attempt to bring together these different strands and styles of research. It presents the core questions, major results, and new directions of …
Structural Markedness in Formal Features: Deriving Interpretability
This paper argues that the internal structure of formal features plays an important role in the syntax and can account for complex surface phenomena which are otherwise difficult to explain. The hierarchical representation of morphosyntactic features developed in Harley 1994, Ritter 1997 and Harley and Ritter 1998 is incorporated into minimalist checking theory (Chomsky 1998). It is proposed that feature interpretability can be understood as a co…
Cyclic Agree
We propose that agreement displacement phenomena sensitive to person hierarchies arise from the mechanism of Agree operating on articulated φ-feature structures in a cyclic syntax. Cyclicity and locality derive a preference for agreement control by the internal argument. Articulation of the probe determines (a) when the agreement controller cyclically displaces to the external argument and (b) differences in crosslinguistic sensitivity to person …
Remarks on omnivory and complementarity: A commentary on the paper by Andrew Nevins
Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the synt…
Not all phi-features are created equal: A reply to Hartmann & Heycock 2018
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
The acquisition of recursive modification in NPs
Despite sensitivity to the contextual demands of modification, children struggle with the production of complex NPs. What syntactic or semantic properties of NP embedding specifically introduce complexity? We compare production of definite descriptions with two modifiers that contrast in the attachment of the second modifier: sequential vs. recursive modification. Children (n = 71) produced overall fewer targets than adults (n = 13), but both gro…
Agree and the subjects of specificational clauses
This article investigates agreement in Persian sentences with a specificational copular clause embedded under the epistemic modal tavānestan 'can'. We argue that this structure is a raising structure. It exhibits agreement on both the embedded and modal verbs. Crucially, while the subject fails to control agreement in the embedded clause, it successfully controls agreement on the modal. We argue that the subject's failure to form an Agree relatio…
Recording Regional Dialects in Labrador Inuttitut (Research Note)
This paper reports on the Elder's Stories Project, an initiative to document regional dialects of Labrador Inuttitut across Nunatsiavut. The goal of this project is twofold: to preserve linguistic and cultural knowledge, with a focus on regional variation, and to create accessible spoken language resources for intermediate and advanced learners. The Elder's Stories Project will pair audio recordings with time-aligned transcriptions using ELAN sof…
Philosophy (9 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)