formal theory

Two recent papers on variation in agreement, one by Deal (2024) for the person-case constraint (PCC) and one by Oxford (2022) for …

This paper provides a general analysis of the semantics of person, broadly construed, through a case study of Ojibwe (Central …

This brief paper summarizes a new account of how person-animacy hierachy (PAH) effects and probe relativization should be modeled in …

This paper explores patterns of agreement and word order in the Central Algonquian language Border Lakes Ojibwe. This variety of Ojibwe …

In this talk, I argue for a new level of representation, primitives, which combine into sets and replace prominence scales and feature geometries in capturing person-based prominence effects in agreement. I argue this new theory has both a conceptual and empirical edge over previous accounts.