This article surveys empirical and theoretical work on Tense‐Aspect‐Mood (''TAM'') based
split ergativity, and offers an account for how it arises. While these splits are typically …

This dissertation is concerned with the broad question of why auxiliary verbs occur in natural
language. Much previous work has assumed that the occurrence of auxiliary verbs is …

We propose a theory of the person restrictions in clitic double object constructions, a
phenomenon known as the Person Case Constraint (PCC). In our proposal, the PCC is …

This paper presents puzzles concerning the representation of features in the agreement
system of the Eastern Algonquian language, Mi'gmaq. A growing body of research …

Across languages, there is variability in the surface realization of reflexivity, according to
various sets of properties. For example, there are languages (eg Greek, Lakhota) that seem …

The main question that this paper addresses is: what happens to non-finite auxiliaries under
English VP ellipsis (VPE)? Do they remain overt like finite auxiliaries, or do they disappear …

Syntactic variation can be ascribed to a range of factors. The Borer-Chomsky conjecture, as
Mark Baker (2008) refers to it, states for instance that all parameters of variation are …

We put forth a formal analysis within the Minimalist framework of argument alignment in
languages with one type of direct/inverse system. Our proposal involves the cyclical …

This paper argues that split ergativity based on nominal type is a morphological
phenomenon, not a syntactic one. We use three tests to identify the source of this type of split …

This paper looks at two different aspect splits in Neo-Aramaic languages that are unusual in
that they do not involve any ergativity. Instead, these splits are characterized by agreement …