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Department of Linguistics
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-7130

nlacara (at) linguist (dot) umass.edu

Teaching: Linguist 201B
MWF 11:15 – 12:05
Syllabus

Office: South College 303
Hours: Tuesday TBA

Welcome

I am a PhD student in Linguistics at UMass Amherst. I specialize in syntax, and my current research interests include ellipsis and ellipsis-like phenomena (such as one-anaphora and comparative deletion), VP-movement, and related phenomena such as do-support.

Short Academic History

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2010-Present

PhD, Linguistics

University of California, Santa Cruz

2008-2010	Master of Arts, Linguistics Conferred 10 June 2010 Thesis: "Verbal Ellipsis in the Nominal Domain" Defended 6 May 2010 Committee: Jorge Hankamer and James McCloskey
2004-2008	Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics Honors in the Major Conferred 12 June 2008

University of York (UK)

2006-2007

Visiting Student

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