Edward Keenan - Department of Linguistics

Research

In Situ Interpretation without Type Mismatches -2016. In Journal of Semantics 33.1: 87–106.
Individuals Explained Away -2015. In On reference, A. Bianchi (ed.). pp. 384 – 402. Oxford University Press.
Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language -2012 (Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy). Co-editor with Denis Paperno. Springer. 970 pages.
Voice and relativization without movement in Malagasy -2008. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 26.3:467 – 497.
Relative Clauses are Phrase Structural in Malagasy -2008. Language and Linguistics 9.4:769 – 796. Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Semantic Approaches to Binding -2007. In Research on Language and Computation, Co-editor with Alastair Butler (primary editor) and Jason Mattausch of the special issue. Vol: 5.1 Springer Verlag.

On the Denotations of Anaphors -2007. In Research on Language and Computation 5.1:5–17.

Quantifiers: Semantics -2006. In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Second Edition Keith Brown (ed). Elsevier, Oxford, Vol 10:302–308.

Linguistic invariants and language variation -2005. In Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science P. Hajek, L.M. Valeds Villanueva and D. Westerstahl (eds). King’s College Publications, London: 395–411.

How Much Logic is Built into Natural Language? -2005. In Fifteenth Amsterdam Colloquium. P. Dekker et al (eds), ILLC, University of Amsterdam: 39–45.

Further excursions in natural logic: The Mid-Point Theorems -2004. Presented at the Formal Description of Natural Language conference, Freudenstadt. To appear in a volume edited by Fritz Hamm and Stephan Kepser with OUP.

Malagasy Clause Structure and Language Acquisition -2004. In Proceedings of the XIth Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association. Paul Law (editor). ZAS, Berlin: 178–203.

Structural Similarity Within and Among Languages -2003. In Theoretical Computer Science 293:345–363.

Semantic Correlates of the Ergative/Absolutive Distinction -2002. Reprinted in Mouton Classics Vol 1. Mouton de Gruyter: 227 – 255.

Compositionality: A global perspective -2002. In Semantics. F. Hamm and T.E. Zimmermann (eds). Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg: 129–137.

Logical Objects -2001. In Meaning and Computation. C.A. Anderson & M. Zeleny (eds). Kluwer: 149 –180.

A Quantitative Study of Voice in Malagasy -2001. In Papers in African Linguistics H. Torrence (editor): 172 – 195.

Reciprocals in Malagasy -2001. In Papers in African Linguistics Dept. of Linguistics UCLA. H. Torrence (ed.): 40–90.

“A Quantitative Study of Voice in Malagasy” – 2001. With Cecile Manorohanta. Oceanic Linguistics Vol 40 No 1: 67–85.

“Quantification in English is Inherently Sortal” – 2000. In The History of Philosphy and Logic 20:251–265. S. Shapiro (ed).

“Raising from NP in Malagasy” – 2000. With Baholisoa Ralalaoherivony. Lingvisticae Investigationes 23.1: 1–44.

Quantification in English is Inherently Sortal -2000. In The History of Philosophy and Logic S. Shapiro (ed), 20: 251–265.

Language Invariants: The Syntax and Semantics of Case Marking -1999. In Linguistics in the Morning Calm 4, J. Groenendijk et al. (eds.), Foris, 26 pages.

Reduplication in Malagasy -1998. With Jean Paulin Razafimamonjy. In UCLA Occasional Papers in Linguistics 21. Recent Papers in Austronesian Linguistics, pp. 159–183.

Malagasy Morphology -1998. In The Handbook of Morphology. Spencer and A. M. Zwicky (eds) Blackwell: 563 624

Further Beyond the Frege Boundary -1996. In Quantifiers, Logic, and Language. J. van der Does and J. van Eijck (eds) CSLI Publications, Stanford, CA.: 179–201.

The Semantics of Determiners -1996. In The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory. Shalom Lappin (ed). Blackwell.

A Boolean Approach to Semantics -1996. In Formal Methods in the Study of Language. J. Groenendijk, T. Janssen, and M. Stokhof (eds.), Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam: 343–379.

Morphology is Structure: A Malagasy Test Case -1995. In The Structure of Malagasy Vol 1. M. Pearson and I. Paul (eds) UCLA Occasional Papers in Linguistics, No. 17: 92–113.

Semantic Order and Semantic Answers to Syntactic Questions -1993. In UCLA Occasional Papers in Linguistics: Recent Papers in Syntax, Semantics and Computational Linguistics Vol. 11: Filippo Beghelli & Murat Kural (eds) Dept. of Linguistics, UCLA

Identifying Anaphors -1993. In Proc BLS 19. J Guenter, B. Kaiser, C. Zoll (eds). Berkeley Linguistics Society, UC Berkeley, 1993: 503–516.

Anaphor Antecedent Asymmetry -1993. In Proc. of Semantics and Linguistic Theory III. Utpal Lahiri and Zachary Wyner (eds). Dept. of Md Languages and Linguistics, Cornell Univ:117–144.

On Semantics and the Binding Theory -1988. In Explaining Language Universals J. Hawkins (ed.), Basil Blackwell, 40 pages.

Semantic Case Theory -1987. In Proceedings of the Sixth Amsterdam Colloquium J. Groenendijk, M. Stokhof, and F. Veltman (eds.), ITLI (Univ. of Amsterdam), 23 pages. Reprinted in: Semantics and Contextual Expression R. Bartsch, J. van Benthem, and P. van Emde Boas (eds.), Foris 1989

Lexical Freedom and Large Categories -1987. In Studies in Discourse Representation Theory and the Theory of Generalized Quantifiers J. Groenendijk et al. (eds.), Foris: 26 pages.

Predicate Formation Rules in Universal Grammar -1985. In Proceedings of WCCFL 4 J. Goldberg et al. (eds.), Stanford Linguistics Association: 6 pages.

Determiners and the Logical Expressive Power of Natural Language -1984. In Proceedings of WCCFL 3 M. Cobler et al. (eds.), Stanford Linguistics Association: 9 pages.

Facing the Truth: Some Advantages of Direct Interpretation -1983. In Linguistics and Philosophy . 6, 1983. 36 pages.

Abstract Syntax -1981. In Configurations. Cascadilla Press. Anna-Maria Di Sciullo (ed): 323–344.

Predicate-Argument Structure in Malagasy -1979. In Grammatical Relations: Theoretical Approaches to Empirical Issues Clifford S. Burgess, Katarzyna Dziwirek, and Donna B. Gerdts (eds) Stanford CSLI: 171–217.

On Surface Form and Logical Form -1979. In Studies in Linguistic Sciences 8.2, 40 pages.

Towards a universal definition of “subject” -1976. In Subject and Topic. Charles Li (ed): 303–333.

Remarkable Subjects in Malagasy -1976. In Subject and Topic. Charles Li (ed): 249–301.

Logic and the Expressive Power of Natural Languages -1973. In Daedalus. Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 9 pages.