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I completed my Ph.D. thesis in 2002 at University College London (The syntax of non-canonical quantification: A comparative study). The various domains of investigation were: French wh in situ, partial wh movement, French negative constructions, and constructions with attributive focus particles.
My M.A. dissertation, completed in 1997, was on optional wh movement.
My research focuses on two languages: French, on the one hand, and Ojibwe (an Algonquian language), on the other ; although, as a linguist, I am interested in ALL languages, in the way they resemble each other and also how they vary from each other. I am a syntactician (with a strong interest in morphology), and my research has over the years concentrated on the structure of the noun phrase, wh movement and wh in situ, the left periphery of the clause, the mass/count distinction, gender, long distance agreement, noun incorporation, and denominal verb formation. My research has been published in journals such as International Journal of American Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics, Lingua, Probus, Studia Linguistica, Linguistic Variation, Natural Lnguage and Linguistic Theory, Syntax, and Linguistic Inquiry. I am the author of a book on island effects entitled 'The syntax and semantics of split constructions' (co-author: Alastair Butler) with publisher Palgrave-MacMillan and a book on plurals (co-author: Myriam Dali) with John Benjamins (forthcoming). I am the editor of several volumes with Oxford University Press, Routledge, John Benjamins as well as the author of numerous chapters in books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, John Benjamins, Routledge, Springer, and many others. My research has been funded several times (#410-2005-1781, #0002-822-2008, and #410-2011-2417).
- Ph.D. Linguistics, University College London (UCL), UK. 2002
- M.A. Linguistics, University College London (UCL), UK. 1997
- B.A. (Hon.) Linguistics (with Spanish), Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. 1996
- 2017-present Full Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa
- 2008-2017 Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa
- 2004-2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa
- 2021-2023 President of the Canadian Linguistic Association
- 2019-2021 Vice-President of the Canadian Linguistic Association
- 2013-2016 Editor of the Canadian Journal of Linguistics
- 2009-2013 Co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Linguistics
- 2013-present Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa
I completed my Ph.D. thesis in 2002 at University College London (The syntax of non-canonical quantification: A comparative study). The various domains of investigation were: French wh in situ, partial wh movement, French negative constructions, and constructions with attributive focus particles.
My M.A. dissertation, completed in 1997, was on optional wh movement.
My research focuses on two languages: French, on the one hand, and Ojibwe (an Algonquian language), on the other ; although, as a linguist, I am interested in ALL languages, in the way they resemble each other and also how they vary from each other. I am a syntactician (with a strong interest in morphology), and my research has over the years concentrated on the structure of the noun phrase, wh movement and wh in situ, the left periphery of the clause, the mass/count distinction, gender, long distance agreement, noun incorporation, and denominal verb formation. My research has been published in journals such as International Journal of American Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics, Lingua, Probus, Studia Linguistica, Linguistic Variation, Natural Lnguage and Linguistic Theory, Syntax, and Linguistic Inquiry. I am the author of a book on island effects entitled 'The syntax and semantics of split constructions' (co-author: Alastair Butler) with publisher Palgrave-MacMillan and a book on plurals (co-author: Myriam Dali) with John Benjamins (forthcoming). I am the editor of several volumes with Oxford University Press, Routledge, John Benjamins as well as the author of numerous chapters in books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, John Benjamins, Routledge, Springer, and many others. My research has been funded several times (#410-2005-1781, #0002-822-2008, and #410-2011-2417).