Mark R. Baltin
Mark Baltin in Alcatraz.
"NYU is great, but it can be a bit confining at times."
Department of Linguistics
New York University
719 Broadway, #424
New York, NY 10003
Email: mark.baltin@nyu.edu
Phone: 212-998-7955
Fax: 212-995-4707
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., 1975, Pennsylvania; B.A., 1971, McGill - all in Linguistics
My research interests are in syntax, particularly those aspects of syntax which interface with semantics. In recent years, I have been examinining the nature of elliptical constructions in English and have begun comparing them in other languages, and the nature of predication that is relevant to natural language syntax. I am also interested in the syntactic aspects of lexical representation.
My publications include: "A Landing Site Theory of Movement Rules", Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 13, No. 1 (1982); "Do Antecedent-Contained Deletions Exist?", Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 4; "Heads and Projections", in M. Baltin & A. Kroch, eds., Alternative Conceptions of Phrase-Structure, University of Chicago Press (1989); "Floating Quantifiers, PRO, and Predication", Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 26, No. 2 (1995); "A-Movements", in M. Baltin & C. Collins, eds., Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory, Blackwell & Sons
Online papers:
Doubly-Filled Comps Are Not Doubly Filled Comps (in PDF format)
Deletion Versus Pro-Forms: A False Dichotomy? (in PDF format).
The Non-Unity of
VP-Preposing (in Word format).
Appears in Language, Vol. 82, No. 4
The Position of Adverbials (in Word format).
Is Grammar Markovian? (in
PDF format).
Invited forum lecture to the Korean Association of English Language and
Linguistics" (Korea University, Seoul)
A-Movement (in Word format).
In The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory,
Mark Baltin & Chris Collins (eds.), Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
Extraposition, the Right Roof Constraint, Result Clauses, Relative Clause Extraposition, and PP Extraposition (in PDF format).
revised version to appear in The Syntax Companion
Implications of Pseudo-Gapping for Binding and the
Representation of Information Structure
(in Word format).
Introductory Syntax Lectures (in
Word format).
Lecture notes for NYU Linguistics V61.0013 Grammatical Analysis class.
Movement to the Higher V is Remnant Movement (in PDF format).
To appear in Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 33, No. 4.
The Real Structure of Prepositional Dative Constructions (in Word format).
to appear in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Selection for a Surface Anaphor (in Word format).
A squib with Janet Dean Fodor.
The Null Content of Null Case (in PDF format).
With Leslie Barrett.
Fellowships/Honors: National Science Foundation grant (with Paul Postal), "Extraction from Selective Islands"; National Science Foundation grant, "The Lexical Representation of Non-Local Selection"; National Science Foundation grant, "Workshop on Alternative Conceptions of Phrase-Structure."
Last Modified: February 12, 2007