Peter Jenks
Biographic Data
| ID | 800182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Jenks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Jenks |
| SIGNATURE | JENKS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1329-9158 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The syntax of quantifiers in Chuj
This paper provides a novel description and syntactic analysis of different types of quantifiers in Chuj, an underdocumented Mayan language. We focus on a subset of expressions that quantify over entities, and that have been noted to appear obligatorily in sentence-initial position. We argue that three types of quantifiers should be distinguished: (i) Predicative A-quantifiers , which occur sentence-initially because Chuj is a predicate-initial l…
Cophonologies by Ph(r)ase
Phonological alternations are often specific to morphosyntactic context. For example, stress shift in English occurs in the presence of some suffixes, -al , but not others, -ing : "Equation missing", "Equation missing", "Equation missing". In some cases a phonological process applies only in words of certain lexical categories. Previous theories have stipulated that such morphosyntactically conditioned phonology is word-bounded. In this paper we …
Articulated Definiteness without Articles
While it lacks a definite article, Mandarin makes a principled distinction between unique and anaphoric definites: unique definites are realized with a bare noun, and anaphoric definites are realized with a demonstrative, except in subject position. The following proposals account for these facts: (a) bare nouns achieve definite interpretations via a last-resort type-shifting operator ι, which has a unique definite meaning; (b) demonstratives can…
Mobile object markers in Moro
Object markers alternate between a prefix and a suffix position in the Thetogovela dialect of Moro, an underdocumented Kordofanian language of Sudan. Although the alternation appears to depend on the morphosyntactic category of verb forms, we show that it actually follows from the tonal properties of these verb forms. Verb stems that are usually marked with a default, phonologically predictable leftmost high tone select prefix object markers. The…
Generalized Clausal Modifiers in Thai Noun Phrases
The Thai particlethîiintroduces relative clauses and noun-complement clauses but does not introduce clausal complements of verbs. This paper provides a unified analysis for these two noun phrase-internal clauses as modifiers, proposing thatthîiis a complementizer that is interpreted as a lambda-operator that derives CP-sized properties. This analysis is extended to the use ofthîiin factive complements of verbs, contrastive clefts, and infinitives…
Quantifier Float, Focus, and Scope in Thai
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:Quantifier Raising (QR) has been independently claimed to possess similar proper-ties as Q(uantifier)-float. I argue elsewhere that Q-float and QR share these properties in Thai because Q-float is overt QR in Thai (Jenks 2011). Here I argue that Q-float is driven by focus on the floated quantifier, following Simpson (2011). This is unsurprising, as other rightward movement phenomena such as heavy-NP…
High tone in Moro
This paper presents a description and analysis of the tonal system of Moro, a Kordofanian language of Sudan, showing that the distribution of H(igh) tone is sensitive to a number of morphological and prosodic factors. First, we demonstrate that the distribution of H on nouns is sensitive to the OCP, both within roots and with affixes. Nouns also exhibit lexical distinctions between forms that exhibit unbounded rightward spreading of H and those t…
Cophonologies by Ph(r)ase
Phonological alternations are often specific to morphosyntactic context. For example, stress shift in English occurs in the presence of some suffixes, -al , but not others, -ing : "Equation missing", "Equation missing", "Equation missing". In some cases a phonological process applies only in words of certain lexical categories. Previous theories have stipulated that such morphosyntactically conditioned phonology is word-bounded. In this paper we …
Articulated Definiteness without Articles
While it lacks a definite article, Mandarin makes a principled distinction between unique and anaphoric definites: unique definites are realized with a bare noun, and anaphoric definites are realized with a demonstrative, except in subject position. The following proposals account for these facts: (a) bare nouns achieve definite interpretations via a last-resort type-shifting operator ι, which has a unique definite meaning; (b) demonstratives can…
Mobile object markers in Moro
Object markers alternate between a prefix and a suffix position in the Thetogovela dialect of Moro, an underdocumented Kordofanian language of Sudan. Although the alternation appears to depend on the morphosyntactic category of verb forms, we show that it actually follows from the tonal properties of these verb forms. Verb stems that are usually marked with a default, phonologically predictable leftmost high tone select prefix object markers. The…
Generalized Clausal Modifiers in Thai Noun Phrases
The Thai particlethîiintroduces relative clauses and noun-complement clauses but does not introduce clausal complements of verbs. This paper provides a unified analysis for these two noun phrase-internal clauses as modifiers, proposing thatthîiis a complementizer that is interpreted as a lambda-operator that derives CP-sized properties. This analysis is extended to the use ofthîiin factive complements of verbs, contrastive clefts, and infinitives…
High tone in Moro
This paper presents a description and analysis of the tonal system of Moro, a Kordofanian language of Sudan, showing that the distribution of H(igh) tone is sensitive to a number of morphological and prosodic factors. First, we demonstrate that the distribution of H on nouns is sensitive to the OCP, both within roots and with affixes. Nouns also exhibit lexical distinctions between forms that exhibit unbounded rightward spreading of H and those t…
High tone in Moro
This paper presents a description and analysis of the tonal system of Moro, a Kordofanian language of Sudan, showing that the distribution of H(igh) tone is sensitive to a number of morphological and prosodic factors. First, we demonstrate that the distribution of H on nouns is sensitive to the OCP, both within roots and with affixes. Nouns also exhibit lexical distinctions between forms that exhibit unbounded rightward spreading of H and those t…
Quantifier Float, Focus, and Scope in Thai
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:Quantifier Raising (QR) has been independently claimed to possess similar proper-ties as Q(uantifier)-float. I argue elsewhere that Q-float and QR share these properties in Thai because Q-float is overt QR in Thai (Jenks 2011). Here I argue that Q-float is driven by focus on the floated quantifier, following Simpson (2011). This is unsurprising, as other rightward movement phenomena such as heavy-NP…
Generalized Clausal Modifiers in Thai Noun Phrases
The Thai particlethîiintroduces relative clauses and noun-complement clauses but does not introduce clausal complements of verbs. This paper provides a unified analysis for these two noun phrase-internal clauses as modifiers, proposing thatthîiis a complementizer that is interpreted as a lambda-operator that derives CP-sized properties. This analysis is extended to the use ofthîiin factive complements of verbs, contrastive clefts, and infinitives…
Mobile object markers in Moro
Object markers alternate between a prefix and a suffix position in the Thetogovela dialect of Moro, an underdocumented Kordofanian language of Sudan. Although the alternation appears to depend on the morphosyntactic category of verb forms, we show that it actually follows from the tonal properties of these verb forms. Verb stems that are usually marked with a default, phonologically predictable leftmost high tone select prefix object markers. The…
Articulated Definiteness without Articles
While it lacks a definite article, Mandarin makes a principled distinction between unique and anaphoric definites: unique definites are realized with a bare noun, and anaphoric definites are realized with a demonstrative, except in subject position. The following proposals account for these facts: (a) bare nouns achieve definite interpretations via a last-resort type-shifting operator ι, which has a unique definite meaning; (b) demonstratives can…
Cophonologies by Ph(r)ase
Phonological alternations are often specific to morphosyntactic context. For example, stress shift in English occurs in the presence of some suffixes, -al , but not others, -ing : "Equation missing", "Equation missing", "Equation missing". In some cases a phonological process applies only in words of certain lexical categories. Previous theories have stipulated that such morphosyntactically conditioned phonology is word-bounded. In this paper we …
The syntax of quantifiers in Chuj
This paper provides a novel description and syntactic analysis of different types of quantifiers in Chuj, an underdocumented Mayan language. We focus on a subset of expressions that quantify over entities, and that have been noted to appear obligatorily in sentence-initial position. We argue that three types of quantifiers should be distinguished: (i) Predicative A-quantifiers , which occur sentence-initially because Chuj is a predicate-initial l…
Computer Science (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Noun (3 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works)