Research
This page collects books and papers we like.
Author | Year | Title | Notes |
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Montague | 1973 | The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English. | Known as "PTQ", this paper describes a small loglang-like fragment of English and explores its syntax-semantics interface. |
Heim & Kratzer | 1998 | Semantics in generative grammar | Introduced "Predicate Modification" etc. |
Radford | 2004 | Minimalist syntax: Exploring the Structure of English | Nice intro to the Minimalist Program. |
Santorini | 2007 | The syntax of natural language: An online introduction | Free, friendly intro to syntax in general. |
Barker & Shan | 2014 | Continuations and Natural Language | Promising book? Nice solution to donkey anaphora etc |
Moulton | 2015 | Arguments Against CPs as Arguments | CPs make more sense now. |
Gluckman | 2020 | The Science of Syntax | Another nice intro to syntax. |
Bumford & Charlow | 2022 | Effectful composition in natural language semantics (ESSLLI slides) | Oh yeah. this is the stuff |