The syntax and semantics of Persian modality and perception
2023. Joint work with Setayesh Dashti and Siavash Rafiee Rad. Presented at Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester. April 18.
16 pages [.pdf]
Modelling exponents
2022. Joint work with Tina Bögel and Daniel Siddiqi. Presented at MoMOT 2022. UQAM. November 18.
10 pages [.pdf]
Modelling exponents
2022. Joint work with Tina Bögel and Daniel Siddiqi. Presented at the SE-LFG Meeting, SOAS. October 29.
7 pages [.pdf]
Realizational Morphosemantics in LRFG
2022. Joint work with Daniel Siddiqi. Presented at LFG 2022. Groningen, The Netherlands. July 14.
24 pages [.pdf]
Realizational Morphosemantics
2021. Developed with Dan Siddiqi. Presented at MoMOT5. University of Ottawa. November 12.
20 pages [.pdf]
Beyond c-structure and f-structure: On the argument-adjunct distinction in O’dam
2021. Presented at LFG 2021. Konstanz, Germany. July 15.
18 pages [.pdf]
Constraints all the way down: DM in a representational model of grammar
2021. Presented at WCCFL 39. University of Arizona. April 11.
Poster [.pdf]
LRFG: Implementing realizational morphosyntax in a constraint-based framework
2021. Presented at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh. June 8.
33 pages [.pdf]
DM + LFG = LRFG
2020. Presented at the Department of Linguistics, University of
Arizona. December 4.
43 pages [.pdf]
Introducing Lexical-Realizational Functional Grammar
2020. Presented at the Department of Linguistics, University of
Texas, Austin. December 1.
32 pages [.pdf]
Ojibwe Agreement in Lexical-Realizational Functional Grammar
2020. Presented to the University of Toronto Syntax Project. July 22.
30 pages [.pdf]
Ojibwe Agreement in Lexical-Realizational Functional Grammar
2020. Presented at LFG 2020. Online. May 31.
28 pages [.pdf] | 5 slides [.pdf]
Ojibwe Agreement in a Representational, Morpheme-based Framework
2020. Presented at the Canadian Linguistic Association. May 31.
36 slides [.pdf]
Richard Redux
2019. Presented at the Institute of Linguistics, University of
Minnesota. October 4.
67 slides [.pdf]
Thematic Uniqueness: Model-Theoretic or Proof-Theoretic
2018. Presented at GregFest, University of Rochester. May 22.
13 pages [.pdf]
Cognitive Science with Category Theory
2018. Presented at the International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive
Science, Istanbul. May 6.
80 slides [.pdf]
Copy Raising: At the Limits of Syntax
2017. Presented at the Department of Linguistics, Heinrich-Heine-University,
Düsseldorf, and at the School of English Literature, Language and
Linguistics, Newcastle University. May 17 & September 27.
36 slides [.pdf]
A Modular Approach to Evidentiality
2017. Presented at LFG 2017. Konstanz, Germany. July 27.
6 pages [.pdf]
Substitution Puzzles
2017. Presented at The Canadian Linguistics First Annual Undergraduate Symposium
(CLAUSE 2017), Concordia University, Montreal. April 8.
64 slides [.pdf]
Some Applications of Category Theory to Natural Language Interpretation
2017. Presented to the Quantum Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. January 24 & 31.
24 pages [.pdf]
Monotonic DM as a result of a pairing with LFG
2016. Presented at The Word and the Morpheme, Humboldt University, Berlin. September 22.
6 pages [.pdf]
Reference and Substitution: A New Perspective
2016. Presented at the Institute of Linguistics, University of
Minnesota. September 16.
24 pages [.pdf]
Realizational-Lexical Morphology for LFG
2016. Presented at AnaMorphoSys, Lyon. June 20.
4 pages [.pdf]
Lexical-Functional Grammar & Flexible Composition
2016. Presented at Humboldt University, Berlin. May 24.
42 slides [.pdf]
Distributed Lexical Functional Grammar
2016. Presented at MOTH 2016, University of Toronto,
Mississauga. April 15.
4 pages [.pdf]
Degree Quantification and Split Scope in Glue Semantics
2015. Presented at University College London. February 23.
19 pages [.pdf]
Resumptive Pronouns: At the Interface between Syntax, Form and Meaning
2015. Presented at Ca' Foscari University, Venice. February 6.
34 pages [.pdf]
Monads as a Solution for Generalized Opacity
2014. Presented at the Type Theory and Natural Language Semantics Workshop, EACL 2014, Gothenburg. April 27.
Slides: [ .html ]
Handout: 10 pages [.pdf]
Monads: Some Linguistic Applications
2014. Presented at the 13th South of England Lexical Functional Grammar Meeting. School of Oriental and African Studies, London. February 15.
21 pages: [ .pdf ]
Interpretive intentions
2013. Presented at the Logic, Language and Information Lab, Institute of Cognitive Science,
Carleton University. November 25.
12 pages: [ .pdf ]
Transitivity and composition
2012. Presented at the Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex. November 29.
20 pages: [ .pdf ]
Thematic uniqueness and resource accounting
2012. Presented at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Manchester. October 15.
16 pages: [ .pdf ]
The semantics of resumption
2012. Presented at On the Syntax and Semantics of Resumptive Pronouns, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Jerusalem. July 3.
38 pages: [ .pdf ]
Flexible composition for optional and derived arguments
2012. Presented at LFG12, Universitas Udayana Bali. June 29.
28 pages: [ .pdf ]
Missing resources in a resource-sensitive semantics.
2012. Presented at LFG12, Universitas Udayana Bali. June 29.
15 pages: [ .pdf ]
Unbounded dependencies in LFG
2012. Presented at the 8th South of England Lexical Functional Grammar Meeting. School of Oriental and African Studies, London. May 12.
12 pages: [ .pdf ]
Where are we and where should we go?
2012. Presented at the Project Meeting of The Syntax and Information Structure of Unbounded Dependencies. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. March 22.
6 pages [2up]: [ .pdf ]
Copy Raising and Formal Variation
2011. Presented
at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of
Edinburgh. November 24.
28 pages: [ .pdf ]
Questions in Language and Linguistics
2011. Presented
at the Research Symposium, Jesus College, Oxford. November 23.
97 slides: [ .pdf ]
Resumption and the Design of Grammar
2011. Presented at the Department of Theoretical and Applied
Linguistics, University of Cambridge. October 27.
31 pages: [ .pdf ]
⟨M,η,★⟩
2011. Presented at Sinn und Bedeutung 16, University of Utrecht. September 16.
10 pages: [ .pdf ]
Multidimensional Semantics with Unidimensional Glue Logic
2011. Presented at LFG11, University of Hong Kong. July 18.
10 pages: [ .pdf ]
Multimodal Communication in LFG: Gestures and the Correspondence Architecture
2011. Presented at LFG11, University of Hong Kong. July 17.
10 pages: [ .pdf ]
Obligatory Control in Persian: Implications for the Syntax–Semantics Interface
2011. Presented at the 4 International Conference on Iranian Linguistics, University of Uppsala. June 18.
10 pages: [ .pdf ]
Capturing Thematic Uniqueness
2011. Presented at Queen Mary, University of London. May 19.
16 pages [2up]: [ .pdf ]
The Syntax and Semantics of Resumptive Pronouns: Implications for Compositionality
2011. Presented at The University of Utrecht. May 16.
28 pages [2up]: [ .pdf ]
Resumption and Composition
2011. Presented at Mayfest, University of Maryland. May 6.
28 pages [2up]: [ .pdf ]
The Uniqueness of Event Participants
2011. Presented at the University of Oxford. February 14.
16 pages: [ .pdf ]
Evidence for Parallel Composition from Resumptive Pronouns
2010. Presented at MIT. April 16.
28 pages: [ .pdf ]
Adjacency and Locality: A Constraint-Based Analysis of Complementizer-Adjacent Extraction
2009. Presented at LFG09, Cambridge University. July 15.
Poster: [ .pdf ]
Lexical-Functional Grammar
2009. Presented at the University of Iceland. July 3.
104 slides: [ .pdf ]
Reflexives in the Correspondence Architecture
2009. Presented at the University of Iceland. July 2.
56 slides: [ .pdf ]
Exploring the Feature Space
2008. Presented at the 12th Bilingual Workshop in Theoretical Linguistics, University of Ottawa. December 5.
79 slides: [ .pdf ]
Production of Ungrammatical Utterances: The Case of Resumptive Pronouns
2008. Presented at University of Rochester. October 17.
66 slides: [ .pdf ]
Projection and Precedence: A Constraint-Based Explanation of Comp-Trace Effects
2008. Presented at Oxford University. May 12.
64 slides: [ .pdf ]
Copy Raising, Perception Reports, and the Semantics of Raising and Control
2007. Presented at University of Oslo. November 21.
80 slides: [ .pdf ]
Resumptive fake indexicals in Irish
2007. Presented at the Fifth Celtic Linguistics Conference, Gregynog, Wales. September 9.
40 slides: [ .pdf ]
Resumption and partial interpretation
2007. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, London. August 31.
56 slides: [ .pdf ]
Copy raising and perception: A fine-grained semantics for raising and control
2007, Ash Asudeh and Ida Toivonen. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, London. August 30.
43 slides: [ .pdf ]
Three kinds of resumption
2007. Presented at Resumptive Pronouns at the Interfaces, University of Paris 7. June 21.
14 pages (2up): [.pdf]
Expletives and the syntax and semantics of copy raising
2006, Ash Asudeh and Ida Toivonen Presented at LFG 2006, Konstanz, Germany. July 11.
54 slides: [ .pdf ]
Resumption as resource management
2005. Presented at ESSLLI 17, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. August 8.
10 slides: [ .pdf ]
The puzzle of the absent cook
2005, Ash Asudeh and Ida Toivonen. Presented at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. May 16.
6 pages (2up): [ .pdf ]
Resumption and intrusion: Syntax and semantics, parsing and production
2005. Presented at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. January 20.
14 pages (2up): [ .pdf ]
Computational perspectives on linguistic problems
2005. Presented at University of Ottawa, Canada. January 14.
12 pages (2up): [ .pdf ]
Semantic composition motivates first conjunct agreement
2005. Presented at the Linguistic Society of America, Oakland, CA. January 8.
10 pages (2up): [ .pdf ]
Niuean incorporated nominals as non-projecting nouns
2005, Ash Asudeh and Douglas Ball. Presented at the Linguistic Society of America, Oakland, CA. January 7.
10 pages (2up): [ .pdf ]