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Marc Authier
Associate Professor of French and Linguistics
Department of French & Francophone Studies
211 Burrowes Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-9661 (messages at 865-1492)
E-mail: jma11@psu.edu
Research Interests:
My main interest is in formal treatments of natural language. Specifically, my research has focused on the syntax and semantics of various linguistic phenomena including anaphora and quantification in such languages as English, French, KiNande (Bantu), Mandarin Chinese, Tamil (Dravidian), and Thai. I also have broader interests in formal logic, mathematical linguistics, and the philosophy of language.
Recent Publications:
"The Diverse Nature of Non-interrogative WH," Linguistic Inquiry 34. 2005.
"Quantifier Scope and the Structure of Faire-Par," in Romance Linguistics: Theory and Acquisition, A.T. Perez-Leroux and Y. Roberge (eds.), John Benjamins, Amsterdam. 2003
"Semantics and the Generative Enterprise," in The Second Glot International State-of-the article Book, L. Cheng and R. Sybesma (eds.), Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. 2003.