I am a professor of linguistics at the University of Kentucky. I received my PhD in
linguistics from the Ohio State University in 1981. In recent years, my research has
focused on the theory of inflectional morphology. In a series of publications, I have
argued for an inferential-realizational theory of inflectional morphology known as
Paradigm Function Morphology. Together with Raphael Finkel, I have argued for a novel
approach to morphological typology based on the implicative patterns in a language's
inflectional paradigms. Together with Andrew Hippisley, I have undertaken an
investigation of the alignment systems of the Eastern Iranian languages. I have served as
review editor for the journal "Language" and currently serve as co-editor of
the journal "Word Structure". 

Paradigm Function Morphology

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A Non-Canonical Pattern of Deponency and Its Implications, Linguistics Faculty Publications (2007)
 

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Referrals and Morphomes in Sora Verb Inflection, Linguistics Faculty Publications (2005)
 

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Some Criticisms of Carstairs-McCarthy's Conclusions, Linguistics Faculty Publications (2005)
 
Inflectional Morphology: A Theory of Paradigm Structure, Linguistics Book Gallery (2001)
 

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On Rules of Referral, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1993)
 

The paradigm-based approach to morphological typology

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What Your Teacher Told You is True: Latin Verbs Have Four Principal Parts (with Raphael Finkel), Linguistics Faculty Publications (2009)
 

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Principal Parts and Morphological Typology (with Raphael Finkel), Linguistics Faculty Publications (2007)
 

Computational models of inflectional morphology

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Generating Hebrew Verb Morphology by Default Inheritance Hierarchies (with Raphael Finkel), Linguistics Faculty Publications (2007)
 

Morphological theory

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Word-formation vs Inflectional Morphology, Linguistics Faculty Publications (2005)
 

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How Peculiar is Evaluative Morphology?, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1993)
 

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A Note on Breton Pluralization and the Elsewhere Condition, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1989)
 

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Two Approaches to Predictive Indeterminacy, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1984)
 

Indo-Iranian languages

Alternative Trajectories Toward Accusativity in the Pamir Languages (with Andrew R. Hippisley), Workshop on Subject and Transitivity in IE and Beyond, Societas Linguistica Europaea 43rd Annual Meeting, University of Vilnius (2010)
 
Realization without Exponence: The Shughni Past Tense (with Andrew R. Hippisley), Linguistics Association of Great Britain Meeting, University of Edinburgh (2009)
 

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Computing in the field: Automated elicitation & documentation (with Andrew R. Hippisley and Raphael Finkel), Linguistics Presentations (2009)
 

Morphosyntax

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Further Remarks on Breton Agreement, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1989)
 

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Maithili Verb Agreement and the Control Agreement Principle (with Ramawatar Yadav), Linguistics Faculty Publications (1988)
 

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Non-local Spirantization in Breton, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1988)
 

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Agreement vs. Incorporation in Breton, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1984)
 

Formal semantics

Semantic Variability of Absolute Constructions, Linguistics Book Gallery (1985)
 

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The Interpretation of Frequency Adjectives, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1980)
 

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Interpretive Gapping in Montague Grammar, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1978)
 

Reviews

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Review of Simplicity in Generative Morphology, by Harry Bochner, Linguistics Faculty Publications (1994)