Ellen Woolford
Professor of Linguistics
Department of
Linguistics
University of
Massachusetts
Email: woolford at linguist.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-6841
Fax: (413) 545-2792
Current Research Interests
Case and Agreement Theory and Typology,
Ergativity, Locality Restrictions on Case and Agreement, Aspect Splits, Marked
Objects, the Role of Hierarchies in Grammar, Optimality Theory
Selected Papers – download highlighted titles as PDF files
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2008 Active Stative Agreement in Lakota. Ms. University of Massachusetts. 2008 Is Agreement Really Independent of Case in Choctaw? Ms. University of Massachusetts. 2008 Aspect Splits as Parasitic Marking. In Hans Broekhuis and Ralf Vogel eds.,Optimality Theory and Minimalism: Interface Theories. Linguistics in Potsdam 28: 39-72. 2008 Differential Subject Marking at Argument Structure, Syntax, and PF. In Helen de Hoop and Peter de Swart eds., Differential Subject Marking, pgs. 17-40. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Springer. 2007 Introduction to OT Syntax. Phonological Studies 10: 119-134. 2007 Case Locality: Pure Domains and Object Shift. Lingua 117 (9): 1591-1616. Special issue guest edited by Vieri Samek-Lodovici, Studies in OT Syntax and Semantics. [Abstract] 2007 Aspect Splits as Contextual Markedness. Ms. University of Massachusetts. 2006 Lexical Case, Inherent Case, and Argument Structure. Linguistic Inquiry 37.1. (20 pgs) [Abstract] 2006 Case-Agreement Mismatches. In Cedric Boeckx ed. Agreement Systems, 317-339. John Benjamins. [Abstract] 2003 Burzio's Generalization, Markedness, and
Locality Constraints on Nominative Objects. In E. Brandner and
H. Zinsmeister eds. New Perspectives on Case
Theory, 301-329. 2003 Clitics and Agreement in Competition: Ergative
Cross-Referencing Patterns.
In A. Carpenter et al, eds, Papers in Optimality
Theory II, 421-449. 2003 Nominative Objects and Case Locality. In W. Browne et al. eds,
Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 11: 539-568. 2001 Case Patterns. In G. Legendre, 2001 Conditions on Object Agreement in Ruwund
(Bantu). In E. Benedicto ed. The Umass
Volume on Indigenous Languages. 2000 Ergative Agreement Systems. 2000 Agreement in Disguise. In Vicki Carstens and
Frederick Parkinson, eds. Advances in African Linguistics, Trends in
African Linguistics, No. 4, 103-117. 2000 Object Agreement in Palauan. In 1999 More on the Anaphor-Agreement Effect. Linguistic Inquiry 30: 257-287. 1999 Animacy Hierarchy Effects on Object Agreement. In Paul Kotey, ed. New
Dimensions in African Linguistics. Trends in African Linguistics, No. 3,
203-216. 1995 Object Agreement in Palauan: Specificity, Humanness,
Economy, and Optimality. In J. Beckman et al. eds. Optimality Theory.
1995 Why Passive Can Block Object Marking. In A. Akinlabi, ed. Theoretical
Approaches to African Languages. Trends in African Linguistics, No.
1, 199-215. 1993 Symmetric and Asymmetric Passives. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 11: 679-728. 1991 VP Internal Subjects in VSO and Non-Configurational Languages. Linguistic Inquiry 22: 503-540. |
Co-editor OT book series Advances in Optimality Theory
Equinox Publications equinoxpub.com
Contact me with ideas for OT book projects in syntax and semantics
woolford at linguist.umass.edu
For OT book projects in phonology and phonetics, contact
Armin Mester mester at ucsc.edu
Ling 404 Shughni language page
Fieldwork in Papua New
Guinea
Revised December 2008