Thomas Roeper -- UMass Linguistics

EGG -- Eastern European Generative Grammar 2004
Handouts and readings for the acquisition seminar.
Handouts and readings for the morphology seminar.

201H -- Introduction to Linguistics (Materials)

401H -- Introduction to Linguistics ... Syntax and Acquisition (Materials)

411 -- Language Acquisition (Materials)

611 -- Psycholinguistics (Materials)

711 -- Acquisition Seminar (Materials)

711 (2005) -- Acquisition Seminar (Materials)

Chapters from the upcoming book The Prism of Grammar (preorder from amazon.com):

How Do We Manage Meandering Meaning (former chapter 6)
Possession (former chapter 8)
On Time (former chapter 10)

These papers are in pdf format. They can be downloaded and viewed for instance with Adobe Reader or any other pdf viewer of your choice.

For recent papers and work in progress look here.

If you download a paper from here, I would be happy to receive any comments or just a short notice! Send an email to Tom Roeper (email).

(2006) Not Only I: Notes on the Syntax of Focus Binding
(2006) Definite and bare noun contrasts in child Catalan
(with Anna Gavarró and Ana Teresa Pérez-Leroux)
(2006) The narrowing acquisition path. From expressive small clauses to declaratives.
(2006) The Representation of Movement in -ability Nominalizations: Evidence for Covert Category Movement, Edge Phenomena, and Local LF
(with Angeliek van Hout)
(2006) Nodes and Features: How the Multiple Grammar Perspective Predicts Stable and Unstable Dialects and the Order of Acquisition
(2005) Discourse Binding: Does it Begin with Nominal Ellipsis?
(with Frank Wijnen and Hiske van der Meulen)
(2004) The Acquisition Path of Quantifiers: Two Kinds of Spreading
(with Uri Strauss and Barbara Zurer Pearson)
(2004) Nominalizations: How a Marginal Construction Reveals Primary Principles
(2004) Diagnosing Language Variations: Underlying Principles for Syntactic Assessment
(2004) How Not to Undermine the Goal of an Acquisition Theory
(2004) Watching Nounphrases Emerge. Seeking Compositionality
(2003) Lernability in a Minimalist Framework: Root Compounds, Merger, and the Syntax-Morphology Interface
(with William Snyder, and Kazuko Hiramatsu)
(2003) Multiple Grammars, Feature Attraction, Pied-Piping, and the Question: Is AGR inside TP?
(2001) A Salish Stage in the Acquisition of English Determiners: 'Unfamiliar' Definites
(with Lisa Matthewson, and Tim Bryant)
(2001) Notes on the "Only I" phenomenon: Evidence from Inducing Sets in Different Categories
(2000) Explicit Syntax in the Lexicon: the Representation of Nominalizations
(2000) The Impact of Nominalization on Passive, -able, and Middle: Burzio's Generalization and Feature Movement in the Lexicon
(with Angeliek van Hout)
(2000) Leftward Movement in Morphology
(2000) Scope and the Structure of Bare Nominals: Evidence from Child Language
(with Ana T. Pérez-Leroux)
(1999) Universal Bilingualism
(1999) Language Disorders as a Window on Univeral Grammar: An Abstract Theory of Agreement for IP, DP, and V-PP
(with Eliane Ramos, Harry Seymour, and Lamya Abdulkarim)
(1997) Finding Fundamental Operations in Languge Acquisition: Formal Features as Triggers
(1997) Economy of Representation: Ellipsis and NP Reconstructions
(with Lamya Abdulkarim)
(1997) Events and Aspectual Structure in Derivational Morphology
(with Angeliek van Hout)
(1997) Negative Islands in Language Acquisition
(with Lamya Abdulkarim, and Jill de Villiers)
(1997) Trigger Theory and the Acquisition of Complement Idioms
(with Zvi Penner)
(1996) The Hidden Algebra of Mind: Reflections on the Indivisibility of Human Nature and the Responsibility of those who Carve it up
(1995) On the Acquisition of Word Order in Nominals
(with Jill de Villiers, Deanna Moore, Kyle Johnson, and Sarah Bateman)
Of Musical Hand Chairs and Linguistic Swing
(with Kazuko Hiramatsu, William Snyder, Stephanie Storrs, and Matthew Saccoman)
From Evidence to Belief. Developmental Precursors for False Belief Ascriptions
(with Angelika Kratzer, and Jill de Villiers)



	Thomas Roeper Professor Department of Linguistics University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA South College # 218 phone: (413) 545-6834 / fax: (413) 545-2792 email: roeper@linguist.umass.edu

	Interests Professor Roeper works primarily in theoretical approaches to language acquisition and morphology. His current work is the acquisition of wh-movement with Jill de Villiers of Smith College. In morphology he has focused on implicit arguments, productive morphology, and lexical rules. Teaching EGG -- Eastern European Generative Grammar 2004 Handouts and readings for the acquisition seminar. Handouts and readings for the morphology seminar. 201H -- Introduction to Linguistics (Materials) 401H -- Introduction to Linguistics ... Syntax and Acquisition (Materials) 411 -- Language Acquisition (Materials) 611 -- Psycholinguistics (Materials) 711 -- Acquisition Seminar (Materials) 711 (2005) -- Acquisition Seminar (Materials) New Book – Deleted Chapters Chapters from the upcoming book The Prism of Grammar (preorder from amazon.com): How Do We Manage Meandering Meaning (former chapter 6) Possession (former chapter 8) On Time (former chapter 10) Downloadable Papers These papers are in pdf format. They can be downloaded and viewed for instance with Adobe Reader or any other pdf viewer of your choice. For recent papers and work in progress look here. If you download a paper from here, I would be happy to receive any comments or just a short notice! Send an email to Tom Roeper (email). (2006) Not Only I: Notes on the Syntax of Focus Binding (2006) Definite and bare noun contrasts in child Catalan (with Anna Gavarró and Ana Teresa Pérez-Leroux) (2006) The narrowing acquisition path. From expressive small clauses to declaratives. (2006) The Representation of Movement in -ability Nominalizations: Evidence for Covert Category Movement, Edge Phenomena, and Local LF (with Angeliek van Hout) (2006) Nodes and Features: How the Multiple Grammar Perspective Predicts Stable and Unstable Dialects and the Order of Acquisition (2005) Discourse Binding: Does it Begin with Nominal Ellipsis? (with Frank Wijnen and Hiske van der Meulen) (2004) The Acquisition Path of Quantifiers: Two Kinds of Spreading (with Uri Strauss and Barbara Zurer Pearson) (2004) Nominalizations: How a Marginal Construction Reveals Primary Principles (2004) Diagnosing Language Variations: Underlying Principles for Syntactic Assessment (2004) How Not to Undermine the Goal of an Acquisition Theory (2004) Watching Nounphrases Emerge. Seeking Compositionality (2003) Lernability in a Minimalist Framework: Root Compounds, Merger, and the Syntax-Morphology Interface (with William Snyder, and Kazuko Hiramatsu) (2003) Multiple Grammars, Feature Attraction, Pied-Piping, and the Question: Is AGR inside TP? (2001) A Salish Stage in the Acquisition of English Determiners: 'Unfamiliar' Definites (with Lisa Matthewson, and Tim Bryant) (2001) Notes on the "Only I" phenomenon: Evidence from Inducing Sets in Different Categories (2000) Explicit Syntax in the Lexicon: the Representation of Nominalizations (2000) The Impact of Nominalization on Passive, -able, and Middle: Burzio's Generalization and Feature Movement in the Lexicon (with Angeliek van Hout) (2000) Leftward Movement in Morphology (2000) Scope and the Structure of Bare Nominals: Evidence from Child Language (with Ana T. Pérez-Leroux) (1999) Universal Bilingualism (1999) Language Disorders as a Window on Univeral Grammar: An Abstract Theory of Agreement for IP, DP, and V-PP (with Eliane Ramos, Harry Seymour, and Lamya Abdulkarim) (1997) Finding Fundamental Operations in Languge Acquisition: Formal Features as Triggers (1997) Economy of Representation: Ellipsis and NP Reconstructions (with Lamya Abdulkarim) (1997) Events and Aspectual Structure in Derivational Morphology (with Angeliek van Hout) (1997) Negative Islands in Language Acquisition (with Lamya Abdulkarim, and Jill de Villiers) (1997) Trigger Theory and the Acquisition of Complement Idioms (with Zvi Penner) (1996) The Hidden Algebra of Mind: Reflections on the Indivisibility of Human Nature and the Responsibility of those who Carve it up (1995) On the Acquisition of Word Order in Nominals (with Jill de Villiers, Deanna Moore, Kyle Johnson, and Sarah Bateman) Of Musical Hand Chairs and Linguistic Swing (with Kazuko Hiramatsu, William Snyder, Stephanie Storrs, and Matthew Saccoman) From Evidence to Belief. Developmental Precursors for False Belief Ascriptions (with Angelika Kratzer, and Jill de Villiers) Links Language Acquisition Lab Resources, NIH Working Groups on African American English, Childes Child Language Database, more links...

	last updated on august 11, 2004 by jan