Selected Papers
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2005. Get Out of Here! Is GET Even Undergoing Grammaticalization at All? ms., Rutgers University. (PDF)
An overview of the historical development and synchronic implications of the lexeme GET in English. What does GET mean? Why has GET spread throught the grammar more than other similar lexemes (ACQUIRE, WAX, for example)? What evidence from the GET-passive could be used to see what the role of GET in English has become?2003. Determining without Determiners: A Discourse-Level Approach to Interpreting Japanese NPs. ms., Rutgers University. (PDF)
A first stab at the logical contributions of the Japanese topic marker wa and its role in discourse tracking.Home