Bronwyn M Bjorkman
Biographic Data
| ID | 93038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bronwyn M Bjorkman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bronwyn M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bjorkman |
| SIGNATURE | BJORKMAN B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9030-7174 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rigor and accessibility
We report on early stages of a large study on syntax pedagogy, and particularly on perceptions of “gatekeeping”. We present the results of a pilot study to explore this theme and others that arose, such as inequality and discrimination in the classroom, as well as the results of an ongoing program survey. Together, these results show that there are widespread experiences of bias in syntax classrooms, that syntax occupies a privileged space within…
Some structural disanalogies between pronouns and tenses
A pronominal analysis of tense goes back to Partee (1973), motivated by a series of proposed parallels between the interpretation of tenses and that of pronouns. This article revisits Partee's interpretive parallels, as well as two more identified in Kratzer (1998), in light of subsequent developments in work on both temporal relations and on pronouns. The goal of this article is not to argue for or against a pronominal analysis of tense, but ins…
Towards an engaged linguistics
The papers in this special issue address themes from They, Hirself, Em, and YOU 2019 (THEY 2019), a conference that brought together researchers working on topics relating to nonbinary gender in language, particularly in pronouns. The papers collected in this special issue provide an overview of the current state of research and practice on nonbinary pronouns as they are currently used in English, as well as connecting the current practices in En…
Person and deixis in Heiltsuk pronouns
Harbour (2016) argues for a parsimonious universal set of features for grammatical person distinctions, and suggests (ch. 7) that the same features may also form the basis for systems of deixis. We apply this proposal to an analysis of Heiltsuk, a Wakashan language with a particularly rich set of person-based deictic contrasts (Rath 1981). Heiltsuk demonstratives and third-person pronominal enclitics distinguish proximal-to-speaker, proximal-to-a…
Checking Up on (φ-)Agree
We argue for a uniformly upward-probing implementation of Agree (Upward Agree, UA), showing that it can account for a wide range of long-distance agreement phenomena, including cases that have been cited as evidence against earlier UA models of φ-agreement. Our core revision to earlier UA approaches is a distinction between checking and valuation: while we maintain that checking is strictly regulated by UA, we propose that valuation depends on a …
Indexation to stems and words
This paper presents an extension of indexed constraints, such that they can apply not only to individual morphemes, but also to potentially complex constituents such as the stem. This modification allows us to capture a class of long-distance morphologically derived environment effects (MDEEs) that have been previously unexplained. MDEEs typically involve an exceptional phonological pattern that is lost under affixation. Formally, MDEEs are predi…
Ergative as Perfective Oblique
Many languages with ergative systems of case or agreement exhibitsplitsin their alignment. Viewpoint aspect is a common basis for such splits, with perfective aspect often associated with ergative alignment and imperfective with the absence of ergativity (Moravcsik, Silverstein). Recent work has argued that splits arise from properties of the imperfective that disrupt otherwise-available mechanisms of ergative alignment (Laka, Coon). This article…
Go get, come see
Finite-State Phonology Predicts a Typological Gap in Cyclic Stress Assignment
In this squib, we start from the empirical generalization that phonological grammars are all within the computational power of finite-state devices, a position nearly universally accepted in computational phonology. We show that this rules out certain patterns of morphologically sensitive stress assignment that are predicted by the phonological cycle hypothesis.Given that morphological structure is hierarchical in complex words, the phonological …
Possession and necessity
Accounting for unexpected subject gaps in TP coordination
Work on coordination has been concerned with the conditions in which elements can be “shared” between two conjuncts since at least Ross (1967). This paper aims to describe a curious case of apparently obligatory sharing, where coordinated clauses below a shared element in C – i.e. coordinated TP clauses – are required to “share” a single initial subject unless the subject of the second clause is focused
Checking Up on (φ-)Agree
We argue for a uniformly upward-probing implementation of Agree (Upward Agree, UA), showing that it can account for a wide range of long-distance agreement phenomena, including cases that have been cited as evidence against earlier UA models of φ-agreement. Our core revision to earlier UA approaches is a distinction between checking and valuation: while we maintain that checking is strictly regulated by UA, we propose that valuation depends on a …
Go get, come see
Ergative as Perfective Oblique
Many languages with ergative systems of case or agreement exhibitsplitsin their alignment. Viewpoint aspect is a common basis for such splits, with perfective aspect often associated with ergative alignment and imperfective with the absence of ergativity (Moravcsik, Silverstein). Recent work has argued that splits arise from properties of the imperfective that disrupt otherwise-available mechanisms of ergative alignment (Laka, Coon). This article…
Possession and necessity
Accounting for unexpected subject gaps in TP coordination
Work on coordination has been concerned with the conditions in which elements can be “shared” between two conjuncts since at least Ross (1967). This paper aims to describe a curious case of apparently obligatory sharing, where coordinated clauses below a shared element in C – i.e. coordinated TP clauses – are required to “share” a single initial subject unless the subject of the second clause is focused
Go get, come see
Finite-State Phonology Predicts a Typological Gap in Cyclic Stress Assignment
In this squib, we start from the empirical generalization that phonological grammars are all within the computational power of finite-state devices, a position nearly universally accepted in computational phonology. We show that this rules out certain patterns of morphologically sensitive stress assignment that are predicted by the phonological cycle hypothesis.Given that morphological structure is hierarchical in complex words, the phonological …
Possession and necessity
Indexation to stems and words
This paper presents an extension of indexed constraints, such that they can apply not only to individual morphemes, but also to potentially complex constituents such as the stem. This modification allows us to capture a class of long-distance morphologically derived environment effects (MDEEs) that have been previously unexplained. MDEEs typically involve an exceptional phonological pattern that is lost under affixation. Formally, MDEEs are predi…
Ergative as Perfective Oblique
Many languages with ergative systems of case or agreement exhibitsplitsin their alignment. Viewpoint aspect is a common basis for such splits, with perfective aspect often associated with ergative alignment and imperfective with the absence of ergativity (Moravcsik, Silverstein). Recent work has argued that splits arise from properties of the imperfective that disrupt otherwise-available mechanisms of ergative alignment (Laka, Coon). This article…
Person and deixis in Heiltsuk pronouns
Harbour (2016) argues for a parsimonious universal set of features for grammatical person distinctions, and suggests (ch. 7) that the same features may also form the basis for systems of deixis. We apply this proposal to an analysis of Heiltsuk, a Wakashan language with a particularly rich set of person-based deictic contrasts (Rath 1981). Heiltsuk demonstratives and third-person pronominal enclitics distinguish proximal-to-speaker, proximal-to-a…
Checking Up on (φ-)Agree
We argue for a uniformly upward-probing implementation of Agree (Upward Agree, UA), showing that it can account for a wide range of long-distance agreement phenomena, including cases that have been cited as evidence against earlier UA models of φ-agreement. Our core revision to earlier UA approaches is a distinction between checking and valuation: while we maintain that checking is strictly regulated by UA, we propose that valuation depends on a …
Some structural disanalogies between pronouns and tenses
A pronominal analysis of tense goes back to Partee (1973), motivated by a series of proposed parallels between the interpretation of tenses and that of pronouns. This article revisits Partee's interpretive parallels, as well as two more identified in Kratzer (1998), in light of subsequent developments in work on both temporal relations and on pronouns. The goal of this article is not to argue for or against a pronominal analysis of tense, but ins…
Towards an engaged linguistics
The papers in this special issue address themes from They, Hirself, Em, and YOU 2019 (THEY 2019), a conference that brought together researchers working on topics relating to nonbinary gender in language, particularly in pronouns. The papers collected in this special issue provide an overview of the current state of research and practice on nonbinary pronouns as they are currently used in English, as well as connecting the current practices in En…
Rigor and accessibility
We report on early stages of a large study on syntax pedagogy, and particularly on perceptions of “gatekeeping”. We present the results of a pilot study to explore this theme and others that arose, such as inequality and discrimination in the classroom, as well as the results of an ongoing program survey. Together, these results show that there are widespread experiences of bias in syntax classrooms, that syntax occupies a privileged space within…
Linguistics (11 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (8 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Syntax (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 works)