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1. Graph Transductions and Typological Gaps in Morphological Paradigms

   Graf, Thomas

   Abstract Several typological gaps have attracted a lot of interest in the linguistic literature recently. These concern the Person Case Constraint and the absence of ABA patterns in adjectival gradation, pronoun suppletion, case syncretism, and singular noun allomorphy, among others. This paper is …

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2. Do We Need Features for Morphosyntax?

   Graf, Thomas

   Abstract Bobaljik & Sauerland’s *ABA and the Combinatorics of Morphological Features attempts to explain the absence of ABA patterns across languages in terms of feature combinatorics. Their approach marks a step in the right direction by focusing on the algebra underlying the feature …

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3. Towards an Algebraic Morphosyntax

   Graf, Thomas

   Abstract I argue that important generalizations in morphosyntax are currently obscured by the technical details of the syntactic apparatus. These generalizations can be brought out more clearly via a perspective that is informed by higher algebra.

   I support my argument with a case …

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4. Person Case Constraints and Feature Complexity in Syntax

   Graf, Thomas

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   @Misc{Graf14Viennatalk,
     author    = {Graf, Thomas},
     title     = {Person Case Constraints and Feature Complexity in Syntax},
     year      = {2014},
     note      = {Invited talk, January 9, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft,
             Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria}
   }
   

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5. Of Tops and Bottoms: The Algebra of Person Case Constraints

   Graf, Thomas

   Abstract The Person Case Constraint blocks certain combinations of clitics and weak pronouns in a variety of languages. Out of the numerous logical possibilities, only four variants of the Person Case Constraint are attested. I show that these four variants form a natural …

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