The syntax and semantics research group pursues research in the formal, generative tradition in syntax and semantics and their interfaces with other areas of the grammar such as pragmatics, discourse structure, phonology and morphology. We also work on the acquisition of syntax and semantics as well as syntactic variation and change.
In our work we aim to combine the theoretical coherence, creativity, and formal rigour that are the hallmarks of work within the generative paradigm, with the attention to empirical detail to be found in the best philological work.
Languages we have worked on include Akan, Arabic, Basque, Chinese, English (including Early as well as Modern English), French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Yiddish, and others.
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