Elizabeth Cowper

Department of Linguistics
University of Toronto
100 St. George Street, #4073
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
phone: 416-978-1769
fax: (416) 971-2688

cowper at chass dot utoronto dot ca

Degrees

1971	Diplôme de Langue et Lettres Françaises, Faculté des Lettres, Université d'Aix-Marseille, France
1972	B.A. (honours) French Language and Literature, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. French Government Medal of Excellence in French Language and Literature
1974	A.M. (Linguistics) Brown University, Providence, R.I.
1976	Ph.D. (Linguistics) Brown University, Providence, R.I. Constraints on Sentence Complexity: A Model for Syntactic Processing Professor Henry Kučera, Brown Professor Susumu Kuno, Harvard Professor W. Nelson Francis, Brown

Employment

1973 (summer)	Instructor of French as a Second Language, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
1974-75 (summer)	Instructor of English as a Second Language, Brown University
1973-1976	Teaching Assistant in Linguistics, Brown University (Introduction to Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Mathematical Linguistics, Syntax)
1976-1981	Assistant Professor, Linguistics, University of Toronto (tenure awarded 1981)
1981-2004	Associate Professor, Linguistics, University of Toronto (Maternity leave Jan.-May 1983, Jan.-May 1986)
2004-	Professor, Linguistics, University of Toronto
July, 1989	Appointed to Graduate Faculty, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
1999-2005	Chair, Department of Humanities, University of Toronto at Scarborough (on leave 2002-03)
July-August, 2004	Acting Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean, University of Toronto at Scarborough
January-June, 2005	Interim Vice-Principal (Academic Resources), University of Toronto at Scarborough
July, 2005-June, 2006	Associate Dean (Divison I), School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
July, 2006-June, 2009	Vice-Dean (Programs), School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto

Professional Affiliations and Activities

Member, Canadian Linguistic Association, Linguistic Society of America, GLOW, AAAS
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Linguistics (1991-1996)
Co-Editor, Squibs & Discussion, Linguistic Inquiry (1999-2002)
Member, Associate Editorial Board, Linguistic Inquiry (2002-2005)
Fellow, Trinity College, University of Toronto
Senior Fellow, Massey College

Research

Areas of interest

Syntactic theory, the interaction of syntax and morphology, universal grammar, the theory of functional categories, thematic relations, lexical-syntactic relations, thematic underspecification, lexical semantics, formal semantics, tense and aspect, the syntax and semantics of verbal and nominal inflection, distributed morphology

Research Awards

1980-81	(with K. Rice) University of Toronto Grant to support the activities of the Toronto Working Group on Language Universals
1981-82	(with K. Rice, J.K. Chambers and C. Yorio) University of Toronto Grant to support the activities of the Toronto Working Group on Language Universals
1984-85	(with K. Rice) University of Toronto Grant for research into the grammar of Mende
1989-91	(with D. Massam) SSHRCC Standard Research Grant: “Thematic Relations in the Lexicon and in Syntax.” ($52,878.00)
1989-90	SSHRCC Grant-In Aid, University of Toronto: “The Syntax and Semantics of Auxiliary Verbs in Bengali.” ($525.00)
1991-94	(with D. Massam) SSHRC Standard Research Grant: “Conceptual Structure and its Role in Syntax.” ($170,498.00)
1994-97	(coinvestigator with D. Massam), SSHRC Standard Research Grant #410-94-1093: “Grammatical Morphemes: their function and effect.” ($79,000.00)
1994-97	(collaborator with R. Smyth), SSHRC Standard Research Grant #410-94-1638: “Acquisition and Processing of Anaphora, Control and Agreement.” ($72,000.00)
1997-2000	(coinvestigator with D. Massam and A. Johns) SSHRC Standard Research Grant: “A Cross-Linguistic Study of Verbal Systems.” ($84,000.00)

Refereed Publications

1976	Kučera, H. and E. Cowper. “Functional Sentence Perspective Revisited.” in Sound, Sign and Meaning: Quinquagenary of the Prague Linguistic Circle, L. Matějka, (ed.). University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
1979	Cowper, E., and H. Kimura. “Missing NP’s in Japanese.” Canadian Journal of Linguistics, vol 24, no. 1: 41-47.
1983	Conteh, P., E. Cowper, D. James, K. Rice and M. Szamosi. “A Reanalysis of Tone in Mende.” in Current Issues in African Linguistics, J. D. Kaye and A. Dugas (eds.) vol. 2: 127-137. Foris, Dordrecht.
1984	Cowper, E., and K. Rice. “The Destruction of Tonal Structure in Mende.” in Studies in African Linguistics, R. Schuh (ed.), Supplement 9: 57-62. Department of Linguistics and African Studies Center, UCLA.
1985	Conteh, P., E. Cowper and K. Rice. “The Environment for Consonant Mutation in Mende.” in Current Issues in African Linguistics, G. Dimmendaal (ed.) vol 3. Foris, Dordrecht.
1987	Cowper, E., and K. Rice. “Are Phonosyntactic Rules Necessary?” Phonology Yearbook 4: 185-194.
	Cowper, E. “Pied Piping, Feature Percolation and the Structure of the Noun Phrase.” Canadian Journal of Linguistics, vol 32, no. 4: 321-338.
	Cowper, E., and K. Rice. “The Status of Hu and Maa in Mende.” in Current Issues in African Linguistics, D. Odden (ed.) vol 4: 123-135. Foris, Dordrecht.
1992	Cowper, E. A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory: The Government-Binding Approach. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1993	Cowper, E. “Infinitival Complements of have.” Canadian Journal of Linguistics, vol 37, no. 2: 115-135.
1994	Cowper, E. A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory (Korean translation). Seoul: Hanshin Publishing Company.
1995	Cowper, E. “English Participle Constructions.” Canadian Journal of Linguistics, vol 40, no. 1: 1-38.
1997	Cowper, E. “The Complexities of the English Simple Present.” Winnipeg: Voices of Rupert’s Land.
1998	Cowper, E. “The Simple Present Tense in English: A Unified Treatment.” Studia Linguistica 52: 1-18.
1999	Cowper, E. “Grammatical Aspect in English.” The Linguistic Review, vol. 16, no. 3: 205-226.
2005	Cowper, E. “The Geometry of Interpretable Features: Infl in English and Spanish.” Language vol. 81: 10-46.
2005	Cowper, E. “A Note on Number.” Linguistic Inquiry. vol. 36: 441-455.
2009	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall.“Argumenthood, pronouns, and nominal feature Geometry.” in J. Ghomeshi, I. Paul, and M. Wiltschko, eds., Determiners: variation and universals. 97-120. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Reviews

1982	Cowper, E. Review of D.M. Perlmutter and S. Soames, Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English, in Canadian Journal of Linguistics, vol 27, no. 1: 72-73.
1994	Cowper, E. Review of A. Kasher, The Chomskyan Turn, in Language Quarterly vol 31: 274-281.
1998	Cowper, E. “Take the Wide View,” Review of The Architecture of the Language Faculty, by Ray Jackendoff. GLOT International, vol. 3, no. 8: 21-24. Leiden.
2006	Review of Adjectives, number and interfaces: why languages vary, by Denis Bouchard. Language 82: 884-887

Other Publications

1979	Cowper, E. “Right Dislocation in Franco-Canadian,” in Papers from the Fifteenth Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society, P.R. Clyne, W.F. Hanks and C.L. Hofbauer (eds.): 70-77. University of Chicago.
	Cowper, E. “A Reanalysis of Topicalization in Spanish,” in Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, E. Battistella (ed.) 239-248. CUNYforum, City University of New York.
1984	Rice, K., and E. Cowper “Consonant Mutation and Autosegmental Morphology” in CLS 20: Papers from the Twentieth Regional Meeting. J. Drogo, V. Mishra and D. Testen (eds.): 309-320. Chicago: Chicago Linguistics Society.
1985	Cowper, E. “Parasitic Gaps, Coordinate Structures and the Subjacency Condition.” in Proceedings of NELS 15, S. Berman, J-W. Choe and J. McDonough (eds): 75-86. Amherst, MA: GLSA
1987	Cowper, E. “What is a subject? Non-Nominative Subjects in Icelandic,” in Proceedings of NELS 18, J. Blevins and J. Carter (eds.) 94-108. Amherst, MA: GLSA.
1988	Cowper, E. “Deriving Inherent Case: Passives in German,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 9, P. Avery (ed.): 49-58.
1989	Cowper, E. “Perfective -en is Passive -en,” in Proceedings of the Eighth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, E. J. Fee and K. Hunt (eds.): 85-93.
	Cowper, E. “Thematic Underspecification: the case of have,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 10, B. Brunson, S. Burton and T. Wilson (eds.): 85-93.
1990	Cowper, E. “Thematic Underspecification and Manner-of-Motion Verbs,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol 11, no. 2, B. Brunson and T. Wilson (eds.): 1-8.
	Cowper, E. “Apparent Polysemy and Thematic Underspecification,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol 11, no. 2, B. Brunson and T. Wilson (eds.): 9-14.
1991	Cowper, E. “A Compositional Analysis of English Tense,” in Papers from the CLA Annual Conference: 53-64.
1992	Brunson, B., and E. Cowper. “On the Topic of have,” in Papers from the CLA Annual Conference: 43-52.
	Cowper, E. “The Interaction of Tense and Temporal Adverbs in English,” in Cahiers de Linguistique de l’UQAM, vol.1, no.1: 3-22.
1993	Cowper, E. “Inner Tense and the Realization of Aspect,” McGill Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 7, no. 2: 105-112.
	Cowper, E. “A Non-Unified treatment of -ing,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol 12, no. 1, C. Dyck (ed.): 49-59.
	Cowper, E. “Syntactic Morphology: a Third Option,” in Proceedings of ESCOL 1992, Cornell Working Papers in Linguistics.
1994	Cowper, E. “Intervals and Schedules: the English Progressive,” in Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association, P. Koskinen (ed.) 107-118. Toronto: Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics.
1995	Cowper, E. “A unified account of Hungarian va/ve participle constructions,” in Proceedings of 1995 CLA Annual Conference: 85-95. Toronto: Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics.
1996	Cowper, E. “Features of Tense in English,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 14, no. 2, P. Koskinen (ed.) 19-39.
	Cowper, E. “Sequence of Tense and the Binding Theory,” in Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association, E. Pasquini, L. Rowsell and L.C. Smith, (eds.): 69-80.
1997	Cowper, E. “Irrealis in English,” in Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association,
1999	Cowper, E. “Feature Geometry and Verbal Inflection,” in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, vol 17, C. Smallwood and S. Béjar, (eds.): 79-96.
2000	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “Intransitive and: Locality, Movement and Interpretation,” in Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association, J. T. Jensen and G. Ven Herk, (eds.): 25-36. Ottawa: Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa. pdf
2001	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “Overriding the Phase,” in Proceedings of the 2001 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association, J. T. Jensen and G. Van Herk, (eds.): 13-23. Ottawa: Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa. pdf
2003	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “The Syntactic Manifestation of Nominal Feature Geometry.” in Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. Montréal: Cahiers Linguistiques de l’UQAM. pdf
	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “The Role of Register in the Syntax-Morphology Interface.” Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. Montréal: Cahiers Linguistiques de l’UQAM.
2004	Cowper, E. “Why Dual is less marked than Plural.” Proceedings of NELS 34. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. GLSA Publications.
2005	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “The pieces of π.” Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistics Association.
2007	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “The Morphosyntactic manifestation of modality.” Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistics Association.
2008	Cowper, E., and D. C. Hall. “The Hungarian conditional: non-deictic counterfactuality.;” Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistics Association.

Manuscripts

2002	E. Cowper. “Pseudofiniteness.” pdf
2003	E. Cowper. “Tense, Mood and Aspect: a Feature-Geometric Approach.” pdf

Papers Presented (other than those listed above as published)

1977	“Take Four Hours, a Misfit predicate.” Paper presented to the Toronto Linguistics Atelier.
	“Explanatory Adequacy and Universal Constraints on Rule Applicability.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association.
1978	“A Constraint on Comparative Deletion.” Paper presented to the Toronto Linguistics Atelier.
1980	“Tense and the INFL morpheme in English.” Paper presented to the Toronto Linguistics Atelier.
	“S is not a projection of V: Evidence from Subcategorization.” Paper presented to the Colloquium on Formal Syntax, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	“Subcategorization in English Complement Sentences.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association.
1981	“Problems in English Phrase Structure.” Paper presented to the Toronto Linguistics Atelier.
	“Conjoined Structure in English.” Paper presented to the Toronto Working Group on Language Universals.
	“Right Node Raising, Symmetric Predicates and Semantic Interpretation.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association.
1983	“The Interaction of Mutation and Reduplication in Mende.” Paper presented to the Toronto Linguistics Atelier. (with K Rice)
1984	“Word Formation Outside the Lexicon.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association. (with K Rice)
	“Some Problems in Mende Word Formation.” Paper presented to the Toronto Linguistics Atelier. (with K. Rice)
	“Branching Chains: A Problem for Syntactic Processing.” Paper presented to the Cognitive Science Seminar Series, McLuhan Programme in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto.
	“Re: Reduplication Again.” Paper presented at SUNY Buffalo (with K. Rice)
1985	“Phonology and Reduplication.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association. (with K. Rice)
	“COMP and Control Theory.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association.
1986	“The Phonological Nature of Mende Consonant Mutation.” Paper presented to the XVII Annual Conference on African Linguistics. (with K. Rice)
1987	“Parameters in Case Assignment.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistic Association (with L. Scholten and K. Smith)
	“The Phonology of Mende Alienable Possession.” Paper presented to the XVIII Annual Conference on African Linguistics. (with K Rice)
1988	Comments on Kihm & Gomes: “The Structure of INFL in Manjaku.” Workshop on Niger-Congo Syntax, MIT.
1990	“Thematic Underspecification.” Université du Québec à Montréal
	“Tense and Aspect in English: A Compositional Approach.” Université du Québec à Montréal
1991	“A Lexical Semantics of Tense.” Cornell University.
	“Perfect and passive -en in a compositional theory of tense.” Cornell University.
	“Universal grammar and the human language faculty.” Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
1993	““Motivating Functional Categories.” University of Calgary.
	“Approaches to Lexical Semantics.” University of Calgary.
1995	“Features of Tense.” Keynote address, Eastern States Conference on Linguistics, Dartmouth College.
1996	“The Complexities of the English Simple Present.” Inaugural Margaret Stobie Lecture, University of Manitoba.
	“The Limits of Grammatical Meaning: the Case of English Tense.” University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1998	“The Wonders of -ing,” Paper presented to the Third Annual Workshop on Multiple Frameworks in Linguistics, University of Toronto.
	“Feature Geometry meets Formal Semantics: Synergy or Train Wreck?” Paper presented to University of Toronto Syntax Project.
1999	“Semantic composition and syntactic structure: English Inflection.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Linguistics Association, University of Sherbrooke. (with D. C. Hall)
2001	“The Scope of Conjunction.” Presented to the UNC Spring Linguistics Colloquium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (with D. C. Hall)
2002	“Nominal Features and their Organization in English.” Presented to the University of Toronto Syntax Project. (with D. C. Hall)
	“Aspects of Finiteness.” Presented to the University of Toronto Syntax Project.
	Moderator/Animatrice for the papers by Kawai, Liakin and Ndayiragije, Bilingual Workshop on Theoretical Linguistics, University of Toronto.
2003	“Parameters if INFL: English Aspect and Spanish Tense.” Presented to the University of Toronto Syntax Project. handout
	“Simplex and Complex Progressives in English and Spanish.” Presented to the Midwinter Workshop on Complex Predicates, University of Toronto. handout
	“Formal properties of Feature Geometry.” Presented to the University of Toronto Syntax Project
2004	“Markedness in morphosyntactic feature geometries.” presented at the Phi Workshop, McGill University.
2005	“The Formal features of number and what they might mean.” presented to the University of Toronto Syntax Project.
2006	(With Michael Barrie and Daniel Currie Hall) “Asymmetries in Cantonese glides: where is the OCP evaluated?.” presented at the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Workshop on Phonology, Toronto.
2008	(With Daniel Currie Hall) “Tea, Eels, Furniture and Cattle.” presented at the Bilingual Workshop on Theoretical Linguistics, Ottawa.

Courses taught

Linguistic Concepts for Effective Writing
Introduction to General Linguistics
Phonetics
Sound Patterns in Language
Morphological Patterns
Syntactic Patterns
Introduction to Transformational Grammar
Introduction to Syntactic Analysis
Introduction to Syntactic Theory
Advanced Morphology: Morphosyntax
Relational and Functional Syntax
Introduction to Analysis and Argumentation
Semantics
Advanced Syntax I, II, III and IV

Theses and generals papers supervised (primary supervisions only)

1978	Guy Ewing. “Developmental Grammar: A Preliminary Study”(M.A., with C. A. Yorio)
1979	Joseph Dion. “The Functional Unity of the Chinese Particle de.”M.A.
	Hiroko Kimura. “Noun Phrase Deletion and Pronominalization in Japanese.” M.A.
	Leslie Saxon. “Dogrib Questions and Topicalization.” M.A.
1980	Diane Massam. “Time Reference Interpretation in Complex Sentences.” M.A.
1981	M.E. O'Neail. “Subjective and Objective Pronouns in Oneida.” M.A.
1982	Karen McIntosh. “Learnability.” M.A. (with J. K. Chambers)
1984	David Beattie. “The Environment of Chinese Tone Sandhi.” M.A. (with K. Rice)
1986	Lisa Lai Shen Cheng. “Clause Structures in Mandarin.” M.A.
	Barbara Brunson. “A Government-Binding Parser for Warlpiri and its Implications for Syntactic Theory.” M.A. (with G. Hirst)
1987	John Davison. “Halkomelem Syntax.” M.A.
	Deborah Lillis. “A V'' Analysis of Haitian Creole: Effects on Casemarking and A'-chains.” M.A.
	Henrietta Hung. “Lexical and Functional Categories in Bahasa Malaysia.” M.A.
1988	Strang C. Burton. “Some Lexical and Thematic Relations in Halkomelem Salish.” M.A.
1990	Jila Ghomeshi. “The Semantics of the Auxiliary Verb fela in Bengali.” M.A.
1992	Barbara Brunson. “Thematic Discontinuity.” PhD.
	Janet Shawyer(Rowe). “On the Use of Targets in Speech Error Research.” M.A. (with R. Smyth)
1993	Martha McGinnis. “The Deontic/Epistemic Distinction in English Modals: A Compositional Analysis.” M.A.
1994	Elaine Gold. “Head Adjunction and Movement: Evidence from Yiddish.” Generals Paper.
	Peter Birt. “On The Nature of WH-Movement at Logical Form.” MA.
	Janet Rowe. “English Modals and the Functional-Lexical Distinction.” Generals Paper. (with D. Massam)
1995	Regine Moorcroft. “Clause-Level Functional Categories in Germanic V2 Languages.” PhD.
	Vincent DeCaen. “On the Placement and Interpretation of the Verb in Standard Biblical Hebrew Prose.” PhD. (with J. Revell)
	Zhang Ning. “Syntactic Focussing in Mandarin Chinese.” Generals Paper.
1996	Jun Mo Cho “Coordinate Structures in Korean.” Generals Paper.
	Jana Kotalík: “A Government-Binding Analysis of Theme and Rheme in Czech.” MA.
1997	Julie Legate. “Irish Predication: a Minimalist Analysis.” MA.
1998	Päivi Koskinen: “Features and Categories: Non-Finite Constructions in Finnish.” PhD.
	Carolyn Smallwood. “Agreement with Postverbal Subjects and the EPP” Generals Paper.
1999	Elaine Gold: “Aspect, Tense and the Lexicon: Expression of Time in Yiddish” PhD.
	Suzanne Bélanger: “Verb Phrase Ellipsis and Parasitic Linking.” MA.
2000	Kristen Phan. “Observations on Partitivity in Standard Italian: the syntax and semantics of the Italian clitic ne” M.A.
	Susana Béjar. “Agreement in Georgian.” Generals Paper.
2001	Daniel Currie Hall. “The Featural Semantics of English Modal Verbs.” Generals Paper.
2002	Jonathon Herd. “Deriving the Maori Clause: a Predicate-Fronting Analysis.” M.A.
	Kenji Oda. “WH-Questions in V-initial languages.” M.A.
2003	Milan Rezac: “An E-Type analysis of variables in Weak Islands.” Generals Paper.
	Mohammad Haji Abdolhosseini. “A Constraint-Based Approach to Prosody in Natural Language Generation.” Generals Paper.
2004	Kenji Oda. “V1 and wh-questions: a typology.” Generals Paper.
	Jessica Taylor. “Irish Agreement in Distributed Morphology.” M.A.
	Eugenia Suh. “Scrambling in Korean.” M.A.
	Chiara Frigeni. “Deconstructing Passives in Italian” Generals Paper.
2005	Magdalena Goledzinowska. “Basic Thematic Relations.” Generals Paper.
	Mohammad Haji Abdolhosseini. “Modularity and soft constraints: a theory of conflict resolution in grammar.” Ph.D.
	Marina Sherkina Lieber. “Where does aspect in Russian come from?” Generals Paper.
	Sarah Clarke. “A Syntactic Account of Japanese Stative Potentials.” M.A.
	David Newton. “Noun class, gender and phi in Swahili and other Bantu languages.” M.A.
2006	Michael Barrie. “Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation.” Ph.D.
	Benjamin Flight. “Constraining Distributed Morphology.” M.A. (with B. E. Dresher)
	Maria Kyriakaki. “Features of Tense in Modern Greek.” M.A.
	Eric Smith. “A unified account of Elamite Class-Markers.” Generals Paper.
	Paul Arsenault. “Marking the Unmarked: the geometry of exceptional syncretisms.” Generals Paper.
2008	Rashid Al-Balushi. “Bare nouns in Arabic.” (with M. Ippolito)
	Vanessa Crandall. “The Morphosyntax of Choctaw verbal agreement.” M.A.
2009	Maria Kyriakaki. “The antipassive of Ojibwe and its phenomenal objects.” Generals Paper.
	Alexandra Motut. “Merge over move and the empirical force of economy in minimalism.” M.A.
2010	Eric Smith. “Query-based annotation and the Sumerian verbal prefixes.” Ph.D. (with G. Hirst)
Current:	Sarah Clarke. “Aspects of Aspect.” Ph.D.
	Tanya Slavin. “Syntax at the Interfaces.” Ph.D.
	Maria Kyriakaki. “What determiners can do in the functional syntax of Greek nominals.” Ph.D.
	Kenji Oda. Irish Free Relatives. Ph.D. (with D. Massam)
	Elizabeth Erhardt. “The syntax of Classical Japanese bound particles.” M.A.

Major Administrative Positions

Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Linguistics
Associate Chair, Department of Linguistics
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Linguistics
Chair, Department of Humanities, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Acting Vice-Principal (Academic) and Dean, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Interim Vice-Principal (Academic Resources), University of Toronto at Scarborough
Associate Dean, Division I, School of Graduate Studies
Vice-Dean (Programs), School of Graduate Studies

Administrative positions