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Research
Latest funding
- $77,545
Restructuring in Austronesian
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $93,921
Polysynthesis and wordhood in Inuit
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $225,894
The nature of parameters: representing language universals and language variation
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
Restructuring in Austronesian
Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana
Keywords: restructuring; Austronesian; syntax; clitics; scrambling; clause type
Polysynthesis and wordhood in Inuit
Principal investigators: Compton, Richard J.
Keywords: syntactic theory; universal grammar; polysynthesis; wordhood; word formation; incorporation; restructuring; modification; prosody; Inuit; Inuktitut; Inuinnaqtun
The nature of parameters: representing language universals and language variation
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.
Keywords: syntactic theory; universal grammar; language variation; parameters; language change: ergativity; austronesian; Mayan; Inuit; Salish; Wakashan; Tsimshianic
The mental representation of language variation: macro- and micro-parameters
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.
Keywords: language variation; parameters; syntax; ergativity; language change; universal grammar
Dialectal micro variation in Malagasy
Principal investigators: Paul, Ileana
Keywords: linguistics; syntax; morphology; dialectal variation
Words at the Interfaces
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.
Keywords: morphology; syntax; phonology; semantics; interfaces; lexicon
A typology of language and movement: heads versus projections
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.
Keywords: syntax; phrase structure; event structure; Austronesian; functional categories; typology; movement rules; morpho-syntax; head movement; verb-intitial languages; adverbs; Malagasy; Tagalog; argument structure; word order; syntactic reduplication
Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association XIV
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.
Keywords: linguistics; Austronesian; formal theory; syntax; phonology; comparative linguistics; Western Malayo-Polynesian; Formosan; Polynesian; dialects
Predicate movement: cross-linguistically and theoretically
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa D.
Keywords: predicate movement; VP-movement; head movement; remnant movement; A-movement; phrase structure; predicate clefts; argument movement; reduplication; intraposition; syntactic categories; features; argument structure; event structure; word orde
A crosslinguistic investigation of agentivity and causation
Principal investigators: Travis, Lisa
Keywords: phrase structure; event structure; argument structure; theta-roles; causatives; agents; language typology;
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