Yael Sharvit
Yael Sharvit | |
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| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
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| Fields | Linguistics, |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut, UCLA |
| Thesis | (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Veneeta Dayal |
Yael Sharvit is an American linguist who is Professor of Linguistics at
Career
Sharvit received her PhD in linguistics from Rutgers University in 1997; she was the third person to graduate from the program.[3] Her dissertation title is "The Syntax and Semantics of Functional Relative Clauses."
She joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 1999, leaving in 2011 to take up a position at UCLA.[4]
Research
Sharvit is known for her work on tense, including embedded tense (Sharvit 1999), or bound tense (Alxatib & Sharvit 2017), tense in
Honors and distinctions
She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Semantics.[6] She also serves as co-editor-in-chief of the journal, Linguistics and Philosophy.[7]
Selected publications
- Sharvit, Yael (1999). "Connectivity in specificational sentences". Natural Language Semantics. 7 (3): 299–339. S2CID 117847989.
- Sharvit, Yael (1999). "Functional Relative Clauses". Linguistics and Philosophy. 22 (5): 447–478. S2CID 58725382.
- Sharvit, Yael (1999-08-01). "Resumptive Pronouns in Relative Clauses". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 17 (3): 587–612. S2CID 169736813.
- Sharvit, Yael (2002). "Embedded Questions and 'De Dicto' Readings". Natural Language Semantics. 10 (2): 97–123. S2CID 117802759.
- Sharvit, Yael; Stateva, Penka (2002). "Superlative Expressions, Context, and Focus". Linguistics and Philosophy. 25 (4): 453–504. S2CID 60715693.
- Guerzoni, Elena; Sharvit, Yael (2007). "A question of strength: on NPIs in interrogative clauses". Linguistics and Philosophy. 30 (3): 361–391. S2CID 60878758.
- Sharvit, Yael (2008). "The Puzzle of Free Indirect Discourse". Linguistics and Philosophy. 31 (3): 353–395. S2CID 62735532.
- Alxatib, Sam; Sharvit, Yael (2017). Bound tense in relative clauses: Evidence from VP-ellipsis. Linguistic Inquiry 48: 697-711. doi:10.1162/LING_a_00259
References
- ^ "Faculty: Yael Sharvit". Department of Linguistics - UCLA. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "Google Scholar citations - Yael Sharvit". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ Braver, Aaron. "Alumnx". ling.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Sharvit joins UCLA faculty". SNARL | Rutgers Linguistics. 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "Yael Sharvit - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Linguistics and Philosophy". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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